Hey everyone,
Long-time listener of MPU here. I’ve been working on a file manager called Captain’s Deck and thought this community might appreciate it (or tear it
apart - either works).
The problem I was solving: I spend most of my day in the terminal and text editors, hands on the keyboard. Every time I had to use Finder, it felt
like hitting a wall - grab the mouse, click around, lose my flow. I wanted file management that worked like Vim.
What I built:
- Dual-pane layout - see source and destination side by side
- Vim-style navigation - hjkl to move, / to filter, gg to jump to top
- Arrow keys too - not everyone wants Vim bindings, so both work simultaneously
- Built-in terminal - backtick toggles it, and it syncs with your current directory (both ways via OSC 7)
- Keyboard shortcuts for everything - F5 copy, F6 move, F7 new folder, F8 delete (Norton Commander style for those who remember)
For the power users:
- Git integration with status badges and staging
- SFTP, S3, WebDAV connections
- Browse inside ZIP/RAR archives like folders
- Batch rename with patterns
- Quick Look with spacebar
There’s a 14-day free trial if anyone wants to kick the tires: https://www.captains-deck.com
I’m an indie dev, so I actually read every piece of feedback. Would love to know:
- What keyboard workflows do you use for file management currently?
- Anything obvious I’m missing?
Thanks for reading!
