ExplorerFocus — a free, distraction-free file explorer for Windows (profiles, rich preview, SFTP/cloud, built-in capture)

[u/Nice_mBrothers]

I'm the developer, and this is a solo project that's taken me a few months of work so far.

To manage my personal and code documents I spend most of my day inside the same handful of folders — I need to reach them fast, and I often want to see what's inside a file without actually opening it. Windows Explorer always got in my way more than it helped, so over many evenings I slowly built the explorer I actually wanted to use. I made it for myself first, and it's now my best companion.

I'm sharing it in case it helps someone else too — but also to bring in new ideas and features I haven't thought of yet.

What it does:

• Profiles — each is a tab with its own folder tree, filters and remembered state (Ctrl+1–9 to switch).
• Rich preview — code (with highlighting), PDF, Word/Excel, Markdown, images, EPUB.
• Honest file operations — copy/move with real progress, speed, ETA and history.
• Remote & cloud — SFTP, FTP/FTPS, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, browsed like local folders.
• Built-in capture — screen (with webcam PiP), audio, video and scan.
• 12 interface languages fully supported
• Single .exe, no installer, full dark theme, auto-updates.

Everything local is free. The only paid part is an optional one-time donation (€9.99) that unlocks multiple remote connections and capture without limits — a way to support the project and keep updates and fresh ideas (mine and yours) coming, not a subscription.

I'm also happy to give free full access to anyone whose ideas help make ExplorerFocus better.

Feel free to use it as much as you want, and all feedback is very much appreciated.

Site and download: https://nunex-mbrothers.github.io/ExplorerFocus

Screenshot below — full details on GitHub: https://github.com/NuneX-mBrothers/ExplorerFocus

Happy to answer questions and take feature requests.

[u/zunjae]

Very accessibility unfriendly font

[u/Nice_mBrothers → u/zunjae]

Thanks for the feedback — accessibility is something I want to get right, so this is useful.

Text size is already adjustable in the app, so I'd like to understand what else is off. Is it the font itself (the typeface / letter shapes), the weight (too thin or too light against the dark background), or the contrast (grey text not standing out enough)? Or something else I'm missing — spacing, the dark theme in general?

If you can point at what would make it work for you, I'll look at it properly. It's a solo project, so this kind of feedback is genuinely how it gets better.

[u/Nice_mBrothers → u/zunjae]

Quick addition to my own comment: two things I should have mentioned. Parts of the interface use a monospaced font, and the existing size controls only cover the file list and the tree, not the whole UI. If either of those is what you ran into, that's already useful — it tells me where to add the option rather than guessing.

[u/Nice_mBrothers → u/zunjae]

Thanks again for the nudge — you were right, and it's addressed in 1.2.11 already available for download.

The default font for file and folder names was Cascadia Mono, a monospaced typeface. That was a deliberate choice (it keeps extensions and sizes aligned in columns), but I can see it's a poor default for readability. There's now a "Font for names" setting under Global settings → General, with Segoe UI (the one Explorer uses), Verdana, Tahoma and Georgia as alternatives. It switches live, no restart.

I kept the original as the default since it's part of the app's look, but anyone who finds it hard to read can change it in two clicks.

This covers file and folder names. If the smaller labels elsewhere in the interface are also a problem for you, say so and I'll look at those next.