CommanderDog - Multi-Tab Web Commander

CommanderDog

Quick View (F3)

Edit File (F4)

Open With...

Download / Batch Zip

Compare / Diff

Permissions & Ownership

Copy to Target Pane (F5)

Move to Target Pane (F6)

Rename (F2)

Delete / Move to Trash (F8)

Calculate SHA-256 Hash

Convert File (ConvertX)...

Compress to Archive...

Extract Archive...

Color Label:

Edit Custom Tags...

filename.txt

/path/to/file

0755

Class	Read (r - 4)	Write (w - 2)	Execute (x - 1)
Owner (User)
Group
Others (Public)

1-Click Presets:

Owner (User):

Group:

Apply recursively to all subdirectories & files (-R)

File Folder

Location:	/home/user
Size:	0 B (0 bytes)
Contains:	-
Created:	-
Modified:	-
Permissions:	-

Unix POSIX Permissions & Ownership 0755

Class	Read (r)	Write (w)	Execute (x)
Owner (u)
Group (g)
Others (o)

Owner User:

Group:

Apply recursively to subfolders

File Checksums & Integrity

SHA-256 Checksum:

MD5 Checksum:

SHA-1 Checksum:

Color Label:

Customize Folder / File Icon & Emote:

Quick Presets (Click to apply):

Custom icon is saved specifically for this path and displayed across tables, compact, grid, and tree views.

Custom Tags:

Type	Name / Shared Path	Expires	Downloads	Dropbox	Actions
Loading active shares...

General UI & Behavior

Hidden Files & Dotfiles:

Show hidden files and dotfiles (e.g. .bashrc, .git) across all panels

Toggle visibility of dotfiles across all active directory panels.

Default Layout:

Confirmations & Safety:

Confirm before deleting files Confirm before overwriting existing files Remember last opened directories across sessions Double-Click Navigation: Double-click in empty panel space jumps up to parent directory Parent Directory ("..") Row: Show ".." parent entry at the top of file tables Floating Transfer Window: Automatically open floating transfer manager on background jobs Global Header Refresh: Show global "Refresh All" button in top header bar (off by default)

🗑️ Trash Bin Configuration:

Enable Safe Trash Bin: Move deleted items to trash instead of permanent deletion

Custom Trash Directory (Optional):

When disabled, files are permanently deleted. When a custom directory is set, deleted files are safely timestamped and preserved in that folder.

🐶 NoteDog Notes Directory:

Customize the directory where NoteDog loads and stores notebooks, sections, and notes. Also configurable in config.toml ([notedog] notes_folder) or NoteDog TUI (~/.config/notedog/notedog.toml).

Transfer Manager & TeraCopy Display Detail:

Choose between rich per-file TeraCopy streams or minimalist overall progress.

Bottom Function Key Bar (F1..F10):

Show orthodox commander function key bar at the bottom

Uncheck to hide the bottom bar and give more vertical room to directory panels.

Interface & File Manager Text Size:

13px

Adjust text size smoothly across file tables, breadcrumbs, and panes.

Columns & View Modes

Customize default file view modes, resizable table column visibility, and widths.

Default Panel View Mode:

Details Table (Orthodox table with Name, Size, Modified, Mode, Owner)

Thumbnail Gallery / Grid (Visual preview cards for photos, media & documents)

Compact Multi-Column List (High-density multi-column filename browser)

Reset Column Widths:

Restore default column widths across all panes.

Desktop, Windowing & System Tray

Configure native window behavior, system tray integration, and global hotkeys for Linux (Hyprland, X11, Wayland), macOS, and Windows.

System Tray & Minimization:

Minimize to System Tray on Close: Closing the window keeps CommanderDog running in the background tray Start Minimized: Launch directly to system tray on system boot / autostart

Can also be configured via ~/.config/commanderdog/config.toml.

Global Summon / Toggle Hotkey:

Default: Super+C

Pressing this keybind anywhere in your operating system brings CommanderDog to the foreground instantly.

Native Window Frame & Decorations (Hyprland / Sway / i3):

Native Window Frame & Decorations: Show OS titlebar and system border

Uncheck for a clean frameless window that tiles seamlessly without header waste in Hyprland. Launch with commanderdog --no-decorations.

Open With & External Application Handlers

Map file extensions to external desktop applications and custom launchers.

Context Menu Customizer & Shell Actions

Toggle built-in context actions and create custom scripts with parameter tokens.

Built-in Context Menu Items Visibility:

Quick View (F3) Edit in EditorDog (F4) Open With Submenu Download / Batch Zip Share Link / Guest Dropbox Compare / Diff (F9)

User-Defined Shell Actions ({file}, {dir}, {selection}, {target_pane}):

🎨 CommanderDog Theme & Visual Palette

Choose your active color theme across CommanderDog panels, editor, and tools.

Active Theme:

Visual Theme Swatches (Click to Apply):

Supports built-in themes and custom external themes from ~/.config/commanderdog/themes/.

✨ Web Custom Theme Creator & Importer

🖼️ Panel Border & Focus Ring Customization

Fine-tune panel border thickness and active focus highlight intensity.

Panel Border Width:

Active Pane Highlight Style:

🎨 Custom Pane Border Identification Colors

Define custom identification border & badge highlight colors for each panel for instant visual orientation.

Pane 1 Identification Color:

Pane 2 Identification Color:

Pane 3 Identification Color:

Pane 4 Identification Color:

Saved Bookmarks & Favorite Paths

Name	Protocol	Target Path / URL	Action
Home Directory	LOCAL	`/home/bolt`
Root Filesystem	LOCAL	`/`

Key	Action
`Tab / Shift+Tab`	Switch Active Focused Pane
`F1`	Quick Help
`F2`	Rename Selected File / Directory
`F3`	Quick View / File Preview
`F4`	Dual-Pane Editor / Code Viewer
`F5`	Copy Selected Items to Target Pane
`F6`	Move Selected Items to Target Pane
`F7`	Create New Folder (Mkdir)
`F8 / Delete`	Delete / Move to Trash
`F9 / Ctrl+D`	Folder & File Comparison (Diff)
`F10`	User Settings & Preferences
`Ctrl + F`	Editor Search / Global Search
`Ctrl + H`	Editor Search & Replace
`Alt + 1..4`	Direct Focus to Pane 1, 2, 3, or 4
`Insert / Space`	Toggle Selection & Step Down
`Ctrl + A`	Select All in Current Pane
`Ctrl + P`	Toggle Paranoid File Handling Mode

Global Icon Theme:

Choose between classic graphical icons, developer Nerd Fonts, or rich colorful emojis across all panels.

Global Default Folder Icon / Emote:

Default (PNG) 📁 Yellow Folder 📂 Open Folder 🗂️ Card Dividers  Nerd Font Dir  Nerd Font Folder 📦 Box Package 🚀 Rocket Project

Per-Filetype & Extension Custom Icons:

Map specific file extensions (e.g. rs, py, md, iso) to any custom emoji, emote, or Nerd Font glyph.

Ext:

Icon/Emote:

Extension / Type	Icon / Glyph	Preview	Action

User Accounts & Granular Service Permissions

Manage internal and PAM accounts, assign Admin privileges, and grant or restrict service access per user.

User Account	Role	Home Directory	Enabled Protocol & Service Access	Actions

🪟 Global Storage, Network Shares & User Access

Configure network shares and assign which users can access them via their Favorites menu.

Mount Name	Protocol	Target URI / Share Path	Allowed Users	Actions
Loading global network mounts...

Samba / Windows Share (CIFS)

Native client using smbclient with Workgroup, Active Directory Domain, and guest authentication.

Default Workgroup / Domain:

Linux Network File System (NFS)

Automated export discovery via showmount -e and mounts to /run/commanderdog/mounts/nfs/.

NFS Base Mountpoint:

🔄 Global Syncthing Daemon Configuration

Configure the cluster Syncthing daemon used for continuous background sync across nodes.

Syncthing Daemon URL:

REST API Key:

🛡️ Global File Safety, Paranoid Integrity & Auto-Lock

Configure default transaction rules, session timeout, auto-lock on workstation inactivity, and cryptographic validation.

Session Auto-Lock & Inactivity

Enable Automatic Workstation Lock

Locks screen on idle inactivity without interrupting background transfers or closing open files.

Auto-Lock Inactivity Timer:

Session Expiration / Max Token Age:

Do not lock while background file transfers/copy tasks are running

Paranoid Mode & Integrity

Enable Paranoid File Handling Mode globally by default

Integrity Checksum Algorithm:

Files transferred in Paranoid mode have their checksum cryptographically verified upon write completion.

Atomic File Writes (via hidden temporary file rename)

Safe Trash Bin (Move deleted items to XDG Trash)

Server Custom Trash Directory (Optional):

📜 Master Configuration (config.toml) ~/.config/commanderdog/config.toml

Directly view and edit server settings, layouts, keybinds, and defaults in TOML format.

Untitled-1 UTF-8

Ln 1, Col 1 | 0 lines | 0 chars | 0 words

| Spaces: 2 | UTF-8 | LF

Find Text / Regex Pattern:

Replace With:

Match Case Use Regular Expressions (Regex)

Live Rename Preview: 0 items ready

Status	Original Name	➔ New Name

Source (Left)

Destination (Right)

⚡ Block-Level Delta (Bvckup 2) 🔒 Verify Checksums

Archive: Keep: days

Left Size	Source File	Action	Destination File	Right Size
Click Compare & Analyze to inspect directory differences.

Job Name	Source ➔ Destination	Mode	Trigger / Schedule	Active	Last Run	Actions
Loading saved backup profiles...

Timestamp	Job / Profile	Status	Copied	Archived	Deleted	Duration	Details
Loading execution history...

Search Directory:

File Type:

Filename Pattern (Glob / Regex):

Containing Text (grep):

Match Case

Modified:

Search Results: 0 items found

Filename & Match Snippet	Size	Modified	Action
No search results yet

📥 Download Speed

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📤 Upload Speed

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Synced Folders

👥 Connected Peers

Synchronized Folders

Folder Label / ID	Path	Status	Sync %	Action
Loading Syncthing folders...

👥 Connected Devices / Peers

Device Name / ID	Address	Status	Download (In)	Upload (Out)
Loading connected devices...

Protocol:

Server Host / Endpoint URL:

Port:

Username / Access Key ID:

Password / Secret Access Key:

Remote Path / Prefix (Leave empty or ~ for User Home):

Woofson Terminal Console ~

⚡ Transfers (0 active) 0 B/s

0 / 0 files 0% 0 B / 0 B ETA: --:--

Idle (No active file)

0 B/s

0 B / 0 B 0%

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General UI & Behavior

Columns & View Modes

Desktop, Windowing & System Tray

Open With & External Application Handlers

Context Menu Customizer & Shell Actions

🎨 CommanderDog Theme & Visual Palette

✨ Web Custom Theme Creator & Importer

🖼️ Panel Border & Focus Ring Customization

🎨 Custom Pane Border Identification Colors

Samba / Windows Share (CIFS)

Linux Network File System (NFS)

Session Auto-Lock & Inactivity

Paranoid Mode & Integrity

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