Furman

File & URL Repository MANager
a dual-pane file manager for macOS and Linux inspired by times when Dos Navigator was the king.
_{furman is also Polish for "carter" — one who hauls goods by horse-drawn cart, and in our case, hauls files.}

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Features

• Dual-pane navigation with Tab to switch between panes (single-pane mode available via Cmd+P)
• S3 support — full-featured S3 client for 38+ S3-compatible providers (AWS, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, etc.) with multipart transfers, CRC32C checksum verification, versioning with MFA Delete, object lock, batch metadata/tag editing, lifecycle rules, CORS, bucket policies, client-side encryption (AES-256-GCM / ChaCha20), sync with exclude filters, bandwidth throttling, IAM role assumption, OIDC/Web Identity Federation, HTTP/HTTPS proxy support, CloudFront CDN management, inventory reports, replication configuration, event notifications, access points, anonymous access, and more
• SFTP support — browse, transfer, view, and edit files on remote servers via SSH with password, SSH key, or SSH agent authentication. Cross-protocol transfers between local, S3, and SFTP
• Integrated terminal — bottom panel (Cmd+T), Quake-style drop-down (Cmd+`), or in-pane mode (Cmd+Shift+T)
• Git integration — panel header shows repo indicator with branch name, ahead/behind status, dirty flag, pull button, and branch switcher
• File viewer (F3) — text with line numbers, image preview, hex dump
• File editor (F4) — built-in text editor with dirty-state tracking
• Search (Cmd+F) — search by file name or file content with streaming results
• Archive browsing — navigate inside zip, rar, and 7z archives as if they were directories (requires 7z — install via brew install 7zip on macOS or sudo apt install p7zip-full on Linux)
• File watcher — panels auto-refresh when files change on disk
• Quick filter — type to filter the file list in real time
• Directory sizes — selecting a directory calculates its recursive size (configurable in Preferences)
• Selection — click, Cmd+click to toggle, Shift+click for range, or rubber-band (marquee) drag in empty space
• Drag and drop — drag files between panels to copy (or Shift+drag to move)
• Sidebar — favorites, workspaces, S3 bookmarks, SFTP bookmarks, mounted devices, active S3/SFTP connections, theme toggle (Cmd+B to open, press again to focus for keyboard navigation)
• Preferences — icon size, hidden files, external editor, startup sound (accessible via F9 menu)
• Dark / Light theme — auto-detects OS preference, toggle with Cmd+Shift+L
• List, icon, and column views — switch between list, grid, and column layouts with configurable icon sizes

Installation

Homebrew

brew install fenio/tap/furman

Download

Grab the latest .dmg (macOS) or .AppImage / .deb (Linux) from the Releases page.

macOS: Both Apple Silicon (ARM) and Intel builds are available.

Note: Furman is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate. On first launch macOS Gatekeeper will block it. To allow it, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway, or run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Furman.app

Linux: Download the .AppImage and make it executable (chmod +x Furman_*.AppImage), or install the .deb package with sudo dpkg -i Furman_*.deb.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/fenio/furman.git
cd furman
npm install
npm run tauri build

The built package will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/ (.dmg on macOS, .AppImage/.deb on Linux).

Screenshots

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	SvelteKit 5, TypeScript, Vite
Backend	Rust, Tauri 2
Terminal	xterm.js
S3	aws-sdk-s3 (Rust)
SFTP	russh, russh-sftp (Rust)
Platform	macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel), Linux (x86_64)

Keyboard Shortcuts

File Operations

Shortcut	F-key	Action
Cmd+R	F2	Rename
Cmd+3	F3	View file
Cmd+E	F4	Edit file
Cmd+C	F5	Copy to other panel
Cmd+M	F6	Move to other panel
Cmd+N	F7	Create directory
Cmd+Backspace	F8	Delete

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Tab	Switch active panel
Enter	Open directory / file
Backspace	Go to parent directory
Home / End	Jump to first / last entry
PageUp / PageDown	Scroll by page
Insert or Space	Toggle selection

Connections

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+S	Connection Manager / disconnect S3 or SFTP
Cmd+D	Bookmark S3 or SFTP path / Save workspace (local)
Cmd+I	Properties / Connection info
Cmd+Y	Sync between panels

S3

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+U	Presigned URL to clipboard
Cmd+K	Copy S3 URI to clipboard
Cmd+L	Bulk storage class change
Cmd+Shift+I	Bucket properties

Terminal & UI

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+P	Toggle single / dual pane
Cmd+T	Toggle bottom terminal
Cmd+`	Toggle Quake terminal
Cmd+Shift+T	Toggle in-pane terminal
Cmd+B	Toggle sidebar (press twice to focus for keyboard navigation)
Cmd+J	Toggle transfer panel
F9	Toggle menu
Cmd+F	Search
Cmd+Shift+L	Toggle dark/light theme
Cmd+Q	Quit

License

Furman is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Copyright (c) 2026 Bartosz Fenski