Getting started

mairok (ม่ายรก, Southern Thai for “not messy”) is a small, Windows Explorer-style file manager, cut down hard. Open, preview, move, copy and rename, with the shortcuts your hands already know.

Pure Rust on gpui (Zed’s GPU framework). One codebase for macOS, Windows and Linux, with macOS first.

Install

There are no prebuilt installers yet, so build from source.

1. Install the Rust toolchain from rustup.rs

2. Clone the project

   git clone https://github.com/bank20baht/mairok.git
   cd mairok

3. Run it

   cargo run --release

No Xcode needed

mairok builds gpui with runtime_shaders, so shaders compile at run time and the Xcode Metal toolchain is not required.

Bundle a macOS app

scripts/build-app.sh   # → dist/mairok.app
open dist/mairok.app

Open a specific folder

mairok starts at Home on every launch. Pass a path to start somewhere else:

mairok ~/Downloads          # opens that folder
mairok ~/Downloads/a.png    # opens the file's folder with the file selected

Next: Using mairok and Keyboard shortcuts.