I am very happy to introduce Xplorer to help you organize your files/folders.

I created Xplorer for the following reasons:

• Supports Multiple Tabs
• Easy to use
• Highly customizable (just like VSCode)
• Cross-platform
• Supports previewing apps directly inside Xplorer
• Looks modern
• Most importantly, FOSS, Free and Open Source, which means you can change components inside if you see it fit

Xplorer is an app designed to let users manage files/folders easily by supporting multiple tabs, previewing files and so on. Also, it looks modern! You can customize the application by changing the theme, icon and also plugin a custom function into Xplorer (though by the time I write this documentation, it's not done yet, but it will be soon)!

Why did I build this?#

Back then, I was taught Python at my school and I found it interesting when I created the “Hello World” program and I posted some tutorials on making things like Calculator and showoff to my friends XD. Soon after, Covid 19 came and I was bored and got a lot of time, I went to YouTube and learned how to program using PHP, then I switched to JavaScript and found its better.

One day, I found out the Files and it’s awesome, I use it as my default file explorer. However, I found it quite laggy and at a certain version, it just doesn’t work on my laptop. I opened an issue but they asked me to reinstall windows 10 and they just closed that Issue Meanwhile, I also tried dual-booting with Linux and found out the file manager of Linux is boring and I was unable to use any available file manager out there.

So, I asked myself, why don’t I build one that is a cross-platform, customizable and modern file manager. Besides, I would add some awesome features that other file explorers doesn’t support. Aha, Xplorer was born!

Why was it built using JavaScript?#

• JavaScript has become the most used language.
• JavaScript has a very strong community.
• You can easily write plugin using JavaScript
• JavaScript can be run in various OSes.
• Modern layouts can be built using the HTML and CSS from Electron.
• I'm bad at C/C++

Community#

We welcome your contributions to Xplorer, whether you want to use it as your file manager, you want to contribute to the Xplorer core or just have questions. Follow me on GitHub.

See ya'll soon!#

Xplorer is currently on development progress (you can try it by manually setup however), stay tuned till the beta version released!