Findex is a fast, hackable file explorer for macOS — instant search over names and contents, archives you browse like folders, remote drives in-app, and plugins to make it your own.
Free beta · Apple Silicon (M1 and later) · ~120 MB — or just try it right here, no download
The live demo is built for a larger screen.
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Built around a Rust search engine and a plugin system, not bolted on.
A background Rust engine finds files by name or by what's inside them — with typo
tolerance, path search (downloads lora), and even forgiveness for the
wrong keyboard layout.
Browse, extract from, and add into .zip, .tar,
.7z and .rar archives in place — no unpacking first.
Mount SFTP / FTP servers and plug in an Android phone (MTP) — all browsed right inside the app, no extra tools to install.
Themes and sandboxed JavaScript plugins: open in VS Code, count lines, diff files, batch-rename — or write your own.
Dual panes, tabs, list and icon views, and quick previews for Markdown, Word and PDF — heavy work stays off the UI thread so it never stutters.
An astronaut drifts around your window — grab and fling it, or switch it off. Your file manager doesn't have to be boring.
Findex is a free beta and isn’t notarized by Apple yet, so macOS asks before the first run. It’s safe — just open it the manual way once:
Right-click (or Control-click) the Findex app → Open → Open again. After that it launches normally.
Free while it’s in beta. If a paid version comes later, this build stays yours.
Apple Silicon (M1 and later), macOS 12 or newer. An Intel build may follow.
No. Findex indexes and searches entirely on your Mac. Remote connections (SFTP/FTP, Android) go only to the servers and devices you choose.
The app isn’t notarized by Apple yet (that needs a paid developer account). The build is ad-hoc signed and safe; see the first-launch note above for how to open it.