Seek — Native File Manager for MacOS

A native file manager for macOS

Finder, but better — and a lot more. Dual and quad-pane layouts, real tabs, command palette, remote filesystems, and a global launcher.

Download Seek 1.0 See features

Free · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon and Intel · 11 MB

Seek file browser running on macOS

Why Seek

Finder hasn’t meaningfully improved in a decade. Path Finder is $36, ForkLift is $30, Commander One paywalls everything useful. Seek is the file manager macOS deserved — native, fast, free, and with the features power users actually need.

It opens in under 200 ms. It supports dual and quad-pane layouts. It has real tabs. It has a command palette (⌘K) for everything. It speaks SFTP, S3, and WebDAV natively. It has a global launcher you can summon from anywhere with ⌘⇧Space.

Dual / quad pane

One window, multiple file panes. Drag between them, sync them, lock them. The classic Norton Commander layout, modernised.

Real tabs

Tabs that survive restart, with proper keyboard navigation. Like a browser, but for files.

Command palette

⌘K opens a fuzzy-search command palette. Every action is keyboard-accessible.

Remote filesystems

Native SFTP, S3, and WebDAV. Mount remote storage as if it were local. Connection profiles persist.

Git integration

Inline git status badges on files. Diff view, branch switcher, commit log. No need to switch to a separate git tool for routine ops.

Global launcher

⌘⇧Space from anywhere on macOS opens a launcher that searches files, runs apps, executes commands. Like Spotlight + Alfred, built in.

Seek launcher (⌘⇧Space) Seek file browser Seek AI settings Seek command palette Seek git diff view

How Seek compares

SeekFinderPath FinderForkLiftCommander One
Native macOS✅✅✅✅✅
Dual pane✅❌✅✅✅
Quad pane✅❌❌❌❌
Real tabs✅✅✅✅✅
Command palette✅❌❌❌❌
SFTP / S3 / WebDAV✅❌✅ (paid)✅✅ (paid)
Git integration✅❌❌❌❌
Global launcher✅❌❌❌❌
PriceFreeFree$36$30$30/yr

Get Seek

Download Seek 1.0 · 11 MB Or use Homebrew

Free forever. No account. macOS 13+ required.

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