"Sigma File Manager" is a free, open-source, quickly evolving, modern file manager (explorer / finder) app for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Last update: Dec 31, 2022

Overview

Sigma File Manager

"Sigma File Manager" is a free, open-source, quickly evolving, modern file manager (explorer / finder) app for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Designed, developed, and maintained by Aleksey Hoffman

Artwork in the image: Futuristic Japanese Palanquin by Julien Gauthier

Features

The list of major features in version 1.0.0:

FEATURE #1 | SMART GLOBAL SEARCH

The search system in this app allows you to find any file / directory on your computer in just a few seconds. For example, to find a file called "2019 - Document Name.txt", you can type something like "documen 2019" (with typos, wrong case, wrong word order, missing words, missing symbols, and missing file extension) and the app will quickly find it for you (search usually takes ~2 seconds per 100 GB of data).

FEATURE #2 | TABS

Tabs allow you to navigate your directories faster. You can create separate sets of tabs for every workspace and then quickly switch between them with a click or a shortcut: Alt + [0-9]. When you re-launch the app, the tabs are restored to the previous state.

FEATURE #3 | WORKSPACES

Greatly increases your productivity by allowing you to create your own workspaces and quickly switch between them, which is especially useful when you work on multiple projects. Each workspace has its own set of tabs and its own actions. Actions can perform different operations, e.g. open a website, run a script, open a file in a specific program, etc. When you re-launch the app, the workspaces are restored to the previous state.
Usage example: create a workspace set called "Drawing" with the following properties:
- Action 1: open "artstation" website for inspiration
- Action 2: open "youtube" tutorial video for references
- Action 3: open template file in Photoshop to get started quickly
- Set default directory: "/drawing/references"
- Set workspace tabs: tab-1: "/drawing/assets/characters" and tab-2: "/drawing/references"
Then, when you need to quickly get back to your "drawing" project, you just switch to that workspace with a single shortcut and you're set.

FEATURE #4 | ADVANCED WIRELESS FILE SHARING

This feature allows you to wirelessly share a directory or stream any file to your local devices (connected to your network) in 1 click without installing any apps.

Note: make sure to allow the app access to the network in Firewall when prompted.

FEATURE #5 | ADDRESS BAR

Address bar lets you quickly navigate directories with your keyboard. It autocompletes file names and automatically opens the directories as you type.

FEATURE #6 | ITEM FILTER

Item filter allows you to quickly filter out items (notes / files / directories) so you don't have to scroll through hundreds of files / notes trying to find the one you need. It supports advanced glob patterns and property prefixes (for specifying exact properties you want to filter).
Examples:

Type ".pdf" to show only PDF files.
Type "GB" to show files which size is measured in GB (e.g. big video files).
Type "2018" to show files that were created / modified in the year 2018.
Type "render*{001..003}*.png" to show files which name starts with word "render", contains numbers in range 001 - 003 and ends with extension ".png" (e.g. "render 001.png", "render 002.png", "render 003.png").

The filter will match all of the file properties (name, tags, dates, etc). You can specify a specific file property with a prefix (e.g. "name:2018" to only search name property and exclude other file properties).

NOTE: It doesn't use the global search's typo correction algorithm yet. It might be added in the future updates.

FEATURE #7 | ADVANCED FILE DOWNLOADER

This feature allows you to stream / download any file from the internet just by dragging it (or its link) onto the app.

It supports almost all file types. You can even drag a "base64 image" string of text and the app will download it as an image file.

It can even download videos. It supports both URLs and direct links:

To download from URL (currently only YouTube is supported): drag and drop URL of the page onto the app. In the future, these websites will also be supported.
To download from direct link (any website): drag and drop the direct video link onto the app. Direct video link is a link that points directly to the file, e.g. https://example.com/video.mp4. If you open a file in a new tab of the browser and it gets displayed, it's a direct link. Protected videos will also have some parameters after the extension, so make sure to select the whole link, including the parameters. Keep in mind, such links don't stay active for long because the parameters have an expiration time.
You can also download video streams (e.g. https://example.com/video.ts?sessionid=[ID]&wmsAuthSign=[TOKEN]) with or without auth tokens / URL timestamps
- Oh, jeez, Rick...ca..can it really do all of this? Ohh man...ah...I...I don't get it Rick, all these tokens and URLs..how does it even work, Rick?
- shut... *bUuUUrp* ...shut up, Morty...wh...what, you want me to show you my math, Morty? That's the power of open-source tech... *bUuUUrp* ...technology for you, Morty. With open-source you can do anything Morty, anything!

Warning: use this feature only to download your own and non-copyrighted files. By downloading copyrighted files from certain services, you might be breaching their terms of service. If you decide to ignore this warning, at least don't over-abuse this feature, show the services you use some love and consider supporting them at least by disabling the ad blocker on their website or even consider buying their premium subscriptions to support both the service and the content creators on it. Why? Well, because we shouldn't abuse the services that give us free education / entertainment / communities / creative freedom and other great things.

FEATURE #8 | SMART DRAG & DROP

The drag & drop feature is still in early development, however I've already implemented the following functionality:

You can download any file (including videos), just by dragging them (or their link) onto the app.
Drag files / directories from the system into the app and the other way around to copy / move them.
Provide a comfortable and logical drag & drop behaviour that actually makes sense:
- To move / download an item into the current directory, just drag it onto the app and drop anywhere on the full-screen overlay.
- To move / download an item into a specific directory simply hold Ctrl to enter "selective mode" and drop it into whatever directory you want.
- If you want to copy the item instead of moving it, simply hold Shift. This behaviour is always consistent, unlike some other file managers, where sometimes the file is copied and sometimes is moved so you're never sure what's going to happen.
- If you drop a file into a directory that already has a file with that name, the app will let you resolve the conflict with 1 click: automatically save it with a different name or replace the existing file, unlike some other file managers, that don't let you rename the files easily.

FEATURE #9 | SHORTCUTS

Most actions within the app can be performed with shortcuts. Even the app itself can be opened / closed with a global (system wide) customizable shortcut. This feature helps you work more efficiently and makes the process more enjoyable (e.g. you can instantly open the app and create a new note with just 1 shortcut).

FEATURE #10 | CUSTOMIZABLE HOME PAGE BANNER

The home page of the app has a unique, recognizable feature - a customizable media background (banner). You can set a custom image / video or choose one of the built-in ones (kindly provided to my by their artists) and personalize the app to your liking. If you like some of the default artworks, make sure to visit the artists' portfolio and consider supporting their work. You can find the source links by hovering the artworks in the background manager (in the banner menu on the home page) and also on this page below.

FEATURE #11 | NOTES

Advanced note editor in this app allows you to create featureful notes and store them in one convenient, quickly accessible place. Here's some of its features:
- All your notes are always 1 click / shortcut away. You can create a new note instantly with just 1 keyboard shortcut, without even opening the app first.
- Note editor provides all the basic formatting functionality. It also supports images, math formulas (Katex), lists, checkboxes, etc.
- Notes can be protected from editing, moved into a group, assigned a color (or a tag) and more.

FEATURE #12 | DASHBOARD

On the dashboard page, you can see all your pinned, protected, tagged items, and the timeline, which allows you to quickly find previously opened items.

FEATURE #13 | FILE PROTECTION

Have you ever wanted to lock an important file / directory so that you or any other program couldn't accidentally modify / rename / move / delete it?

This feature allows you to protect any file / directory / note from being modified / renamed / moved / deleted. This feature has 2 modes:

"Simple mode" protects specific items ONLY from within this app. You will still be able to modify / rename / move / delete your protected items using any other program.
"Advanced mode" is targeted for advanced users. It protects specific items by removing all their permissions, preventing any modification or deletion by any other program, including the terminal, even if the program has admin permissions. The protection can be removed from within the app or by running a special command in the terminal manually.

FEATURE #14 | INFO PANEL

Info panel displays useful information about the currently selected file / directory:

Properties like "size", "path", "symlink path", "permissions", etc. which can be easily copied with Ctrl + Lclick;
File preview for media files: audio, video, images (including animated gifs, apng, webp, and many other formats);

FEATURE #15 | ARCHIVER

Built-in archver allows you to compress files into archives and extract existing archives. It supports most formats.

FEATURE #16 | AUTO UPDATES

The app can automatically check for updates. If there's a newer release available, it will let you decide if and when you want to download and install it.

FEATURE #17 | CUSTOMIZABLE, WELL THOUGHT-OUT, MODERN DESIGN

Most professional design concepts look amazing but completely unusable in real apps.

This app packs lots of advanced features without sacrificing the customizable, minimalistic, modern design. Even the smallest features of this app are well thought-out, for example:

A lot of features are accessible in just 1-2 clicks or with shortcuts.
You can quickly scale the whole interface, making all elements smaller or bigger with a single shortcut.
The app detects file changes, so all the information you see is always up to date (for example, drive list, drive info, directory info like item count, etc.).
The app will automatically open when you connect a drive to your computer so you can get to your files immediately.
All colors are properly contrasted so they never cause eye pain and never result in the "retina burn-in" effect.
You can protect any file / directory / note from being moved, renamed, or deleted.
App pages save their state properties like scroll position, so when you go back to it, you don't need to scroll the page all the way back to where it was before.
Conventions are important. This app follows the best, most logical conventions and standards:
- All paths are divided with forward slashes / to avoid confusion and problems with escaping characters. Windows OS is the only major system that doesn't follow this convention, so this app automatically overwrites this non-standardized behavior and replaces all backward \\ slashes with forward slashes to follow the conventions;
- All action buttons are placed in the logical order: actions that logically take you back are on the left (e.g. "back", "cancel", "stop"), and the actions that logically take you forward are on the right (e.g. "ok", "continue", "save");
and more...

FEATURE #18 | COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

Anyone can join this community, participate in the development of this app, and learn in the process. This project in an example of how collaboration of open-source and open-content (art) creators can make such projects possible.

AND MANY MORE FEATURES ARE COMING

Several more major features / improvements are already in development and will be added in the next updates. I'm planning to keep working on the app and keep updating it once every few days / weeks, adding more and more great features with every update.

The app background story

Even though I've spent 2800+ hours developing this app, I decided to make it free and open-source. Of course, all creators have to monetize their work somehow, but there are 2 ways to do it:

One way is to make huge profits by producing some close-sourced overly-copyrighted product, hide it behind paywalls and patents, hinder the app's potential, don't share the acquired experience and knowledge with society, punish people when they use your work (that's how the music and film industry works).
A better way is to build a much faster evolving project using open-source technologies and let everyone benefit from it. Of course, relying on donations is a less profitable model, but I think it's better when the people who use your work are the ones who determine how much support you receive. This is how we incentivize and motivate creators to improve, to make better, more useful, more enriching products / artworks / software / technologies for others. As history has shown us, when we share our knowledge with each other freely and build upon each other's work (e.g. science), we increase the rate of our technological development, which always improves well-being of everyone as a result. This is why open-source and open-content concepts are so important. Projects like this wouldn't be possible without it.

By creating this app, I also wanted to show every beginner that no project is too big for your skills - all you need to do is just start making it, work hard on it every day, learn in the process, and simply don't stop until your project becomes really good. That's the secret to creating something great.
This app is an example of what dedication can do for you - when I started this project I could barely code, this project demonstrates how in just 2 years of part-time work one developer with a $0 budget can create an app, which in version 1.0 is already starting to compete with apps like MacOS "Finder" and Windows "File Explorer" which has been in development for 24+ years by a trillion dollars worth company's team of many highly paid professional developers and designers each of whom has specialized skills, experience, all the resources, tools, and computing power in the world, including super computers, AI algorithms, neural networks, the ability to employ any specialist in the world, and the enormous amounts of data. And despite not having any of this, you can still make a competitive product, if you just start making it and keep working on it until it becomes better than everything else in the field. THat's how you make something great. But as I said, this is only possible in the world where we build upon each other's work, rather than constantly thinking about being sued for using someone's patented technology.

This is how and why "Sigma file manager" was created. It all started from a simple idea of making a concept design, but it's only thanks to other open-source developers, who also decided to share their work with the world, I was able to turn this idea into a quickly evolving app with great potential from which a lot of people would benefit from. Building something for others also gave me a lot of ideas for more impactful projects, some of which are already in development.

Milestones

✅ v1.0.0 (May 25 2021): publish the app;

✅ by v1.1.0 (May 27 2021): add 1 major feature, minor improvements, error fixes;

⬜ by v1.2.0 (May 29 2021): add 2 major features, 2+ notable improvements, navigator performance improvements;

⬜ by v1.3.0 (June 2021): localize the app to 10+ most popular languages;

⬜ by v1.4.0 (June 2021): add 2+ major features and 2+ notable improvements;

⬜ by v1.5.0 (date TBD): refactor and rewrite the whole codebase in Vue 3, and fix all known issues;

⬜ ...

⬜ by v2.0.0 (Oct 2021): (1/20) Add 20 more new major features

⬜ End goal: improve the app to the point of becoming the best file manager and one the most useful productivity apps. This milestone will be considered to be achieved when at least 3 reputable independent sources (reviewers / platforms) decide that the app has achieved all of the following titles:

⬜ (0/3 sources) the best productivity impact;
⬜ (0/3 sources) the best UI design;
⬜ (0/3 sources) the best feature set;
⬜ (0/3 sources) the fastest improvement rate;
⬜ (0/3 sources) the most loved file manager app;
⬜ (0/3 sources) the most intelligent file manager app;
⬜ (0/3 sources) is one of top 3 desktop productivity apps; Sources: ...

Supporters

See the full list of rewards, and join our community on Patreon:

Supporters are added to the list from top to bottom. The earlier you start supporting the project, the higher your name will be on the list.
"3+ months" supporters will have the ⭐ badge displayed next to their name.
The funding will be used for:
- Support other open-source and open-content creators (developers, educators, digital artists, etc);
- Fund the development of this project;
- Fund the development of my other big research project: advanced tools / algorithms that will help scientists speed up development of new medications and treatments for diseases, reducing the time need to find a new medication from 10 years (current average) to just a few months, and hopefully help humanity get rid of diseases;

SPONSORS - LEVEL 2

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SPONSORS - LEVEL 1

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GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

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GRATEFUL SUPPORTERS

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Contributors - open-content creators

Artworks used in the app

Click on the image to visit the source page.
💗 And if you like their art, consider supporting their work


Julien Gauthier	Ahmed Teilab	Johannes Plenio	Suzy Hazelwood	Dana Franklin	Kevin Lanceplaine	Andreas	Darius Kalinauskas

Klaus Pillon	Klaus Pillon	Taryn Elliott	Marcel van Vuuren	Vadim Sadovski	Alena Aenami	Alena Aenami	Alena Aenami

Download

The app is completely free. However if you join our community on Patreon you will get a lot of awesome rewards and support the developer's work.

Operating system	Download link (latest version)
Windows	Sigma_file_manager_v1.0.0_Windows.exe
MacOS portable	Sigma_file_manager_v1.0.0_MacOS.pkg
Linux (any) portable	Sigma_file_manager_v1.0.0_Linux.AppImage
Other releases	See all releases
Utility for integrating AppImages into the system (launcher, dock)	AppImageLauncher (for Linux only)

⚡ Requirements:

Memory (RAM): minimum: ~100 MB, average: ~300 MB;
Storage: minimum: ~200 MB;
OS: 64-bit: Windows, MacOS, Linux;

⚠ Warnings:

The app is still in early development (prototyping) stage.

The app hasn't been thoroughly tested yet. It shouldn't delete or damage any data on your computer by itself, but it's possible, so it's highly recommended to backup (copy) all of your important data to an external backup drive (a drive that's disconnected from the computer most of the time) or to cloud storage before installing and using this app.
Expect to see some errors and performance issues in the first versions of the app. I will be fixing the problems gradually as they get reported by the users.
The app has not been optimized yet, RAM usage can spike and go over 1 GB during some operations. So, for now, avoid using the app on low-tier computers (i.e. computers with 4 GB of RAM or less).

💡 Hidden treasures

There's a fun secret hidden somewhere on the homepage of the app. Click around, explore it, see if you can find it. Hint: the ancient one will guide you.

💬 Get notified

You can follow me on Twitter if you want to get updates on this app, hear about my upcoming projects, participate in my future giveaways, or just hear my thoughts on different things.

If you just want to get updates on this project, you can click the "watch" button on top of the page.

Project links

If you want to see the list of features currently in development, or ask a question, or propose a new feature, or report a problem, here are the links:

Special thanks

Open-source projects:

Electron: Makes it possible to create cross-platform apps for desktop platforms.
Vue.js: A wonderful JS framework that speeds up web development.
VSCode: One of the best code editors that significantly simplifies the development process.
Vuetify: Material components library that speeds up UI development.
ytdl-org/youtube-dl: Allows the app to download videos from a URL link using Python.
FFMPEG: Allows the app to convert and edit audio/video/images and get the media info.
7-zip.org and quentinrossetti/node-7z: Allows the app to work with archives (compress/decompress directories and files).
Templarian/MaterialDesign: Provides beautiful, community created, free icons

For developers

Developers, feel free to optimize and improve the app. Make sure to create a new issue or a discussion before implementing changes, so we can discuss the changes first.

See CONTRIBUTING.md file for help, if you are new to contributing code.

To open the project on the dev server, run the following commands:

cd sigma-file-manager
npm install && npm run electron:serve

To build the project for your current platform, run the following commands:

npm run electron:build

The build can be configured in the ./vue.config.js file

License

Sigma file manager is licensed under GNU GPLv3 or later.

Comments

[Problem report] Error: The device is not ready.
First issue 😎

System info:

App version: 1.0.0

Operating System: Win10 Pro N 20H2 19042.928

Problem:

As a WinGet package maintainer i wanted to add Sigma as a package. The validation process requires to test the package in a VM/Sandbox, the program installed fine, but it cannot find the drives and this error pops up.
bug help wanted good first issue
opened by OfficialEsco 22
v1.4 dll initialization failed on launch

Moved conversation to new issue:

Hi, I have been trying to install the latest version of SFM and after every install when I launch it, it just gets stuck on the start screen. I have tried updating it via app and also by reinstalling it but none of them worked. I am not really sure what could be the cause though. Edit- Facing the same issue in Windows Sandbox as well.

Originally posted by @Ansh4011 in https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/discussions/138#discussioncomment-1281134

opened by aleksey-hoffman 20
"Copy path to clipboard" shortcut not working

This shortcut does not run: 'Copy path to clipboard' Ctrl + < In any case I find more useful to add an option to right button called 'Copy file path'
more info needed

opened by jczanfona 15
Auto update is broken in v1.1.0

Problem:

I accidentally broke the auto update feature in v1.1.0. You will see an error, when you click the "download" button in the "update is available" notification.

Fixed in 35dfacc

How to update?

When v1.2.0 update is published, you will have to download it manually from the releases page: https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/releases

I might have to implement some Spectron tests at some point, to avoid such issues in the future
bug

opened by aleksey-hoffman 14
feat: option to filter hidden dir items

By default, hidden items will now be filtered out in the navigator. This is the default behavior in Windows explorer and macOS finder. It is also the behavior in windows dir command and unix ls command.

For Windows, a file is hidden if the hidden attribute on an item is true. For Unix based systems, a file is hidden if it begins with a dot (i.e..gitignore).

New setting under Navigator settings:

Tested on both Windows & Mac.

Resolves #6

opened by mattm-malone 14
The update process does nothing
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Problem description

The second version of 1.4.0 is not available through the application update process

Steps to reproduce

Run update

Environment

OS: W10

App version: 1.4.0

bug
opened by jczanfona 11
[Problem report] Duplicate Process
System info:

App version: 1.0.0

Operating System: Win10 Pro 21H1 19043.985

Problem:

Everytime you open Sigma it makes a new process instead of opening the previous one

It happens on both "Minimize to tray and keep in memory" and "Minimize to tray and minimize memory usage"
opened by OfficialEsco 11
PDF Quickview
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Problem description

Hi, I really personally like this new quickview feature, but I realised that apparently it is not working with pdf files, it just shows an empty grey screen. Have a look -

Steps to reproduce

Initiate SFM.

Select any pdf file.

Now press the space button for a quick view.

Environment

OS: Windows 10 21H1

App version: 1.4.0

bug
opened by Ansh4011 10
Transfer files from the system into the app via clipboard
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Problem description

Is not possible to copy a file shortcut (or folder) in a Windows folder

Steps to reproduce

Create a shortcut

Try to copy or move in a folder

The result is nothing.

If the shortcut is to a web page, it want to download the page, not copy the file with the link.

Environment

OS: Win 10

App version: 1.2.0

bug
opened by jczanfona 10
Failed to get 'pictures' path
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Problem description

Hello,

After the installation, upon first launch, the application crashes with "Failed to get 'pictures' path"

I must add that I am running this on a domain joined machine, with redirected Shell folders (info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/dn789199(v=ws.11) Shell folders are redirected to a network drive, which is accessible at the time of application execution. Attached is a screenshot of the error:

Thanks.

Steps to reproduce

Install application

Open application

Environment

OS: Windows 10 21H1

App version: 1.3.0

bug good first issue
opened by jackgreyhat 7
Tabs

Feature request:

I know tabs option is there! But can the tab be displayed as in browser like in the reference picture! This feature can be taken for future but is worth! It will make the navigation really easier!

opened by Ansh4011 7

[Auto-generated problem report] unhandled error

System info:

App version: 1.5.0
App page: navigator
Operating System: x64, win32, 10.0.19045
Free memory: 18.3 GB

Problem:

Error:

Uncaught Error: unexpected end of file

App action history:

23:39:11:213 | App.vue::created()
23:39:11:415 | App.vue::mounted()
23:39:11:835 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:12:058 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:12:294 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:12:604 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:18:800 | store.js::LOAD_DIR()
23:39:20:992 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:21:003 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:21:264 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:22:308 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:22:323 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:22:575 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:23:692 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:23:728 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:23:979 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:24:021 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:24:032 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:24:287 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:24:530 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:25:193 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:25:205 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:25:463 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:26:116 | store.js::LOAD_DIR()
23:39:26:220 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:26:348 | App.vue::initAllStorageFiles()
23:39:26:600 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()
23:39:27:539 | store.js::LOAD_DIR()
23:39:32:817 | store.js::UPDATE_STORAGE_FILE()

opened by bharath75 2

Install errors on Oct 12, 2022 downloD
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Problem description

I'm getting errors when trying to install the latest version from the zip file I downloaded.

I'm using node.js 15.14.0

The logs are attached.

TIA

Jeff. 2022-10-12T16_38_35_658Z-debug.log 2022-10-12T16_38_35_920Z-debug.log

Steps to reproduce

run: npm install

Environment

OS: Win 10

App version: Today's zip file

bug
opened by Jeff-411 1
Enhancement: Separately scrolling files and folders.

Feature request:

Since we have the option to have a separator between files and folders, it could be useful to be able to scroll through them separately.

For example, my Downloads folder frequently has compressed files and the uncompressed folders, so when I go to clean this up, I might want to be able to see the names of the folders, and scroll to the next one, then scroll down the file list so that I can backup the compressed files, or delete them.

This could be done with a split view side by side, or a upper and lower scrollable area.

I personally wouldn't imagine this as the default, but rather a togglable action.
enhancement

opened by BillDStrong 2
Configurable path for navigator, and configurable tab width.
Feature request:

Just a couple of tweaks for consideration:

Ability to change the path for the default folder opened when clicking Navigator (shift + 2).

Ability to change width of tabs, or set min/max

enhancement
opened by octoworld 6
npm install error: "npm ERR! code ERESOLVE"
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Problem description

I'm running node v16.17.0 with npm 8.15.0.

When I run npm install on the cloned repo, I get a "npm ERR! code ERESOLVE" error.

The full error message in the terminal, the eresolve report, and the debug log are attached below.

install-terminal-output.txt

eresolve-report.txt

2022-09-05T16_39_30_631Z-debug-0.log

Steps to reproduce

run npm install

Environment

OS: Windows 10

App version: 1.5 (latest)

bug
opened by Jeff-411 3
Run on Manjaro?

This is a beautiful app!

I can't find a way to install build-essential on Manjaro. Would I be better off just switching to an Ubuntu based distro to run Sigma in production mode?

opened by Jeff-411 8

Releases(v1.5.0)

v1.5.0(Aug 10, 2022)

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the Asset section below.

On Windows:

You can install the app in one of the 3 ways:

Operating system	Download link (latest version)
Windows (via winget)	`winget install sigma --source winget`
Windows (via Microsoft store)
Windows (unsigned installable)	Installable file (.exe)
Linux and links will be added soon. If you know how, you can build the app from the source code yourself	Coming soon

Installation notes

On Windows:

It's recommended to install the app via the Microsoft store. If you decide to install the Installable file (.exe) instead, you might see a security warning during installation. If you see the warning prompt, click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway".

Release Notes:

28 new features
64 improvements
26 fixes

New minor features

5a7e7ea | New setting: option to disable global search feature and data scans
a631a66 | New setting: option to open directories in new tab with Middle click
7ab2d46 | New setting: UI 'contrast' filter
9bc627f | New setting: UI 'brightness' filter
3eba483 | New setting: UI 'saturation' filter
bf59c4e | New setting: option to display navigation panel drive letter overlay
1e886e1 | New setting: option to switch history navigation type;
273ff8c | New setting: option to switch to 'light filter' theme
702a88c | New setting: option to display accent color backgrounds
c2e1328 | New setting: option to close the app window when the last workspace tab is closed
b792520 | New setting: option to display seconds and milliseconds
b5258c1 | New setting: option to change max width of name column of navigator item
25629c5 | New setting: option to show dividers between files and directories
43dd838 | New setting: option to show workspace title in window toolbar
8a9553a | New setting: option to choose style for home page cards. Added 2 new designs: Neoinfusive-extruded, Neoinfusive-flat-glow
577c0cd | New setting: option to activate item filtering when typing
b021aee | New setting: added "traditional horizontal" tab layout
8f61753 | New feature: added filter on settings page
dabaa2e | New setting: option to save navigator sorting type
8f61753 | New feature: add filter on settings page
fa919bb | UX: improved archiver design, added new functionality:
- Allow to specify compression level.
- Allow to encrypt / extract an archive with password.
- Allow to specify archive destination path.
- Add option "delete files after compression".
- Display archive info before extraction.
c08553f | UX: add modifiers to change the type of copying to clipboard: "wrap with quotes", "add second slash"
f7b3073 | UX: global search: show search results for recent files instantly
318c680 | UX: allow to customize user directories
c95d9ee | UX: info panel: display directory item count
ca45954 | New feature: display file media properties
a1fcb13 | New feature: navigator sorting toolbar
b0fbef3 | New feature: directory items: display color overlays for copy / move operations

Major improvements

318c680 | UX: add context menu to home page items
d8f4d43 | UI / UX: clipboard toolbar: improve design, add new functionality:
- Display total size of items in clipboard
- Improve filtering in the "show items" menu
- Add icons and tooltips to action buttons
- Adapt design to narrow window sizes
4eaf7aa | UI: address bar: improve design, add new functionality:
- Add "Edit address" button to address bar container.
- Add "Pin" button to address bar editor to allow closing the editor by clicking outside of it
- Add ability to scroll address container with vertical axis scroll
- Move address bar menu button inside the address bar container.
- Improve styling
- 0f96f67 | New feature: address-bar: ability to open context menu on Right click
- 25d8eef | New feature: address-bar: ability to edit address on 'Ctrl + Click'
- 25d8eef | UX: address-bar: improved design
8f0ecfd | UI / UX: improve design of global search component widget significantly
862213c | UX / performance: navigator: improve perceived UI rendering performance
f121552 | UX / performance / refactor: greatly improve directory loading performance:
- (reverted temporarily) Offload directory info fetching to worker_threads to avoid UI freezes.
- Improve UI responsiveness when switching between pages.
- Add preload function to load a small slice of the directory items immediately.
- Refactor code.

Minor improvements

b93cf42 | UI: fix design issues of global search widget
cbc5b22 | UX: improve item filtering performance
decc53b | UI / dev: update notification card; add progress loader
f51d796 | UI: display custom scrollbar in menus
411b63b | UX: change default windowTransparencyEffect blur value
49748c5 | UX: optimize guide images
426448e | UX: restore page scroll position on app reload
1867a44 | UX: update yt-dlp binaries; binary clean up
2db5bfe | UX: home page background manager: improve design
a383a2f | UI: notes: fix visual freeze on page load
1343037 | UI: navigator: add loader element to indicate directory loading status
f9affc0 | UX / performance: navigation panel: optimize UI render performance (20fps => 60fps) in some cases
9a5144a | UI: improve setting section design
3f4804d | UI: improve styling of accent color backgrounds
65c5733 | UI: context menu: add sub menu indicator
d5ee9d2 | UX: copy paths without quotes by default, add quotes modifier
8bb25c6 | UI: improve accent color consistency
c697d6c | UI: navigator info panel: remove border from preview container
b6240eb | UI: context menu: change share icons
4aa6648 | UX: context menu: move quick-view button to the main context menu list
9287870 | UI: navigator dir item: remove checkbox, improve overlay visibility
17d8130 | UI: navigator dir item: improve file extension container styles
0f2f947 | UI: navigator dir item: improve spacing styles
a6f722e | UI: navigator: display dividers under titles
487a4fd | UI / UX: menus: improve design and consistency; add filter; add item discard button
059112b | UX: extend window drag area to full height in maximized state
b4ad52b | UI: window toolbar: improve styling of workspace button
e67adbe | UI: window toolbar: display current workspace name
cae0746 | UI: window toolbar: display current tab number
98909ba | UI: window toolbar: change styling of menu buttons
db206d4 | UI: window toolbar: display "add new tab" button on window toolbar
83021e0 | UI: filter field: improve file menu styling
52cb517 | UI: filter field: add hover transition
ada90d2 | UI: toolbars: refactor and restructure some code
1c94e15 | UI: remove scroll top button from window toolbar
92eff1f | UX: add shortcuts list to settings page
043ea01 | UI: move shortcuts list from window toolbar to app guide
1535092 | UI: change navigation panel width from 64px to 48px
6286676 | UX: increase window controls button size
0ebef1d | UI: refactor some notifications
a5799f1 | UX: directory items will now display selected sorting type value
96ec98c | UX: new sorting type: "date modified meta"
4d0e243 | UX: updater: set default value of update.autoDownload to false
e934410 | UX: new global shortcut: "open global search"
bfbafb4 | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + Q: close app window
04a2430 | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + W: close all tabs in current workspace / close app window
9e08e4e | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + W: close current tab / window
b554e33 | UI: tray-menu: add ability to open on Left click
93a4d87 | UI: tray-menu: improve and simplify design
52cd137 | UI: navigator-workspace-toolbar : improve design and consistency
9857049 | UX: input: change default actions for mouse buttons 3 and 4
Update dependencies
Small code refactor
A few other small improvements

Major fixes

7dcc834 | Fix: directory is flashing on update
be9df05 | Fix: local directory share server is not closing properly and causing errors
50bebf7 | Fix: some user settings don't get saved to storage
6740b39 | Fix: quick view: PDF preview is not working
a6d4710 | Fix: large OneDrive directory causes low performance / UI freezes
90af704 | Fix: settings with outdated object structure don't get applied
1a51ada | Fix: navigator: filter is cleared on directory reload
1f23c5b | Fix: navigator: range selection selects hidden items
55c1070 | Fix: navigator: when selecting all dir items with filtering enabled, only the visible items are selected
77128e3 | Fix: drag feature issues; minimal refactor
0fdbd32 | Fix: showing empty drive list when only 1 drive / partition is mounted
ed5817c | Fix: global search: path pattern matching is not working; inits twice

Minor fixes

031b0c8 | Fix: window visual effects are not applied on the first load
3f0e72c | Fix: window cannot be resized from the top side and corners
8744408 | Fix: shortcut: 'focusFilter' cannot unfocus the field
7607a53 | Fix: visual filters are not being applied to home banner glow
23877d9 | Fix: disable updater in Microsoft store build
7439c41 | Fix: info panel: was copying value on click without Ctrl modifier
a5febab | Fix: directory is not loading fully sometimes
066dcda | Fix: global search field autofocus is not working
3d904b7 | Fix: dashboard: list item's action buttons don't work with 'single click' setting enabled
1e886e1 | Fix: broken logic in history navigation
c4e1bb6 | Fix: small bugs in FilterField
5d0ef15 | Fix: window visual effects: blur is not applied on media change
f783b62 | Fix: focusing app from taskbar is not working when the app window is closed
Refactor some code styling and structure; fix potential errors

Other changes

3aaba07 | Feature: remove ability to create hard links on Windows

Known issues

Quick view feature is not working in production. Milestone: v1.5.1

Info

This app is primarily developed for Windows because it has the largest user base. The Linux builds get a lot less development time. They are less stable and have more issues. When this project has enough supporters, I will be able to spend more time on Linux builds.

Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma-File-Manager-1.5.0-Windows-Setup.exe(145.21 MB)

v1.4.0(Sep 4, 2021)
⚠ Warning In this version, some things are broken or do not work as expected on some computers. The causes for performance issues are known. I will release the v1.5 update in August with a lot of fixes and a lot of new features.

Release Notes:

This release improves resource usage, brings a few new features, and a lot of improvements and fixes:

1 new major feature

1 new minor feature

18 improvements

7 fixes

Milestones

🔼 by v2.0.0 (December 2021) | (Goal: 3 of 20): Add 20 more new major features

New major features

574787c: Feature: added support for cloud drives (OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.). Edit: If you have millions of files on OneDrive, the app will have high CPU usage and might stuck on the start screen. The issue will be fixed in the next update.

New minor features

8401af7: UX: new setting: the date format can now be customized. Currently available numeric: 23.05.2021 and short format: 23 May 2021. It adapts to the local format automatically. For example, in Japan it will be displayed as 2021/5/23 or 2021年5月23日

Big improvements

92a6fd5: UX / optimization: the background manager for home banner will now display small artwork previews instead of loading original images. This reduced memory usage peaks from 700 MB to 150 MB,

Other improvements

0d09def: UX: Window transparency effect can now be customized for every page independently.

ec1e54e: UX: Window transparency effect: added settings to control parallax effect.

ea1c8e9: UI: Window transparency effect: added 2 settings to control effect visibility

621c886: UI: Home banner: added "glow" effect.

9b2faf8: UX: Upgrade video downloader. It can now extract more video URLs.

520789d: UI: Info panel: improved performance, added visual improvements, added file status (if offline) and file mime.

4b3dd1b: UX: Drive cards will now display drive memory type (SSD or HDD).

ec3f1a4: UI: Added new artwork "Slum by Vladimir Manyukhin (animated by Aleksey Hoffman)".

7084aae: UI: Added new artwork "INCREASE by Sweeper3d (Austin Richey)".

b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Cyber Neon City by Laury Guintrand".

b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Lip Sync by Han Yang".

7802ac8, 5a657e4: UI: Slightly improved notifications.

590fb02: UI: Inaccessible files will now display at least basic info like size and date it was modified and created.

05d1786: UX: the time of file creation / change will now be displayed along with the date.

05d1786: UX: the date and time of file creation / change will now be displayed in local format: Japan: 2021年5月23日 23:16 USA: May 23, 2021, 11:16 PM Russia: 23 мая 2021 г., 23:16 Germany: 23. Mai 2021, 23:16

b2e210a: UX: the app will now show permissions dialog before activating the local share feature for the first time to make sure user understands why the app is asking network permissions.

ce9a70e: Update dependencies (security fixes)

A few other small improvements

Big fixes

99f5792: Fix: Local network sharing feature is now working properly.

4b3dd1b: Fix: Drive labels containing non-ASCII characters are now displayed properly.

195d683: Fix: Window transparency effect now works on all screen sizes.

6281a45: Fix: the "get size" button in the info panel will now work properly and show the directory size.

Other fixes

28766c1: Fix: the error during launch where the app couldn't get the paths to user directories (~/pictures, ~/documents, etc).

728a1b2: Fix: the page scroll position will now be restored on all pages.

1176d7d: Fix: Linux: tray icon will no longer duplicate on every page reload and tray menu update.

A few other small fixes

Supporters

When we meet the goal, I will be able to dedicate more of my time on the app development, and add new features more frequently.

This release was made possible by my Patreon supporters. Show them some love, check out their work:

~ Houston Photo Restoration ~ Andy Pfister ~

🎉 Supporter goal: 4 of 500 people joined

Supporters get rewards for supporting this project on Patreon. Check out the list of rewards:

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the Asset section below.

This release contains only Windows build. MacOS and Linux builds will be added in v1.5 update (in a few days).

Installation notes

This is a new app and it doesn't have a signed certificate yet, so you might see a security warning on Windows and MacOS during installation.

On Windows 10: if you see the Smart Screen prompt, click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway".

Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma-File-Manager-1.4.0-Windows-Setup.exe(138.37 MB)
v1.3.0(Aug 14, 2021)
Release Notes:

This release improves stability, performance, and also brings a few new features:

1 new major feature

2 new minor features

12 other improvements

4 fixes

Milestones:

💗 (Goal: 2 of 30 individuals & 0 of 10 companies supporters) New supporter joined our community on Patreon, welcome:

~ Andy Pfister ~ web developer

New major features:

Feature: Customizable window transparency effect | e54418a

New minor features:

Feature: add new shortcuts: addDirItemsForCopying, addDirItemsForMoving, which allow you to copy / move items from multiple different directories at once | 5ef4a9a

Feature: add ability to create symlinks, hard links and Windows .lnk shortcuts from the context menu by pressing different modifiers | 478b3dc

Other improvements:

UI: added new artwork for home banner: "Ice Cave by Wang Jie" | 2d40d4c

UI: added new artwork for home banner: "Slum by Vladimir Manyukhin" | cdbfefd

UX: the current directory will now reload immediately after deleting / trashing items | 17cceba

UI: notification cards will now have a nicer and more consistent design | 65b9a41

UI: items in the range selection will now be highlighted immediately when Shift key is pressed | 0ca8ff2

UI: filter field menu design was improved | 2a6ef8f

UX: you can now specify a custom path when creating a new link / shortcut | dc7ae34

UX: icons in context-menu will now dynamically change when you press different key modifiers, and their tooltips will look nicer and more consistent | 106191f

UX (for developers): All copied paths will now be automatically wrapped with quotes. On Windows, selected paths will now be copied with single backward \ slashes, or with double backward \\ slashes by pressing a key modifier | 86695f2

UX: zoomIncrease shortcut will now also be triggered with Ctrl + Plus on the numpad | 4f90117

Dev: Code optimizations and refactoring

A few other small improvements in UI

Fixed:

UX: fixed the issue with archiver feature not working on Linux and MacOS because of bin permissions | 1d646ca

UI: the animation of navigation panel will now work correctly on home page | 24ebe35

UI: removed excessive bottom padding when the bottom clipboard toolbar is shown | d78d7e8

UX: fixed the issue with items getting added to copy / move clipboard when you select other items | 51f345a

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the Asset section below.

Notes

Windows OS is currently the primary target platform, hence MacOS and Linux builds have more problems and some of the features don't work as expected. The issues will be gradually fixed in future updates.

MacOS build doesn't meet my quality standards yet, it has too many problems, I decided to not publish it until the next update in a few days.

Installation notes

This is a new app and it doesn't have a signed certificate yet, so you might see a security warning on Windows and MacOS during installation.

On Windows 10: if you see the Smart Screen prompt, click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway".

Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma-File-Manager-1.3.0-Linux-Debian.AppImage(159.64 MB)
Sigma-File-Manager-1.3.0-Windows-Setup.exe(130.96 MB)
v1.2.0(Jun 23, 2021)
Release Notes:

⚠Warning: the app is still in early development stage, use with caution! It should not delete or damage anything by itself, but it's recommended to copy important files to your cloud storage or an external drive just to be safe. Also try not to use it for working with important files, until it's thoroughly tested.

Milestones:

💗 (Goal: 1/500 individuals & 0/20 companies supporters) The first supporter joined our community on Patreon: Houston Photo Restoration When we meet the goal, I will be able to dedicate more of my time improving the app, and add new features more frequently.

New minor features:

New setting: switch: "display hidden files". Allows you to toggle visibility of files with hidden attribute. | Contributors: @mattm-malone, @aleksey-hoffman | PR: #75

New setting: switch: "launch app on system login" | b018abc

New setting: switch: "launch app in hidden state" | 3cf3f8b

New setting: switch: "download updates automatically" | da5330b

New setting: switch: "install updates automatically" | da5330b

New setting: menu: "custom pointer buttons actions". Allows you to choose the behavior of mouse buttons 3 and 4 | Fixes #35 | 1ec99bf

Shortcuts: new local shortcut F5: reloadDirectory | Fixes #81 | 4a26f11

UX: Display read-only and immutable directory items | ace9953

Archiver: Added support for more file formats: | 774bbcf

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM.

Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR, Z.

Other improvements:

UI / community: Added 3 new default artworks for the home banner | 0c251ec

Community: Added support links (icons) to the artwork cards, so users can easily find a way to support the artists | 3b73b1f

Animations:

UX: Removed page transition animation to make the app feel more responsive and improve user workflow speed by 300ms on every page transition | 3fae2d0

UX: Home page transition can now be disabled | 80ffd69

Notifications:

UX: Notifications will now have a color indicator, making it possible to check the operation status without even reading the notification title or message. The indicator was added only to a few notifications, more will be added soon | 4fb9b3e

UX: Notifications will now pause their timer when hovered by the cursor, preventing them from closing before you finish reading them | 4fb9b3e

UX: Dismissed notifications / operations will now be displayed in the notification menu. This will make it possible to, for example, undo some file operations a few minutes after the operation was finished, or interact with a dismissed ongoing operation (e.g. cancel an ongoing download event), etc. | 4fb9b3e

UX: Notifications for archiving operations will now display a progress bar | fd7a643

UX: Now, when the current directory is reloaded, a notification will be shown | 3450044

UX: Archiving operations (extraction) can now be canceled | fd7a643

UX: Setting "double-click delay" now has min, max values: 200-1000ms | 27c7570

UX: Delete existing statistics when the "store statistics" setting is disabled | 1fe62de

UX: Enable "store statistics" setting by default so the features that depend on it work out of the box | 236410e

UX: Show a message (instructions) on the timeline page if the "store statistics" setting is disabled | 56f4d43

UX: Show the error message if URL download fails | 9ecdf7d

UX: The app will now handle all unsupported characters in the file names | ef1f469

Dev: Upgrade dependencies | 084cf48, acfb92c

Dev / UX: refactor shortcuts dialog UI and code | f94d661

Dev / UX: refactor quickView window code | 0a354b9

Dev: Small improvements and fixes in the code

Fixed:

UI: Fixed: noticeable UI shifting when opening the settings page | 748b33d

UI: Fixed: tooltip animations were not working as intended | 876769d

UX: Fixed: the app was creating multiple instances when it was re-opened from taskbar / desktop / start menu icon | Fixes #7 | 50643ef

UX: Fixed: directories containing read-only items were not loading on the 1st time they were opened | ace9953

UX: Fixed: auto updater was not working in 1.1.0 | 3120880

UX: Fixed: auto updater was not checking for updates | 35dfacc

UX: Fixed: image thumbnail generator stops working when it encounters an unsupported file type | d3a9bc7

UX: Fixed: filter was not working on the "notes" page | 9241bd4

UX: Fixed: file downloading was not working in "selective drop" mode | a711a1e

UX: Fixed: URL downloading was not working at all | c40e9de

UX: Fixed: "UI scaling" setting not being saved to storage | Fixes #103 | 01a90a0

UX: Fixed: "home banner visibility" setting not being saved to storage | Fixes #76 | 73cdc75

UX: Fixed: notifications with updating content couldn't be hidden | 4fb9b3e

UX: Mac, Linux: Fixed: navigating directories via address bar breaks navigator | 0947dee

UX: Mac, Linux: Fixed: updater couldn't check / download updates from within the app | b2afc2e

Notes

Linux and MacOS builds are still quite broken. Some features don't work as expected. The issues will be gradually fixed in future updates.

Supporters

💗 This release was made possible by my Patreon supporters. They are the reason free, open-source software can exist. Show them some love, check out their work:

GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

Houston Photo Restoration

See the full list of rewards, and consider join our community on Patreon to help me fund the development of this project:

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the asset section below.

Installation notes

On Windows, during installation, you might see a Smart Screen prompt, telling you the app is unknown - it is expected since the app is new and doesn't have a signed certificate, just click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway". There's no need to worry about this warning since the app is open-source (the source code of the app is available for everyone to review),

Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma.file.manager.1.2.0.Linux.AppImage(160.20 MB)
Sigma.file.manager.1.2.0.MacOS.pkg(128.14 MB)
Sigma.file.manager.1.2.0.Windows.exe(131.38 MB)
v1.1.0(May 27, 2021)
Release Notes:

⚠Warning: the app is in early development stage, use with caution! Before using the app, it's recommended, to copy important files to your cloud storage or an external drive in case something goes wrong. Try not to use it for working with important files, until it's thoroughly tested.

Milestones:

🔼 by v2.0.0 (Oct 2021): (1/20) Add 20 more new major features

New major features:

Quick view: this feature allows you to quickly open selected files in a preview window, rather than an external program (which usually takes longer). Quick view can be opened with Space shortcut or from the context menu. Supported: images, videos, audio, PDF, most plain text formats. https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/939d95c40f9fc461df159d45c45edc524ae79257

New minor features:

Option to open directory items with single click https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/08d4dcef171cafce26c3a6d5dacad92920890154

Fixed

Fixed "Device not ready" error (thanks to @btglr). https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/pull/29

Fixed MacOS build problem (thanks to @mattm-malone). https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/pull/26

Fixed the issue with thumbnail generation caused by unsupported image types. https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/9afcf3a993e5228a88f14dac0f3b85a504714423

Fixed the issue with some processes running after app.quit() event https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/ce18e9134617abc198eaf0570186b1e308e21c7b

Fixed the issue with dir-item-rename notification displaying information in wrong order. https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/c808341b079d864e42f7c6fa67227f5b05b1a8d5

Fixed the issue with navigator operation "move item" which was copying items instead https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/d1c30197fe73bf49b2b63c84ccee8cd043e808a1

Fixed the issue with navigator operation "move item" not working for directories (progress bar is temporarily removed from the item transfer notifications) https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/7580fb874b041fb4b3a955ec1eee7d679aab39f6

Fixed shortcuts that weren't working https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/7b5fb5110b0ae2cf6dda08a332772cdc6e2c6091

Fixed the issue with navigator item range selection not being triggered when Shift is pressed before the first item was selected https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/e620976ced100c756c51ba8e4a0216f10b390993

Other improvements

Added "navigator tips" guide https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/c4d4df633ca91166961fdf9648ff8e1f7cd32f7c

Added ability to navigate directory horizontally from keyboard (grid layout) https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/commit/cdde3734a1ff20d878ceb44a8d29e0507c71fcfb

Notes

The Linux and MacOS builds are still quite broken. Some features don't work as expected. The issues will be fixed in future updates

Support

Consider supporting this project. You can see the full list of rewards, and join our community on Patreon:
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma.file.manager-1.1.0.Linux.AppImage(155.89 MB)
Sigma.file.manager.Setup.1.1.0.Windows.exe(126.84 MB)
v1.0.0(May 25, 2021)
Release Notes:

This is the first Alpha release of the app. Expect to see some errors. All arising problems will be quickly fixed with the future updates.

Next update: today / tomorrow

The app hasn't been thoroughly tested yet. Please be careful navigating important directories and manipulating important files.

This is pretty much an Alpha release, even though it's version 1.0.0. This is a rushed untested release, please do not judge it too harshly and give it some time to evolve. I will be adding 1-2 major features and many minor improvements with every feature update.

If you find a problem, you can report it by opening a new issue.

If you want to discuss something about the app, you can open a new discussion.

When the app encounters an error it will offer to generate an issue automatically, and give you the generated link. If you want to report the issue, just open the generated link in the browser, review the issue, and click the publish button.

Installation notes:

On Windows, during installation, you might see a Smart Screen prompt, telling you the app is unknown - it is expected since the app is new and doesn't have a signed certificate, just click "learn more" and then "open anyway". There's no need to worry about this warning since the app is open-source (the source code of the app is available for everyone to review),

Known issues

Linux and MacOS builds were not properly tested yet, some features will most likely not work at all. Some of the problems will be fixed in the next update.

Linux and MacOS: redistributable binaries (FFMPEG, 7zip, youtube-dl) cannot be accessed for some reason, which breaks some of the features like directory item image loading, the archiver feature, etc.

Directory navigator performance in this build is not great when it comes to loading large directories. Currently it gets the info of every item in a directory at once during loading, in the next updates I will make it load items on demand (implement lazy loading).

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the asset section below.
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Sigma.file.manager.v1.0.0.Windows.exe(126.80 MB)