Xplorer, a customizable, modern and cross-platform File Explorer.
Xplorer is a file explorer built from ground-up to be fully customizable. And even without any customization, it already looks modern!
Xplorer is a cross-platform application built using Electron, and you can run it on Windows, MacOS, or Linux without having much trouble. One of the key feature is Xplorer allows you to preview the files you have directly inside Xplorer. And it's not only limited to picture or document preview, but also video preview.
To summarize, Xplorer's features contain:
- It looks modern
- Easy to use
- Cross-platform
- File Preview, even for videos!
- Most importantly, Free and Open Source Software(FOSS), which means you can change components inside if you see fit
Xplorer is currently under heavy development. You can give your suggestions and feedbacks in our Discussions page. If you feel comfortable in writing code using Typescript, we highly encourage you to contribute to this project.
If you want to install Xplorer in your system, you can download the installer for your operating system in the release page. Please note that the current version is not stable yet, and you may encounter various bugs.
If you find any bug, please report it by submitting an issue in our issue page with detailed explanation. Giving some screenshots would also be very helpful.
NB: For installation common problems, please visit this page here
Xplorer keep loading and crashes.
Try open cmd by typingWin + R
and type cmd
.
Enter following command:
wmic
If the output says the wmic
is not recognized as internal or internal command, please follow the steps given on this article or this article.
Also, please make sure that windows defender isn't blocking Xplorer from accessing your documents.
Opening folder like Documents
, Desktop
, Downloads
makes Xplorer crash
Disable the Extract exe file icon and make it as preview
setting.
Also, please make sure that windows defender isn't blocking Xplorer from accessing your documents.
Xplorer is unstable after installing it.
Simply restart, Xplorer will fix itself, if it doesn't, please address an issue over hereIf you want to run this project in your local system, please follow this guide:
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Fork this project
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Clone the project to your local system using this command
$ git clone https://github.com/<your_github_username>/xplorer.git
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Change directory to the root directory of this project
$ cd xplorer
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Install all dependencies using
yarn
$ yarn install
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Run the project in development mode
$ yarn dev
We highly encourage you to contribute to this project (even if you are a beginner). And if you finally want to contribute to this project, please read our contribution guide.
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