Version 0.2.0 · Released October 7, 2026
Download PejavaCommander
PejavaCommander is a keyboard-first two-panel file manager for the desktop. Your own shell lives under the panels, every key and color is yours to change, and new features arrive as plugins without a restart.
This is an early preview. Builds appear here as soon as they are published.
Windows
Windows 10+Linux
Ubuntu 22.04+ · Debian 12+ · Fedora 36+Install in a minute
Pick your system. Settings, palettes and keys live in your home folder, so reinstalling never loses them.
- Open the downloaded
.dmgand drag PejavaCommander to Applications. - Start it from Launchpad or Spotlight (⌘ Space, type “Pejava”).
- The first time, macOS may say it cannot check the app for malicious software. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to PejavaCommander, then confirm. This is needed once.
- Grant Full Disk Access in System Settings → Privacy & Security if you want to browse protected folders.
- Or with Homebrew:
brew install --cask voy22/tap/pejava-commanderpicks the right build for your Mac and skips the “Open Anyway” step. Update withbrew upgrade --cask pejava-commander.
- Run
PejavaCommander-Setup-*.exe. It installs for the current user, no admin rights needed. - If SmartScreen appears, click More info → Run anyway (the preview is not code-signed yet).
- Start PejavaCommander from the Start menu.
- Debian / Ubuntu:
sudo apt install ./PejavaCommander-*-amd64.deb, then start PejavaCommander from the applications menu. - Fedora / openSUSE:
sudo dnf install ./PejavaCommander-*-x86_64.rpm - AppImage (any distribution):
chmod +x PejavaCommander-*.AppImage, then run it. It needs FUSE 2: on Ubuntu 24.04sudo apt install libfuse2t64. If it does not start because of the sandbox, use the .deb or .rpm package.