01 · Window mgmt
Snap windows like you're back on Windows.
Rectangle-style halves and quarters, built in. Works on any frontmost window, not just SADFinder.
Ctrl+7 top-left
Ctrl+9 top-right
Ctrl+⇧+← left half
Ctrl+⇧+↑ top half
New · Built for macOS 26 The file manager
The file manager
Windows refugees
deserve on macOS.
Tabs. An editable path bar. Quick filter. Real Desktop control. Rectangle-style window snapping. Built native in Swift, keyboard-first, and absurdly fast on big folders.
7-day free trial · then $3.99/mo, $32/yr, or $50 forever · macOS 26.0+
Documents — SADFinder
~ / Documents / Projects
Search
Projects ×
Downloads ×
Screenshots ×
Name
Modified
Size
Kind
📁 alternativa-finderos
Today, 21:24
—
Folder
📁 designs
Yesterday
—
Folder
📁 raycast-config
May 16
—
Folder
🖼️ hero-shot.png
May 15
2.4 MB
Image
📄 RELEASE_NOTES.md
May 13
8 KB
Markdown
🗜️ build-0.1.0.zip
May 12
14.2 MB
Archive
⚙️ Package.swift
May 11
1 KB
Swift
7 items · 1 selected · 14.2 MB ⌘F to filter
Native Swift 6 + SwiftUI
No telemetry, no ads
Lifetime updates included
Cancel anytime
See it in action
A 90-second tour of every shortcut.
From snapping windows to extracting archives — every motion you build muscle memory for, on screen.
SADFinder — 90 second tour
video placeholder · 2160p SADFinder ✦ 0.1.0
What's inside
Twelve reasons it replaces Finder.
Every feature is keyboard-first, native to macOS 26, and shaped by decades of Windows Explorer muscle memory.
02 · Browsing
Tabs with restore.
Reopen what you closed. Per-window Back/Forward.
Projects
Downloads
Photos
03 · Navigation
Editable path bar.
Click any segment to jump. Type a path to navigate. macOS finally has it.
~ / Documents / Projects / alternativa-finderos
~/Desktop/screenshot
04 · Search
Quick filter, instant.
A live filter scoped to the current folder. No Spotlight roundtrip.
pdf ⌘⇧F
📄contract-2026.pdf
📄invoice-may.pdf
📄spec.pdf
05 · Archives
ZIP without a detour.
Compress, Extract Here, or Extract to Folder — right-click and done.
📁
folder 🗜️
.zip 06 · macOS native
Delete actually clears your Desktop.
When the Desktop is the frontmost view, Delete moves real desktop files to Trash — even with every window minimized.
📄
notes.md 🖼️
shot.png 🗑️
old.zip 📁
screens ⚙️
tools 🎵
track.m4a ⌫ → Trash
07 · Sidebar
Cloud, where you expect it.
Dropbox, iCloud Drive, and CloudStorage providers grouped in a familiar sidebar.
Cloud
- 📦 Dropbox 42.1 GB
- ☁️ iCloud Drive 8.3 GB
- 🟢 Google Drive 12.7 GB
08 · Performance
Folder sizes that don't lag.
Sizes are computed in a background queue and cached at the SQLite layer. Big folders open instantly.
📁 Movies 412.3 GB
📁 Xcode Caches 38.1 GB
📁 Downloads 9.4 GB
cached · refreshed 2s ago
09 · Preview
Quick Look + Reveal.
Spacebar previews. Right-click reveals in Finder.
Space
10 · Devtools
Open in Terminal & Code.
One click from the context menu — no shell required.
~/Projects $
code .
~/Projects $
11 · Details
Windows-style Properties.
Cmd+I opens the dialog you grew up with.
build-0.1.0.zip ×
- Kind
- ZIP Archive
- Size
- 14,201,442 bytes
- Created
- May 12, 16:42
- Owner
- chris-studio
12 · Keyboard
Keyboard-first by design.
Every action you reach for already has a shortcut. No hunting through menus.
F2
Rename in place
⏎
Open
⌫
Move to Trash
⌘⌫
Delete forever (with confirm)
⌘A
Select all (filter-aware)
13 · Engine
Native Swift 6. Permissions once.
No Electron. No background daemons. SwiftUI + AppKit where it matters, GRDB-backed cache underneath.
Cold launch ~120 ms
10k-file folder scrolls flat
Memory at idle ~80 MB
Pricing Free for 7 days.
Free for 7 days.
Honest pricing after.
No credit card to start. Cancel from your account at any time. Updates are included on every plan.
Monthly
$3.99 /month
Try it month to month. Cancel anytime.
- All current and future features
- Lifetime updates while subscribed
- Use on up to 3 of your Macs
- Email support
Most popular
Yearly
Save 33% $32 /year
Two months free vs. monthly. The sweet spot.
- Everything in Monthly
- Priority email support
- Public roadmap voting
- Early access to betas
Lifetime
$50 one-time
Pay once. Keep it forever. Lifetime updates.
- Everything in Yearly
- All future features, forever
- Use on all your Macs
- Priority feature requests
7-day trial
No card required
EU VAT included
Invoice on request
macOS 26.0+
Apple Silicon · Intel
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Questions
Things you might ask before downloading.
What does SADFinder actually do that Finder doesn't?
Tabs with full Back/Forward history. An editable path bar where you type a path and hit Enter. Quick filter that scopes to the current folder. Rectangle-style window snapping that works on every window, not just SADFinder. ZIP compress and extract in two clicks. And a Properties dialog that shows what you actually want to see — kind, size in bytes, owner, timestamps.
Will Delete actually delete from my real Desktop?
Yes — when the Desktop is the frontmost view in SADFinder, pressing Delete moves the file from your real macOS Desktop into the Trash. It works even when every other window is minimized, which is the most common case people get stuck with.
Does the 7-day trial need a credit card?
No card. You create an account with email, Apple, or Google, the trial starts on first launch, and we email you on day 5 and day 7. If you don't subscribe, the app reverts to a read-only mode and you can still uninstall cleanly.
Lifetime really means lifetime updates?
Yes. One payment of $50, every future update is yours forever. We're a small team — if SADFinder is ever discontinued, the last build will keep working without any phone-home check.
Which macOS versions are supported?
SADFinder is built for macOS 26.0 and later, on both Apple Silicon and Intel. Older macOS versions aren't supported because we use Swift 6 features and the new macOS 26 SwiftUI APIs.
What permissions do you ask for?
Full Disk Access (optional, but enables hidden folders and protected paths), Accessibility (required for global window snapping), and Input Monitoring (required for global shortcuts). All three are asked once at first launch, never again.
Where is my data stored?
Nowhere. SADFinder runs entirely on your Mac. The only thing the website handles is your license — your email, plan, and a license token, encrypted at rest on Cloudflare. No file paths or contents ever leave your machine.
Can I use it on multiple Macs?
Monthly and Yearly plans let you activate up to 3 Macs simultaneously. Lifetime activates on all your Macs, no limit. You can deactivate a device from your account page if you sell or wipe a Mac.
Free download Try SADFinder
Try SADFinder
free for 7 days.
Direct download. No account needed for the trial. Then $3.99/month, $32/year, or $50 forever — your call.
macOS 26.0+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Notarized
Quick install: 1Download .dmg 2Drag to Applications 3Launch & allow permissions