FileX is a lightweight, native-feeling file manager for Linux, built with Tauri and Next.js. The UI runs in Next.js while file system operations are handled natively through Rust.
- Sidebar with quick access to Home and other common places
- Directory navigation with back/forward and breadcrumb path
- Create, rename, delete, copy, and paste files and folders
- Right-click context menu for file and folder actions
- File properties (size, type, location, dates)
- Progress feedback for in-progress operations like copying
- Node.js (v18.18 or higher)
- Rust
- Tauri requirements
- Tauri CLI, optional (
cargo install tauri-cli) — the CLI also ships as a dev dependency, sonpx tauriworks without installing it globally
git clone https://github.com/mrsudarshanrai/FileX.git
cd FileX
npm install
To start the development server, run:
npx tauri dev
This will start the application in development mode.
If you installed the Tauri CLI globally, you can use it instead:
cd src-tauri
cargo tauri dev
Both run the same CLI. npx uses the version pinned in package.json, so it
needs no global install and cannot drift from the tauri crate version.
From the repo root:
makepkg -sif
That builds the app, packages it, and installs it with pacman in one step. AUR
package coming soon.
Build the bundles:
npx tauri build
Artifacts are written to src-tauri/target/release/bundle/:
| Distro | File |
|---|---|
| Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop | deb/filex_<version>_amd64.deb |
| Fedora, openSUSE | rpm/filex-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm |
| Any (no install needed) | appimage/filex_<version>_amd64.AppImage |
Then install the one you need:
sudo apt install ./filex_<version>_amd64.deb # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install ./filex-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm # Fedora
Or make the AppImage executable and run it directly:
chmod +x filex_<version>_amd64.AppImage
./filex_<version>_amd64.AppImage
To build a single bundle, pass --bundles:
npx tauri build --bundles deb
npx tauri build --bundles deb,rpm,appimage
See tauri.app/distribute for more.
A build links against the glibc of the machine that produced it, so packages built on a rolling distro like Arch will not run on older releases such as Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian 12. Build releases inside a container based on the oldest distro you intend to support.
AppImage bundling does not currently work on Arch: linuxdeploy's GTK plugin
expects Debian's /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0 loader directory, which Arch no
longer ships. Building in a Debian or Ubuntu container avoids this too.
By contributing to this repository, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's MIT License