Rascal

a native macOS file manager

Finder, but it keeps up.

A fast, keyboard-first Finder replacement for macOS. Dual panes, a command palette, vim keys, and a disk treemap.

  • ⌘⇧P palette
  • Dual-pane
  • Vim keys
  • Disk treemap
Download free
Apple SiliconM1–M4 · 2020 & newer Intelx86_64 · 2019 & earlier
Watch it move ↓

Apple Silicon & Intel · macOS 13+ · free & open source · no telemetry

Two panes side by side with the built-in terminal open The fuzzy command palette open over the file list A colourful image shown in the side preview panel

Local-first  ·  no account  ·  no telemetry  ·  no AI  ·  open source

A few seconds of Rascal

See it move.

Browsing folders and switching between list, icon and column views
Switch views in a keystroke
Opening the preview panel, then splitting into a second pane
Preview & split, instantly
Disk-usage treemap drilling into folders
Find where the space went

Under the hood

Everything, a keystroke away.

Keyboard-first

Fuzzy command palette (⌘⇧P) and real vim keys — hjkl, /, dd, gg. The mouse is optional.

Panes & views

Dual panes, tabs, and List / Icon / Column / Gallery — switch layout in one keystroke.

Disk treemap

A live, colour-coded map of any folder. Click a tile to drill in.

Yours to theme

Ten built-in themes, or write your own in a few lines of JSON.

Tags & smart folders

Real Finder tags, plus saved searches pinned to the sidebar.

Stays on your Mac

No cloud, no account, no telemetry, no AI. Opens instantly.

Free forever

Drag to Applications. Done.

Native builds for Apple Silicon & Intel. macOS 13 Ventura or later. No paywall, no “pro” tier.

Download for macOS
Apple SiliconM1–M4 · 2020 & newer Intelx86_64 · 2019 & earlier

Button gets the Apple Silicon build; on an Intel Mac pick Intel from the dropdown.

First launch on macOS

Rascal is ad-hoc signed, so macOS blocks it on first open:

  1. Drag Rascal to Applications.
  2. Right-click Rascal.app → Open.
  3. Still blocked or “damaged”? Clear the quarantine flag: 
    xattr -cr /Applications/Rascal.app

Prefer source? git clone, then ./install.sh — full steps in the guide.

Rascal is free. Tips are welcome, never required. Buy me a coffee