Orbit

A fast Material 3 file manager for Linux, built in Rust and QML — made with the help of AI (Claude Code).

Features

• Tabs with session restore
• List and grid views, inline tree expansion
• Command palette (Ctrl+K)
• Recursive and content search, filter chips
• Editable path bar, breadcrumbs, back/forward history
• Copy/move with progress, cancellation, conflicts, and undo
• Drag & drop with spring-loaded folders
• Trash, archives (compress/extract), Open with…
• Auto-organize rules (glob → move, undoable)
• Disk usage treemap, duplicate finder
• Preview pane (F9), live folder sizes
• Volume mounting, storage gauges, MTP phones
• Thumbnails, colored per-type file icons
• Light/dark theme with live palette reload (~/.config/orbit/colors.json)

Dependencies

Build: Rust (stable), Qt 6 (Quick/QML), a C++ compiler.

Runtime:

• Material Symbols Rounded fonts (regular + filled) — required for icons
• bsdtar — archives
• gio — MTP phones, volume mounting
• udisksctl — mount/eject
• xdg-open — opening files

Everything except the fonts is optional; the related feature just won't work without it.

Build & run

git clone <repo-url> orbit
cd orbit
cargo run --release -p fm-app

Tests:

cargo test -p fm-core