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.