HyprFM is a Qt6/QML file manager designed for Hyprland and Wayland desktops.
It focuses on a lightweight, keyboard-friendly experience with multiple views, rich previews, tabs, split panes, and theming.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Grid, detailed, and Miller column views.
- Full keyboard navigation with Vim-friendly shortcuts and type-ahead search.
- Tabs with independent history per pane.
- Split pane mode for working in two directories side by side.
- Quick preview for images, video, PDFs, and text files.
- Image and video thumbnails.
- Path bar with breadcrumbs and inline editing.
- Bookmarks sidebar with drag-to-reorder support.
- Device mounting using udisks2.
- TOML-based theme system.
Website: github.com/soyeb-jim285/hyprfm
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Developer: Soyeb Pervez Jim
License: MIT License’
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