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Lost Commander

Lost Commander

A dual-pane file manager in the Norton Commander tradition — fast keyboard-driven navigation, an embedded shell, and file operations you can undo.

Lost Commander is built around an idea Norton Commander got right decades ago: two panes, a function-key row, and a keyboard that never leaves your hands. Underneath that familiar shape is a from-scratch Rust engine, so panning a huge directory, copying a big folder, or searching file contents stays fast.

Available now on the Microsoft Store for Windows. A native macOS app is coming soon.

Panes & navigation

  • Two panes with a directory tree, quick filter, typed paths, and sortable columns
  • Hidden files toggle and an instant compare between panes
  • An embedded shell under the panes, hooked to your own shell of choice

File operations you can trust

  • Copy, move, delete, rename, and mkdir as watched, cancellable jobs
  • Undo shows the exact plan before it runs — not a guess
  • Mark files by selection, glob pattern, or by comparing the two panes
  • One-direction pane sync for keeping two folders in step

Archives & viewers

  • Step into archives like a folder — browse and extract, no separate tool
  • Built-in text, markdown, image, and hex viewers
  • A text editor that refuses a save that would silently lose characters

Search & history

  • Find files by name or content, and find duplicates with a reclaimable-space count
  • Compare two files line by line
  • Every command you run is recorded, filterable, and one click away

Workspaces

  • Multiple tabs, each with its own shell, saved automatically and restored on relaunch
  • Color schemes to match how you like to work

One Rust engine drives every front-end, designed to behave identically on Windows, macOS, and Linux — the same keystrokes, the same file operations, the same undo plan, wherever it runs.

Get it on the Microsoft Store

View source on GitHub

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