Description
Anyone who moved from Windows to a Mac tends to miss Total Commander most: two folders side by side, F5 to copy, F6 to move, F7 for a new folder, F8 to delete, hands never leaving the keyboard. Finder cannot do that, and Cmdr was written to fill the gap. The author used Total Commander for twenty-plus years, could not stand the lack of a fast, solid two-pane manager on macOS, and built one.
Rust and Tauri power the backend and Svelte the interface, so it is extremely fast while still looking modern: real dark and light modes, with every text color checked against both WCAG 2.2 AA and APCA contrast. The AI features are fully optional; turn them off and you have a pure two-pane file manager. Turn them on and you can search and select files in natural language, or rename images in bulk based on their content, with the suggestions reviewed by you before anything is applied, and processing stays on your Mac by default so files do not leave it. It is free for personal use, work use needs a one-time $59 license, and it only runs on macOS for now.
Two-pane layout:Two folders side by side, with copy and move happening between the panes.
Keyboard-first:Tab switches panes, arrows navigate, Enter opens, and F5 to F8 copy, move, create a folder and delete.
Fast file operations:Copy, move, rename and delete in a few keystrokes.
Natural-language search and selection:Describe the files you want in a sentence and select the matching batch.
AI bulk rename:Generates names from file contents, images included, and applies them only after you review them.
Local-first AI:Entirely optional, processed on your Mac by default, with an OpenAI-compatible provider also supported.
Dark and light modes:Text colors are verified against WCAG 2.2 AA and APCA so both themes stay readable.
Rust and Tauri power the backend and Svelte the interface, so it is extremely fast while still looking modern: real dark and light modes, with every text color checked against both WCAG 2.2 AA and APCA contrast. The AI features are fully optional; turn them off and you have a pure two-pane file manager. Turn them on and you can search and select files in natural language, or rename images in bulk based on their content, with the suggestions reviewed by you before anything is applied, and processing stays on your Mac by default so files do not leave it. It is free for personal use, work use needs a one-time $59 license, and it only runs on macOS for now.
Features
Two-pane layout:Two folders side by side, with copy and move happening between the panes.
Keyboard-first:Tab switches panes, arrows navigate, Enter opens, and F5 to F8 copy, move, create a folder and delete.
Fast file operations:Copy, move, rename and delete in a few keystrokes.
Natural-language search and selection:Describe the files you want in a sentence and select the matching batch.
AI bulk rename:Generates names from file contents, images included, and applies them only after you review them.
Local-first AI:Entirely optional, processed on your Mac by default, with an OpenAI-compatible provider also supported.
Dark and light modes:Text colors are verified against WCAG 2.2 AA and APCA so both themes stay readable.
