"File Explorers Crawl. I speedrun."
Blazing fast, multi-threaded file search.
Stop waiting for your OS to find your files. Filepath Hunter is a blazingly fast, multi-threaded search architecture designed to saturate all CPU cores and deliver results in seconds. It contains zero-bloat, 100% native performance that leaves OS explorers in the dust.
In real-world testing, searching for the term "python" across the entire root directory (/ or C:\):
- Standard System Explorers: Take over 10 minutes (600s) to finish their crawl.
- Filepath Hunter: Utilizes its full-throttle execution framework to crush this time, consistently returning the full results set in just 6 seconds.
🔥 This represents a verified 100x increase in performance.
- Blazing Speed: Instant search results outperforming native system explorers by 100x.
- Multi-Core Optimized: High-performance architecture with every CPU thread working in lockstep for peak performance.
- 19 Curated Themes: Fully customizable graphical interface including Dracula, Nord, Gruvbox, One Dark, and more.
- Hardware Telemetry: Real-time monitoring of per-core CPU utilization, temperature, and clock speed.
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- Incremental Results: Real-time updates populate the interface instantly as the search runs.
- Deep Search Mode: Unlimited background indexing totals with a UI cap at 100k records.
- Target Filters: Quick-toggle selectors for Files, Folders, All, and Hidden items.
- Bookmarks: Save and recall your most frequently searched directory paths.
- Zero-Bloat Footprint: Built from the ground up for minimal RAM and CPU idle usage.
- Fluid UI: Smooth rendering animations with active accent color awareness.
- Modern Rendering: Sub-pixel antialiasing ensuring crisp typography across all desktop environments.
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| Material Moonlight Theme | Material Monokai Pro Theme |
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- Drag-and-Drop: Full native support for dropping files and folders.
- Terminal Shortcut: Right-click context actions to instantly "Open in Terminal".
- Instant Actions: One-click shortcuts to copy paths, open target locations, or launch files.
- Desktop Native: Clean integration with taskbars and app launchers (GNOME, KDE, XFCE).
- Single Native Binary: No bulky external dependencies or runtime environments required.
- Automated Installer: Includes an independent
install.shdeployment script and uninstaller for Linux. - Data Export: Save and export your complete search results directly to an external file.
- Cross-Platform Support: Identical native performance and binaries for Windows and Linux (x86-64).
- Audio Profiles: Configurable completion sound effects with multiple built-in presets.
- The Hunt: Be the ultimate hunter, discover the easter egg.
Filepath Hunter is distributed as a secure, standalone binary. Click the link below to download the latest version for Linux or Windows:
👉 Download Filepath Hunter on itch.io
- Extract the compressed file to a portable folder.
- Run FilepathHunter.exe
Open your terminal and run the following commands in sequence:
- Extract the downloaded archive:
tar xzf FilepathHunter-v*.tar.gz- Run the installer script:
./install.sh- Right-click icon on sidebar or taskbar, pin or add to favorites
Thanks to the automated install.sh script, Filepath Hunter integrates directly into your system. You can also launch it from terminal:
filepathhunterIf you ever need to completely remove the application and its shortcuts from your system, simply run:
./uninstall.sh- Any 64-bit Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc.).
To view the full history of releases, bug fixes, and performance updates, check out the raw release log directly in this repository: