Free & open source

File browsing,
reimagined.

Cascade is a fast, elegant file explorer built for power users. Column browsing, smart folders, tagging, and search — all in one beautifully designed app.

Download for free View on GitHub

Windows · macOS · Linux  ·  No account required

Cascade
Quick
🏠 Home
🕐 Recent
Smart
🖼 All images
📄 Documents
Tags
Work
Personal
Urgent
Home · 12 items
Documents
Downloads
Projects
Desktop
Projects · 8 items
cascade-app
website
design.fig
website
Folder · 14 items
Work
Personal
Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Built from scratch to replace your OS file manager with something faster and smarter.

📂
Column browsing
Navigate deep folder trees side-by-side with smooth horizontal scrolling. Select items and preview instantly without switching context.
🏷️
Custom tags
Create colour-coded tags and assign them to any file or folder. Filter your entire file system by tag in one click.
⚡
Instant search
Recursive full-filesystem search finds files as you type, scanning hundreds of folders in seconds without indexing.
🗂️
Smart folders
Built-in smart views for Recent, All Images, Large Files, Screenshots, and Documents — always up to date automatically.
👁️
Rich previews
Preview images, videos, audio waveforms, text files, PDFs, and documents directly in the panel without opening another app.
🎨
Beautiful design
Crafted with care — glassmorphic UI, smooth animations, accent colour themes, and a custom frameless window that feels at home on any OS.

Download Cascade

Free forever. No sign-up, no telemetry, no subscription.

🪟 Download for Windows 🍎 Download for macOS 🐧 Download for Linux

Or build from source · View on GitHub ↗

1
Download the installer
2
Run and install
3
Browse your files
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Get in touch

Have a question, found a bug, or want to suggest a feature?
We'd love to hear from you.

cascadefileexplorer@gmail.com

We typically respond within 24 hours.