Rust · GTK4 · Linux

A file manager that belongs on your desktop.

Teral brings navigation, files, details and a terminal into one focused workspace. It follows GTK everywhere and integrates directly with Omarchy themes.

Download 0.1.4↓ View source↗

Early public release. Keep another file manager installed while Teral matures.

NativeNo Electron or web view

AdaptiveWide workspace, narrow drawers

Theme-awareFirst-class Omarchy support

Teral on Omarchyv0.1.4

Teral in a dark purple and green Omarchy theme with navigation, files, details and Quick Command visible

Why Teral

Files are not a side feature.

Moving, restoring and organizing data deserves more care than another generic window painted over the desktop.

Teral is designed around dependable operations, visible context and a layout that stays useful on both conventional desktops and tiling window managers.

Core capabilities

The everyday work, properly handled.

Operations you can trust

Copy, cut, move, duplicate, rename and link with conflict decisions, cancellable progress and no silent overwrites.

Trash across filesystems

FreeDesktop-compatible trash on your home filesystem and external drives, with restore to the original location.

Quick Command

A real VTE terminal and a command entry rooted in the folder you are browsing.

Works with the desktop

Shared clipboard and drag-and-drop interoperability with Nautilus, Dolphin, Thunar and other applications.

Search without freezing

Recursive Home search streams bounded batches while the current-folder filter stays immediate.

Adaptive tiling layout

Navigation and Details become overlay drawers when space is tight while Files and Quick Command stay underneath.

Same Omarchy theme

A better fit.

These are the same desktop and palette. Teral consumes semantic file-manager colors instead of stopping at a generic GTK surface.

Teral integrated with the warm Omarchy theme — **Teral**Theme-aware three-pane workspace

GNOME Files on the same warm Omarchy theme — **GNOME Files**Reference on the same theme

Omarchy themes

Follow the system. Actually.

Teral applies theme changes while it is running. A portable files.toml offers precise semantic colors, with safe fallback to colors.toml.

Read the complete theme guide →

Teral in a dark blue Omarchy theme — **Midnight blue**Full desktop palette

Teral in a dark green Omarchy theme — **Forest glass**Full desktop palette

Keyboard-first

Stay in motion.

Press F1 inside Teral to see the complete shortcut reference.

Ctrl KQuick Command

Ctrl Shift FSearch Home

Ctrl FFilter this folder

Ctrl LEdit the location

Ctrl IToggle Details

Ctrl 1 / 2 / 3Navigation / Files / Details

Ctrl T / WNew / close tab

Ctrl Shift TTerminal here

Ctrl HShow hidden files

Ctrl + / − / 0Resize / reset icons

F2Rename

DeleteMove to Trash

Install once

Update with one command.

Release packages from 0.1.1 onward include a checksum-verified updater.

After the first installation

teral-update

Installation guide→