STAY IN THE ZONE01
Thought. Keystroke. There.
Vim-style movement. Instant fuzzy search. Find files as the tree indexes, and keep your hands where your ideas happen.
hjkl navigatespace previewctrl L go anywhere
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR FILES Navigate
Navigate
every layer.
Your files, in their element. A fast, keyboard-first file manager
for Linux. Native by nature. Beautiful by choice.
THE INTERACTIVE INSTALLERReview script ↗
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Free & open sourceRust + GTK4Made for your flow
strata
assets · 5 filesnight-drive.pnglandscape.pngbrand-guide.md
src · 3 filesmain.rstheme.rsbrowser.rs
docs · 2 filesgetting-started.mdarchitecture.md
Cargo.toml
README.md
LICENSE
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assets 5
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QUICK LOOK
THE LONG WAY HOME INTERACTIVE WEB DEMOGo on, click around
Keep the whole path in view. Every folder opens a new layer, without losing where you came from.
This is an interactive web illustration, not the running Linux application.LESS OVERHEAD.
MORE POSSIBILITY.
MORE POSSIBILITY.
Powered by Rust
Truly native GTK4 + GIO
At home on Linux
Yours to explore Open source
01 / FIND YOUR FLOWLess friction.
Less friction.
More forward.
For the deep divers. The keyboard people.
The “I know exactly where that is” people.
Finally, a file manager that gets you.
LOOK CLOSER. STAY SAFE.02
Big previews. Small permissions.
Images, RAW, PDFs, code, audio, and video. Rich previews with isolated native parsers, plus GPU acceleration for supported video pipelines.
ISOLATED PROCESS
night-drive.pngImages. RAW. The full picture.Normalized, bounded output.
Untrusted files. A deliberately limited boundary.
NATIVE SPEED. NO SHORTCUTS.Big directories.
Big directories.
Not a big deal.
Virtualized views. Background I/O. Bounded updates.
Strata does the heavy lifting without making
your interface carry the weight.
100k
entries in the documented test fixture
<4msUI insertion batches¹
0Electron. Entirely native.
¹ Machine-specific engineering sample, not a universal benchmark.
Rust + GTK4. Lean by design, responsive by architecture.
02 / A VERY PERSONAL SPACESame flow.
Same flow.
Your atmosphere.
95and counting.
Beloved editor palettes. Light or dark. All built in.
Ten favorites to try here. The full collection in Strata.
You’re looking at Tokyo Night. Yes, the whole site.
Your desktop changes. Strata follows.
Automatic, live palette sync with Omarchy Quattro. One switch. Everything in harmony.
03 / THE LITTLE THINGS ARE THE BIG THINGSConsider it
Consider it
taken care of.
The everyday essentials, thoughtfully put together.
Nothing between you and what’s next.
Every angle, covered.
Spatial Miller columns, a visual thumbnail grid, and a sortable Column view. Switch perspectives, not applications.
Keep the bigger picture.
Multiple Miller-column panes keep parent folders and your current location together. Context, without the backtracking.
A peek, not a detour.
Hover over a folder to see what’s inside. Commit when you’re ready, or move on without changing your navigation history.
Move things. Naturally.
Drag and drop. Cut, copy, and paste. Rename inline. Undo your latest move or move to Trash when plans change.
Far away. Right here.
Browse authenticated SMB and SFTP locations through GIO/GVfs. FTP and WebDAV, too, with the right system backends.
From file to paper.
Print supported documents and images straight from previews or the context menu. One less application to open.
A place for everything.
Group files by type, sort your way, toggle hidden files, and filter the current pane without losing your place.
Your kind of comfortable.
Adjust the text size. Go compact for more information, or airy for a little breathing room. Make space work for you.
The shortest way back.
Pin the places you use most. Jump through your navigation history. Enter a path directly, or open a terminal right here.
Updates, on your terms.
Opt in to automatic checks. Read what changed. Install verified release binaries only when you give the go-ahead.
Pick your pace.
Stay on Stable, explore Preview, or ride Nightly. Distinct release channels, with a clear way back to Stable.
Beyond the presets.
Build a palette with live previews in the app. Save it as a shareable TOML theme. Your desktop deserves your signature.
Built in the open. Getting better, together.Shape what’s next
LESS SEARCHING. MORE FINDING.Meet your
Your machine. Your call. Review the installer first.
Meet your
new daily driver.
Take the long way through your files.
It’s finally the good part.
x86_64 & aarch64 · Arch & Omarchy first · GPL-3.0-or-later
YOUR TERMINAL. ONE COMMAND.bash
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A FEW MORE LAYERS
Good questions.
Here’s the short version.
The source has the long one.
What do I need to run Strata?
A 64-bit, glibc-based Linux desktop with GTK 4.12+ and glibc 2.39+. Arch Linux and Omarchy are the primary supported environments; x86_64 and aarch64 release binaries are available. Other distributions need compatible runtime libraries, or a source build. The installer checks your architecture and dependencies before making changes.
Does it work without Omarchy?
Yes. Strata is a native GTK4 application and works on compatible Linux desktops. Omarchy Quattro adds automatic, live theme following, but it is entirely optional. You can always use a bundled palette or your own custom theme.
How are previews sandboxed?
Native image, RAW, PDF, thumbnail, and media parsers run in separate Bubblewrap-isolated helpers with no network, no capabilities, read-only input, and resource limits. Media helpers can receive allowlisted GPU render devices for acceleration. If isolation is unavailable, native previews fail closed. Plain text and source code use a separate in-process reader capped at 1 MiB; they do not invoke a native format parser.
Can I connect to a server or network share?
Yes. Enter an smb:// or sftp:// URI in the location field. Strata uses GIO/GVfs and prompts for authentication when needed. FTP, FTPS, and WebDAV are supported with the corresponding installed backends. SCP-style user@host:path addresses are not supported in the current source; use an sftp:// URI for SSH-based browsing.
Is it really free and open source?
Completely. Strata is free software under GPL-3.0-or-later. There is no paid tier and no feature gate. Browse the code, report an issue, contribute a theme, or help shape what comes next on GitHub.