Made for my own everyday work.
A file manager for developers who go back and forth between the terminal and their folders all day, used from the keyboard alone.
14-day free trial · No credit card · $19.99 to buy · macOS 14+
See it in action
Everyday stumbles, made simple.
Restart. Nothing lost.
Column widths, sort order, and tab state survive every restart. Finder forgets your tabs the moment you quit — DraftFinder doesn't.
Thumbnail view
A thumbnail of the current row, with its kind, size, and modification date, stays next to the list. Check what is inside images, PDFs, and videos as you move through them from the keyboard. For a big view, l opens Quick Look.
Mark and batch
Mark files with Space, then move, copy, or delete them with a single key — m, c, or d. No dragging, no menus.
Open a terminal
Opens WezTerm, iTerm2, Warp, Ghostty, or Terminal.app in the current directory with your full shell environment.
Copy the path
Press p to copy the path of the row under the cursor (or of the current folder when nothing is selected), ready to paste into a terminal or a script. No right-click, no Get Info panel.
Command palette
Hit ⌘K and run any command by name — navigate, sort, create, open. Finder has nothing like it.
Filter search
Press s to fuzzy-filter the current folder instantly. Type mds, land on models/.
Simple, honest pricing
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Every 1.x update is free, forever
- Bug fixes and security patches, forever
- No subscription and no renewal fee
Ready to buy? Purchase a license ($19.99).
Sold by Polar Software, Inc. as the merchant of record. Purchase and refund terms
Compare: Path Finder is $29.95/yr on subscription · ForkLift is $19.95 · DraftFinder is $19.99 once, with a 14-day free trial
Installing DraftFinder
DraftFinder is distributed directly as a signed, Apple-notarized
.dmg — not through the Mac App Store. It opens normally; the first
time you launch it, macOS just shows the standard confirmation for apps
downloaded from the Internet.
- Open the downloaded
.dmgand drag DraftFinder to Applications. - Double-click DraftFinder in Applications.
- On first launch, macOS asks whether you're sure you want to open an app downloaded from the Internet — click Open. Later launches start normally.
FAQ
Why isn't it on the Mac App Store?
DraftFinder needs to launch any terminal app (WezTerm, iTerm2, Warp…) and navigate any folder — both blocked by the App Store sandbox. It is distributed directly as a signed, Apple-notarized .dmg, so it opens like any other Mac app.
Apple Silicon or Intel?
Both. DraftFinder is a Universal Binary.
What macOS version do I need?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
How long do updates last?
Every 1.x release is included at no extra cost, with no time limit and no renewal fee. Bug fixes and security updates are free forever. If a version 2.0 is ever released, it will be a separate paid upgrade, and buying 1.x now never stops working.
Can I use it on multiple Macs?
Yes, one license activates up to 2 Macs.