Roadmap

What’s shipped, what’s next. Wondering how solid each feature is? See the feature status page.

 

I’m also pretty proud of Cmdr’s history, so keeping the list of the major milestones here.

 

2025

  • (Dec 25) Start project Create Rust + Tauri + Svelte boilerplate.
  • (Dec 27) Build the core Two-pane view, Full/Brief mode, virtual scrolling, icons.
  • (Dec 29) Make listing crazy fast 350ms to first file for a 50k file folder!
  • (Dec 30) Add file watching Live updates, always.
  • (Dec 31) Show Dropbox overlays See synced/syncing/offline-only/online-only statuses.

2026

Jan

  • (Jan 1) Add volumes and drag & drop Volume switching, drag from app.
  • (Jan 5) Add network drive support! SMB host discovery via Bonjour, share mounting, authentication.
  • (Jan 7) Add command palette ⌘P to find your actions fast.
  • (Jan 9) Set up licensing Business planning, set up Paddle. It’s free for individuals!
  • (Jan 10) Ship initial release And created getcmdr.com!
  • (Jan 13) Add MCP server AI agents can now use the app.
  • (Jan 14) Add automatic updates Auto-updater, plus a custom title bar and website redesign.
  • (Jan 16) Add file selection Space to toggle, Shift+arrows for range, Cmd+A for all.
  • (Jan 17) Make SMB access delightful Show progress: “Opening...”, “Loaded N files...”, be transparent.
  • (Jan 20) Add copy! (F5) Pre-flight check for precise stats, progress, even rollback!
  • (Jan 20) Add multifile drag & drop Drag several files out of the app.
  • (Jan 21) Add copy conflict handling Skip, overwrite, or rename when files/folders collide.
  • (Jan 22) Add mkdir (F7) Folder creation with conflict handling and file watching.
  • (Jan 24) Add file viewer (F3) Works for 10+ GB files instantly, with fast search.
  • (Jan 24) Make “copy” operation safe Check for writability, disk space, inode identity, path limits.
  • (Jan 25) Add settings dialog Ark UI components, fuzzy search, 9+ sections.
  • (Jan 26) Edit keyboard shortcuts Click-to-edit, conflict detection, searchable.
  • (Jan 27) Add local AI Privacy-first on-device LLM, folder name suggestions, no data leaves your Mac
  • (Jan 31) Wire up Settings Every setting applies instantly.

Feb

  • (Feb 4) Add MTP support Copy files to/from Android phones and cameras very fast!
  • (Feb 10–27) Add move and delete Implement remaining basic file operations to make this actually useful 😅
  • (Feb 10) Make app a drag & drop target Drag between panes and from Finder and other apps.
  • (Feb 13) Add renaming Inline, with conflict handling and extension-change warnings.
  • (Feb 21) Calculate folder sizes See how big folders are, sort by size.
  • (Feb 25) Add tabs For easy switching between folders.

Mar

  • (Mar 1) Add Linux support (alpha) 🐧 Volumes, file ops, trash, inotify, SMB, native icons.
  • (Mar 7) Add ⌘C ⌘V Copy and paste files, works with Finder too.
  • (Mar 9) Add context menu actions View, Copy, Move, New folder, and Delete from right-click.
  • (Mar 11) Add cloud AI support 15 providers incl. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI, OpenRouter, and Ollama
  • (Mar 16) Find files Find files instantly on all your drives, with AI-powered natural language search
  • (Mar 23) Add crash reporting Opt-in crash reports to help improve stability, no PII.

Apr

  • (Apr 10) Direct SMB connections ~4x faster file ops via native smb2 protocol, manual connections.
  • (Apr 28) Browse git! Browse git history, branches, tags, stash, worktrees like folders, copy out files.

May

  • (May 6) Dynamic text size Zoom that considers macOS Accessibility text size. Text, icons, viewer all scale.
  • (May 16) Settings 1.0 Settings had no real structure before. Now it’s actually nice to use.
  • (May 19) Cross-volume operations Like direct MTP → SMB. Optimized ops, precise progress, cancellation.
  • (May 21) Polished UI Main window is flatter and simpler. Settings window got liquid glass design.
  • (May 22) Search redesign Overall improved UX, recent searches, “Open in pane”.
  • (May 23) AI-powered smart selection Support queries like “Select all error logs from last week”.
  • (May 24) Onboarding revamp Guided first-launch wizard: Full Disk Access, AI provider, and optionals.
  • (May 29) Downloads watcher Notification when a download lands; jump to the latest with ⌘J / ⌃⌥⌘J.

Jun

  • (Jun 3) Go to path ⌘G to jump anywhere: paste a path, ~ expansion, recent paths.
  • (Jun 5) Smarter copy and move Folders merge, non-conflicting same-volume moves are instant.
  • (Jun 6) Smarter SMB sign-in Reuse saved passwords from Finder, re-auth on pw change.
  • (Jun 7) Low disk space warning Notifies when a drive runs low.
  • (Jun 10) Open beta Feature status page, in-app Beta badges, Send feedback, anonymous usage stats.
  • (Jun 14) Editable favorites Add/rename/reorder/remove Favorite folders.
  • (Jun 17) File viewer media support View images and PDFs in the file viewer.
  • (Jun 18) Multi-language (i18n) Support multiple languages (but no translations yet).
  • (Jun 19) Index network drives and phones Full drive indexing for SMB shares and MTP devices.
  • (Jun 21) L10n Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese!
  • (Jun 22) Transfer queue and pause Enqueue and pause/resume transfers/deletes.

Very soon

  • Support more file systems S3 buckets, FTP(S), SFTP, SCP, WebDAV, NFS, etc.
  • Handle zips Compress/extract files, browse/modify archives.
  • AI-powered rename “Name these screenshots based on contents in 50 chars each”

Also soon

  • Add plugins Let you extend Cmdr with your scripts and tools.
  • AI-powered “Tell me about this” Right-click any file for a quick AI explanation.
  • AI-powered file organization Clean up your Downloads folder, with 100% human oversight.
  • Folder sync Compare/sync two folders.
  • Add disk space visualizer GrandPerspective-style treemap built-in
  • Add Windows and true Linux support Bring Cmdr to more platforms.