Sigma File Manager
Free, open-source, cross-platform, modern file manager app
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"Sigma File Manager" is a free, open-source, quickly evolving, modern file manager (explorer / browser) app for Windows and Linux (Mac is supported but the build is not provided yet, can be built from source). - aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager
PH · launched Jun 8, 2026 · 152 upvotes (top 100%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop file management utilities · 185 launches, 29 in the last 7 days ▼ -6% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Tech
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Could you build this?
Partial Building a full-fledged cross-platform file manager requires dealing with low-level OS filesystem APIs, permissions, file streaming, virtual filesystems, and native desktop shells (Electron/Tauri/C++).
What it would actually take: A functional clone would use Tauri or Electron with Rust/Node.js to handle OS-specific file system calls, file watching, and native context menus. The hardest parts are robust cross-platform performance when indexing or watching large directories, handling locks/permissions, and multi-threaded background operations (copy/move with progress and error recovery). It requires solid systems programming and desktop framework experience.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 252 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #253 of 253 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 194 days after the earliest competitor.
- Atlas File Manager · ph · 2026-11-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Filesmash Fast file manager for Windows · ph · 2026-09-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- atlas-filemanager · github · 2026-11-04 · 168 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- windows-partition-manager · github · 2026-10-07 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- File Explorer Lite · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- FileManager: Secure Explorer · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Cavdeck · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Flux Download Manager · ph · 2026-10-15 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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