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Filetree.app

A fast open source file browser for macOS

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Filetree is a much improved finder alternative for macOS which focuses on speed and having a great UI and UX

PH · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 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
  • User Experience
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Partial A native macOS file browser UI is vibe-codeable, but matching Finder's speed and system integration (Quick Look, file coordination, permissions, file-system events) requires macOS platform expertise.

What it would actually take: Build a Swift/AppKit or SwiftUI app using FileManager, FSEvents for live updates, Quick Look, and sandbox-compliant file access. The hard part is performance on huge directories and deep integration with macOS behaviors like tags, iCloud placeholders, and Finder conventions, which requires experienced macOS engineering to get right.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 808 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #151 of 809 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 372 days after the earliest competitor.

  • FinderSearch · github · 2026-10-09 · 657 upvotes · similarity 0.65
  • File-Browser · github · 2026-10-12 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • FileForce · ph · 2026-11-05 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Search · github · 2026-09-20 · 1116 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • petal · github · 2026-10-01 · 95 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • disktree · github · 2026-10-17 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • spacemapper · github · 2026-10-21 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • Quick-Look-for-LINKS · github · 2026-10-13 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.51

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