OpenXplorer
A Windows File Explorer-inspired file manager, developed for Zorin OS first and foremost. Zorin is the primary target for its desktop experience and integration; Ubuntu and Debian are secondary compatibility targets and require compatible system packages.
Browse local folders, SMB shares and SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and NFS locations with tabs, split panes, a folder tree, Details, Compact, List and icon views with thumbnails, clickable paths, pinned folders, search, undoable file operations and light/dark themes.
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The native GTK 4 app, captured in an isolated session with fictional files: the Details view, and split panes (F3). Network examples in these pictures do not establish live SMB compatibility.
Install
Version 2.0.10 is a native GTK 4 application written in Rust (native/). It keeps the same look, settings, pins and saved passwords as 1.x; see the changelog for what 2.0.10 adds. Get it from GitHub Releases:
- Zorin OS 18, Ubuntu 24.04 and newer, Debian 13:
openxplorer_2.0.10_all.deb (x86-64). OpenXplorer 1.1.x offers it in Check for updates.
- Fedora, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Arch Linux: the
.rpm or .pkg.tar.zst of the release, when the release lists one.
- Any distribution with Flatpak, including Debian 12 and others with GTK older than 4.14:
io.winspace.Development.flatpak.
Follow the installation guide, and finish file operations and run openxplorer --quit before upgrading. See the changelog, the known gaps and backlog, the packaging guide and the release checklist.
Develop
The app lives in native/ (Rust, GTK 4, GIO/GVfs); see native/README.md. It needs Rust 1.92 or newer and the GTK 4.14+, SQLite and libsoup 3 development packages (libgtk-4-dev libsqlite3-dev libsoup-3.0-dev on Ubuntu and Debian):
cargo build --release --locked --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml
python3 native/tools/check.py
No package ships Python; the persistent SMB mount helper is a Rust program too. The Next.js website lives in apps/web/. The installed app does not depend on Node or pnpm.
Retired: the Python/GTK 3/WebKitGTK app of OpenXplorer 1.x is no longer in the tree, released or maintained. Its last release is tag v1.1.4; its final sources, which native/parity/ cites as the behavioural specification, are desktop/ at tag v2.0.0.
For the website, use Node.js 22.13+ and pnpm 10.34.5:
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm dev
See native setup, website setup and the development guide for prerequisites, builds and checks.
Contribute
Read CONTRIBUTING.md and submit a pull request from a feature branch. main requires PRs, including for administrators. Report vulnerabilities using SECURITY.md.
License
Project changes, website and project-authored documentation are AGPL-3.0-only, with documented file-level exceptions. Preserve the upstream Winspace MIT notice, NOTICE and third-party notices.
Independent project; not affiliated with Microsoft, Zorin, Canonical, Debian or Vercel. No warranty.
