Free for individuals · macOS · Windows · Linux

Two panels.Your real shell.Everything is a plugin.

PejavaCommander is a keyboard-first two-panel file manager for the desktop. Your own shell lives under the panels, every key and color is yours to change, and new features arrive as plugins without a restart.

Downloadv0.1.0

All platforms and formats

Plugins
  • Full and Brief listing modes
  • Fixed-width columns and the Long mode with permissions
  • Icons view and the Visual disk usage treemap
  • System monitor: CPU, memory, network, processes
  • Ctrl+O hides the panels: your shell is right there
  • Settings: color palettes with a live preview
Two panels, the details block and your shell prompt
Two panels, the details block and your shell prompt
Full and Brief listing modes
Full and Brief listing modes
Fixed-width columns and the Long mode with permissions
Fixed-width columns and the Long mode with permissions
Icons view and the Visual disk usage treemap
Icons view and the Visual disk usage treemap
System monitor: CPU, memory, network, processes
System monitor: CPU, memory, network, processes
Ctrl+O hides the panels: your shell is right there
Ctrl+O hides the panels: your shell is right there
Settings: color palettes with a live preview
Settings: color palettes with a live preview

A classic, rebuilt for today

Fast keyboard workflow with two panels, and everything a modern desktop expects.

Your real shell

Your $SHELL in a real terminal under the panels. Ctrl+O hides the panels; the panel follows the shell’s folder and back.

Archives as folders

Enter a zip, 7z, tar.*, rar, iso or deb and work inside it with F5–F8 like with any folder.

Remote in the panel

SFTP with your ~/.ssh/config, FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, SMB and NFS. F4 edits a remote file and uploads it back.

See what takes space

Visual mode scans a folder and draws a shaded treemap. Double-click to zoom in.

Tabs and windows

Each tab has its own shell and panels. Drag a tab out of the window to make a new one.

Every key, every color

Rebind any shortcut. Create, edit, import and share color palettes with a live preview.

System monitor

An overlay with CPU, memory, network and processes, one key away.

Plugins, hot

JSON manifests, a UI part and an optional Node part. Plugins load and unload without a restart.

Install in a minute

Pick your system. Settings, palettes and keys live in your home folder, so reinstalling never loses them.

First steps

Tab
switch panel
Ctrl+O
hide panels, see your shell
F5 / F6
copy / move
Ctrl+1…9
listing modes, icons, preview, disk usage
⌘⇧P
command palette
⌘⇧X
plugin manager
  1. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag PejavaCommander to Applications.
  2. Start it from Launchpad or Spotlight (⌘ Space, type “Pejava”).
  3. If macOS says the app is from an unidentified developer, right-click it in Applications and choose Open once.
  4. Grant Full Disk Access in System Settings → Privacy & Security if you want to browse protected folders.

Grows with plugins

Half of PejavaCommander is plugins already. Write your own panel, column, view or palette in plain JavaScript.

Browse the catalogWrite a plugin

PejavaArchive

pejava.archive

Archives as folders: zip, tar.gz/bz2/xz/zst, 7z, rar, iso, cab, xar, deb, rpm, gz… Enter opens them; F5/F6/F7/F8 copy in and out, make folders and delete inside (zip, tar.*, 7z); others are read-only.

ArchivesBuilt-inv1.0.0

PejavaRemote

pejava.remote

Network connections in the panels: SFTP (with ~/.ssh/config), FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, SMB, AFP and NFS. Saved connections live in ~/.pejava/connections.json; hosts from ~/.ssh/config, FileZilla, ~/.netrc and the local network are offered too. F5/F6/F7/F8 work on the server; F4 edits a file in the code editor (each save uploads it), Shift+F4 makes a new one.

NetworkBuilt-inv1.0.0

Disk Usage (Visual)

visual.disk-usage

"Visual" panel mode: scans the folder and shows what takes space as a shaded treemap.

SystemBuilt-inv1.0.0

PejavaSys

pejava.sys

System monitor over the whole window: CPU graph and cores, memory, network, processes (sort, filter, terminate).

SystemBuilt-inv1.0.0

Free for individuals. Better with your support.

Any donation from $1 marks your account as a Supporter. It keeps development going and unlocks Supporter features as they arrive.

Support the projectFor organizations: $10 per installation a year