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Iruka
The Mac file manager where the terminal follows you
Iruka is a native macOS file manager built around one missing feature: an embedded terminal that follows your navigation, like KDE Dolphin's. Click into a folder, the shell is already there, no cd. Also: rendered Markdown/CSV previews, inline editing, one-click SSH + SCP, Git status from any folder, S3/SFTP/WebDAV mounts, dual pane, batch rename. Swift, no Electron, starts in under a second. Built solo in Swift, still shipping fast based on user requests. $19.99 one-time, 30-day trial.
Backstory: I switched from Linux/KDE to Mac years ago and never stopped missing one specific thing: Dolphin's embedded terminal that follows your navigation. Click a folder, the shell's already there. I used Path Finder for years but finally couldn't really take it anymore, so I built it myself.
Iruka's core: a synced terminal pane, plus rendered previews (Markdown, CSV, syntax highlighting), inline editing, one-click SSH/SCP, Git status per-folder, and cloud mounts --> all native Swift, no Electron.
I'm an academic by day (not a full-time indie dev), so this was built in evenings, and the roadmap is driven almost entirely by user requests on GitHub Discussions. Several shipped features started as comments just like the ones I'm hoping to get here today.
Happy to answer anything from architecture, why native Swift over Electron, why lifetime vs. subscription, how do I sFTP with sudo,... I'll be around all day.
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About Iruka on Product Hunt
“The Mac file manager where the terminal follows you”
Iruka was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #66 on the daily leaderboard. Iruka is a native macOS file manager built around one missing feature: an embedded terminal that follows your navigation, like KDE Dolphin's. Click into a folder, the shell is already there, no cd. Also: rendered Markdown/CSV previews, inline editing, one-click SSH + SCP, Git status from any folder, S3/SFTP/WebDAV mounts, dual pane, batch rename. Swift, no Electron, starts in under a second. Built solo in Swift, still shipping fast based on user requests. $19.99 one-time, 30-day trial.
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Dorien
Hey PH 👋 Dev here.
Backstory: I switched from Linux/KDE to Mac years ago and never stopped missing one specific thing: Dolphin's embedded terminal that follows your navigation. Click a folder, the shell's already there. I used Path Finder for years but finally couldn't really take it anymore, so I built it myself.
Iruka's core: a synced terminal pane, plus rendered previews (Markdown, CSV, syntax highlighting), inline editing, one-click SSH/SCP, Git status per-folder, and cloud mounts --> all native Swift, no Electron.
I'm an academic by day (not a full-time indie dev), so this was built in evenings, and the roadmap is driven almost entirely by user requests on GitHub Discussions. Several shipped features started as comments just like the ones I'm hoping to get here today.
Happy to answer anything from architecture, why native Swift over Electron, why lifetime vs. subscription, how do I sFTP with sudo,... I'll be around all day.