I Put VS Code, Claude, and a Terminal Inside a File Manager I built using React and Rust — Here's What Happened

Remember when file managers were just... folders and files? I got tired of switching between Finder, VS Code, Terminal, and ChatGPT every 30 seconds. So I built a file manager that has all of them built in. It's called Xplorer, it's free, and I just shipped the first alpha. The "Why" — File Managers Haven't Changed Since 2005 Think about it. Your code editor got AI autocomplete, your browser got extensions, your terminal got split panes. But your file manager? Still the same grid things... I wanted one app where I could: Browse files Preview code with syntax highlighting Ask AI "what's in this PDF?" Run git commands Open a terminal Install extensions So I built it. What It Looks Like VS Code Vibes, But For Your Files Multi-tab browsing, split panes, file tree sidebar, AI chat — all in one window. Browse two folders side-by-side, ask the AI about a file, and preview code with syntax highlighting. No more juggling 5 different apps. And yes — you can actually code in it too. There's a ful