helloSystem / Filer

A file manager that can also render the desktop

Filer

A file manager that also renders the desktop. A key component of helloSystem.

Features

Minimalistic simplicity, see hello for the background

• Appeal to users coming from macOS
• Cross platform: Builds for Linux, FreeBSD
• Spatial mode (each folder opens in its own window)
• Can handle Application Bundles
• Can handle ELF files that are lacking the executable bit (backlog)
• Can handle AppImages (backlog)
• Context menu can be extended using file manager actions

Dependencies

On Alpine Linux:

apk add --no-cache qt5-qtbase-dev kwindowsystem-dev qt5-qttools-dev kdbusaddons-dev baloo-dev xcb-util-wm-dev libdbusmenu-qt-dev git cmake musl-dev alpine-sdk clang qt5-qtmultimedia-dev libfm-dev libfm-extra-dev menu-cache-dev

Not all of the above may actually be required.

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install