FileForge

A personal file management system built with Tauri, React, and Rust. Designed to organize your Downloads folder and manage files across drives.

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Latest Release: v0.1.0

Windows Installers:

• FileForge Setup (NSIS) - Recommended
• FileForge MSI - Alternative

Requirements: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)

Features

• Drive Overview — View all drives with storage usage bars (color-coded by capacity)
• Folder Navigation — Browse any folder with clickable breadcrumbs
• File Type Icons — Visual icons for images, videos, documents, code, archives, etc.
• Download Watcher — Auto-detects new files in your Downloads folder and prompts for organization
• Move Files — Move files anywhere, including across drives
• Delete to Recycle Bin — Safe deletion with recycle bin support
• Multi-Select — Windows-style selection:
  • Click to select
  • Ctrl+Click to toggle
  • Shift+Click for range
  • Arrow keys to navigate
  • Ctrl+A to select all
• Bulk Operations — Move or delete multiple files at once
• Create Folders — Create new folders directly from the move dialog

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Backend	Rust
Framework	Tauri v2
Icons	Lucide React

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• Rust (v1.70+)
• Visual Studio Build Tools (Windows only, with C++ workload)

Installation

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/KshitijNdev/file-forge.git
cd file-forge

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development
npm run tauri dev

Building for Production

npm run tauri build

The executable will be in src-tauri/target/release/.

Project Structure

file-forge/
├── src/                    # React frontend
│   ├── App.tsx             # Main application
│   └── App.css             # Tailwind styles
├── src-tauri/              # Rust backend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── main.rs         # Entry point
│   │   └── lib.rs          # Core logic (drives, files, watcher)
│   ├── Cargo.toml          # Rust dependencies
│   └── tauri.conf.json     # Tauri config
├── package.json
└── vite.config.ts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
↑ / ↓	Navigate files
Shift + ↑/↓	Extend selection
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + Click	Toggle selection
Shift + Click	Range select
Enter	Open move dialog
Delete	Delete selected
Escape	Clear selection

Roadmap

• Recent destinations / favorites
• System tray + auto-start
• Auto-organize rules (e.g., .pdf → Documents)
• File preview pane
• Search functionality