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Dual-pane TUI file explorer in the style of Total Commander, written in Rust. Single native binary, no runtime dependencies.

Features

• Dual-pane navigation, arrow keys only
• Copy / move / rename / delete with conflict resolution
• Multi-select (Space, Ctrl+A) with size totals
• Quick filter (Ctrl+F) on the active pane
• Bookmarks panel (Ctrl+B), persisted to disk
• Drives / mounts panel (Alt+F1, Alt+F2, Ctrl+\) for Windows drive letters and Unix mount points
• 256-color theme editor (Ctrl+T) with live preview
• Embedded text editor (Enter on a file): undo/redo, search, copy/paste
• Archive unpack and pack: .zip, .tar.*, .7z, .rar, .gz, .bz2, .xz
• SSH/SFTP remote browsing (ssh user@host)
• Async task runner with live output window
• Session restore on launch

Build

Requires Rust stable (edition 2024) and a 256-color terminal.

cargo build --release

Usage

cpt                       # restore last session
cpt /path/to/dir          # set left pane
cpt /left /right          # set both panes
cpt --debug               # write log to cpt.log

Keybindings

Key	Action
F1	Help
F2	Rename
F3	View in $PAGER
F4	New file
F5	Copy to other pane
F6	Move to other pane
F7	New directory
F8 / Del	Delete
Tab	Switch pane
Enter	Enter dir / open file in editor
Space / Insert	Toggle selection
Ctrl+A	Select all (toggle)
Ctrl+F	Quick filter (or search in editor)
Ctrl+B	Bookmarks panel
Alt+F1 / Alt+F2	Drives panel (left / right pane)
Ctrl+\	Drives panel (active pane)
Ctrl+T	Theme editor
Ctrl+O	SSH connect dialog
Ctrl+Z	Minimize / restore task window
Ctrl+Q	Quit

Type any printable character in normal mode to open an inline command line. cd <path> navigates the active pane; anything else runs through the system shell.

Configuration

Files are managed by confy and stored per platform:

Platform	Path
Linux	~/.config/rs.cpt/
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/rs.cpt/
Windows	%APPDATA%\rs.cpt\

File	Contents
cpt.toml	Last directories, active pane, theme
bookmarks.toml	Saved bookmarks
themes/<name>.toml	Custom themes (26 color fields)
cpt.log	Debug log (only with --debug)

License

MIT