PyExplorer

A Pygame lightweight emulation of Linux's File Explorer (Nautilus). Navigates through an user's local filesystem, just like Nautilus.

Installation (Linux)

The project is written in Python and uses the Pygame module.

Python: sudo apt-get install python 3.6
Pygame: sudo apt-get install python-pygame

How it works

Opening it

Download the repo
Run pyexplorer.py:
- Open the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
- Go to the directory where you downloaded the repo (cd ...)
- python3.6 pyexplorer.py

Playing with it

Press directory icons to access the respective directories
Use back/front buttons (top-left corner) to navigate in your filepath
- To navigate quickly in your filepath, click on the respective directory you want to access

Press the bright orange close button (top-right corner) to close PyExplorer.

Contributors

Made with love by team double-tRouble - Radu Minea and Radu Pavel.

Contribute

Any contribution is appreciated. We have the following features all planned up:

Allowing the user to specify its starting directory
Navigating the filepath through arrow keys
Scaling filepath box size to directory name
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