What Cmdr can do

Copy, move, delete, rename, and new folders with progress, conflict handling, rollback, backgrounding, and parallel processing when possible. The most-tested code in the app.

Opens even 10+ GB files instantly, with search and word wrap.

Per-pane tabs with pinning, history, and reopen closed tab.

Drag files in, out, and between panes, including to and from Finder and other apps.

A durable history of every copy, move, delete, and rename, with rollback. The dialog that shows it is still bare-bones.

Browse, create, edit, and extract zip, tar, and 7z archives like folders, including password-protected ones.

Wildcard and regex matching work well; AI selection is cloud-only and still misses edge cases.

Paste or type any path and jump there; it’s new, so recents and edge-case path handling are still settling.

Customize any shortcut, with conflict detection and scope awareness.

Fuzzy-find every action with ⌘⇧P.

Browsing and fast direct transfers work on common NAS setups, names with characters SMB forbids copy through, a server that goes quiet recovers, and a share reachable through two mount points keeps working when one dies; unusual server configs can still cause surprises.

Fast transfers on most devices, but macOS sometimes claims the device first and some phones need a reconnect.

Browse history, branches, tags, and stashes like folders. Very large repos can take a moment to load.

Catches downloads and jumps to the latest with one key.

Search the things (dogs, sunset, document, etc., and also text via OCR) inside your photos and screenshots. You pick which folders to index. Runs on your Mac, fully local.

Chat with an AI agent about your files. It sees your files and your file op history, knows your important folders, and can proactively suggest move/rename/delete/unzip actions, which you can review and approve/reject. Fully optional (you can use Cmdr as just a regular file manager!). Early stage with rough edges, but safe because all actions need approval from you. The agent can do nothing on its own. Can use an on-device model for complete privacy.

Describe the names you want and Ask Cmdr proposes them, reading the text inside your images. Every row shows the file and the evidence behind its name, you allow, edit, or deny each one, and the whole batch is one click from undone.

Say “clean up my Downloads folder” and approve or reject each suggested move.