WhimFiles - Native Mac file manager with real-time filtering and dual-pane
Show HN: Fast, native Mac file manager (filters, fuzzy find, 9 MB, no Electron)
WhimFiles is a lightweight, native macOS file manager designed to replace the limitations of Finder. Weighing only 9 MB, it features real-time filtering by type, date, and size, alongside a powerful dual-pane interface for efficient file management. Users can navigate instantly with fuzzy search, preview images and PDFs on hover, and perform batch operations like renaming and format conversion without leaving the app. Built for power users and creatives, it offers a one-time purchase model with no subscription, ensuring a fast, distraction-free workflow on Apple Silicon devices.
WhimFiles gets out of your way and helps you work faster by letting you filter by type, date, and size simultaneously to find any file in seconds.
- msephton
I like many of the ideas in this app, but IMHO it does not yet look like a macOS app: eg. strange blue focus outlines to denote active state, which on my system are larger vertically than the button they contain but not horizontally which results in a very untidy display, some buttons are smaller than the required/recommended minimum size. Some other things I've noticed, compared to Finder: far less items in the same vertical space, different keyboard shortcuts for same feature makes migration difficult.
My favourite Finder-likes: Nimble Commander, Marta
- jaffa2
does this index the disk to do this ? So the filemanager is working with an index rather than the files ? It could be stale ?
I haven't found a good file manager for mac since 15 years now. They all just about do the things I need but not good enough. I've never really done the dual pane thing, my favourite gui for file management was Windows XP. Every iteration of explorer since has gotten objectively worse.
On mac I don't even bother trying to filemanage. I remote in to a windows machine.
I need to be able to get paths and paste paths.
for my downloads I just sort by type in list view and delete whatever by type. just do that a few times a year no big deal. I don't understand why we can't have an AI that sorts out the files they half baked 'stacks' onto the desktop, but all that happens is i now have dozens and dozens of stacks which contain dozens and dozens of files.
- cloin
I used to have a greater need for a file manager in other jobs. I don’t have the same need anymore but Forklift (https://binarynights.com/) has always been great and I still use it from time to time.
- mune2gu-chan
The 9MB size alone got my attention. It's refreshing to see a native macOS app that doesn't pull in Electron for everything.
- aagd
Why would anyone trust an app from an anonymous source access their whole filesystem with read/write access? Who are you [email protected] and where are you from?