Shuffle
A modern file explorer for macOS, built for speed.
Inspired by File Pilot on Windows: an open source,
GPU rendered file manager focused on the best performance, the smoothest feel,
and a deep set of power user features and customization.
Philosophy
macOS file managers are either too limited or too slow. Shuffle is a single,
small, native app that stays instant no matter how big the directory or how fast
you move, and gives power users real tools instead of getting in the way.
- Fast. GPU rendered (Metal), fully virtualized lists. A folder with 100,000
items scrolls as smoothly as one with 10.
- Smooth. Native drag and drop, no jank, no Electron.
- Powerful and customizable. The features below, plus a theme system to make
it yours.
Highlights
- 🪟 Dual panes / split canvas. Drag a tab to the edge to split the window
into two side by side panes, each with its own tabs, history, and filter, and a
draggable divider resizes them.
- 🗂️ Tabs.
Cmd+T or +, with smooth drag to reorder and drag between panes.
- ⚡ Command palette (
Cmd+P). Millisecond fuzzy search over your home
directory with typo tolerance, live path browsing, and quick commands.
- ⌨️ Terminal mode. An optional command bar at the bottom to move through the
explorer like a shell (
cd navigates, Tab autocompletes paths and commands).
- 👁️ Preview and Information. Single click a file to preview it (QuickLook:
images, PDFs, docs) and inspect its details in a side inspector.
- 🔎 In-place filter (
/). Instantly narrow the current folder, typo tolerant.
- ☁️ Cloud and servers. Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud show up
automatically, alongside mounted volumes and a Connect to Server dialog.
- 🎨 Deep theming. Dozens of preset palettes (Catppuccin, Dracula, Nord,
Gruvbox, Solarized, Tokyo Night, and bold single hue themes) plus per color
customization, applied live.
Optional features (Terminal, Preview, Information) live in Settings › General
and are off by default.
Platform support
Built for macOS, tuned for Apple Silicon (M series). It is a standard
Metal app and runs on any modern Mac (macOS 12+). Intel builds from source.
Building from source
Written in Rust with GPUI (the GPU UI framework
behind the Zed editor).
# Prerequisites: Rust (rustup), Xcode CLT, and the Metal toolchain:
xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain
cargo run # debug
cargo build --release # optimized
./make_app.sh && open ./Shuffle.app # packaged .app bundle
Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
Cmd+P | Command palette / fuzzy find |
/ | Filter the current directory |
Cmd+T | New tab |
Cmd+W | Close tab |
Cmd+, | Settings |
Roadmap — you pick what's next
The roadmap is prioritized by community votes. Every planned
item has a thread in
Ideas —
open one and hit ⬆ upvote to push it up the queue, or start a new thread
to propose something.
Status
Early but usable, under active development. Contributions and ideas welcome.
License
MIT © Jaime Guzman
