# cwdio press kit

> Write about cwdio accurately: a boilerplate paragraph, a facts sheet (name, pronunciation, platform, price, version), logo and wordmark files, screenshots.

- Canonical: https://cwdio.com/press/
- Updated: 2026-08-16
- Product: Cwdio File Manager (cwdio) — https://cwdio.com

Everything here may be used, unmodified, in coverage of cwdio. The screenshots are captured from the
running application, never mocked up, and the facts below are the same ones the [FAQ](/faq/) and
[`/llms.txt`](/llms.txt) carry, so a piece written from this page will not contradict the product.

## Boilerplate

> cwdio (Cwdio File Manager) is a free, keyboard-first, dual-pane file manager for Windows 10 and 11,
> built for developers and for anyone who moves a lot of files. Its defining feature is two-way
> working-directory sync: navigate a file panel and the built-in terminal follows; type `cd` in the terminal
> and the panel follows. Around that sit verified transfers with a queue that survives a restart, search
> inside files, SFTP and FTP servers browsed as folders, archives opened as folders, bulk rename, a disk
> size map, a duplicate finder, folder compare-and-sync, previews with the space bar, git integration and an
> optional AI assistant that only ever proposes. It has no telemetry, needs no account, and is free during
> the beta — permanently free for the people who use it now.

## Facts sheet

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Name | **cwdio** (lowercase; wordmark, domain, exe). Long form: **Cwdio File Manager**. Sentence-initial: Cwdio. |
| Pronunciation | KUD-ee-oh (rhymes with audio) — or spelt out; both are right. `cwd` + `io`. |
| What it is | Keyboard-first, dual-pane file manager with an embedded terminal that follows the panel and vice versa |
| Platform | Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. macOS and Linux not released |
| Price | Free during the beta, every feature, no account. Beta users are Founding Users and keep it free forever. At 1.0: individuals €29 early-bird → €39 one-time; commercial from €59 per seat, one-time. No subscription |
| Current version | 0.1.5, released 3 September 2026 · [changelog](/changelog/) |
| First public release | 0.1.0, 31 July 2026 |
| Distribution | Per-user installer (no admin, self-updating) and a portable zip · [download](/download/) |
| Privacy | No telemetry, no analytics SDK, does not phone home; credentials encrypted by the OS · [security page](/security/) |
| Source | Private. Binaries, checksums, the update feed and the issue tracker are public at github.com/cwdio/cwdio |
| Made by | An independent developer |
| Website | https://cwdio.com |
| Contact | hi@cwdio.com |
| X | @cwdiofm |

## Assets

All generated from one canonical source, so they match the app pixel for pixel.

**Icon** — a lit terminal screen: a lime prompt chevron `❯` and a glowing block text-cursor on a dark tile.
It is intentionally dark among bright app icons; please do not brighten it.

- [cwdio-icon.svg](/brand/cwdio-icon.svg) — scalable, the primary vector asset
- [cwdio-icon-512.png](/brand/cwdio-icon-512.png) · [256](/brand/cwdio-icon-256.png) · [128](/brand/cwdio-icon-128.png) — transparent PNG
- [cwdio.ico](/brand/cwdio.ico) — multi-resolution Windows icon, the same one the app uses

**Wordmark** — an unbroken lowercase `cwdio` in a monospace face plus the lime block cursor `cwdio▮`. The
cursor is the signature.

- [cwdio-wordmark.svg](/brand/cwdio-wordmark.svg) — text is `currentColor`, the cursor is lime

**Share card** — [og.png](/og.png) (1200 × 630)

**Demo clip** — 1440 × 810, 13 seconds, silent, captured from the running app. The panel opens a folder and
the shell follows it; `cd` is typed and the panel follows back; `git status` prints the same changes the
panel's git column is already marking.

- [hero.mp4](/clips/hero.mp4) — H.264, for anything that takes video
- [hero.webm](/clips/hero.webm) — VP9
- [hero.gif](/clips/hero.gif) — for a README, an issue or a feed that takes no video
- [hero-poster.webp](/clips/hero-poster.webp) — the opening frame, as a still

**Screenshots** — 2680 × 1440 (a 1340 × 720 window captured at 2×), from the real app in a synthetic demo
folder:

- [panels.png](/shots/panels.png) — first launch: two panels, nothing else
- [terminal.png](/shots/terminal.png) — the terminal that opened in the panel's folder
- [sizemap.png](/shots/sizemap.png) — the size map
- [preview.png](/shots/preview.png) — Quick Look on a Markdown file
- [rename.png](/shots/rename.png) — bulk rename, with the new names previewed
- [duplicates.png](/shots/duplicates.png) — the duplicate finder, one copy per group kept
- [transfers.png](/shots/transfers.png) — the operation queue mid-copy, with verified transfers behind it

## The brand lime

The one accent: terminal-phosphor green, `#a8ee50` on dark backgrounds and `#6faa12` on light ones. It marks
the cursor in the wordmark and the icon and is deliberately independent of the accent colour a user picks
inside the app, so the logo never changes.

## Usage rules

- **Do** keep the lime cursor in the wordmark; it is the signature glyph.
- **Do** keep clear space around the icon (about one cursor-width) and use the dark tile as-is on any
  background — its rim and glow give it definition on light and dark alike.
- **Do** pair the wordmark with "Cwdio File Manager" when the audience does not know the category.
- **Don't** recolour the lime, restyle the icon as a bright or solid tile, split the wordmark into `cwd|io`,
  stretch or re-space it, or set the name in capitals.

## Contact

Interviews, review builds, questions not answered here: **hi@cwdio.com**. Bug reports belong on
[GitHub](https://github.com/cwdio/cwdio/issues).

## Related

- [Every feature, one page each](/features/)
- [How cwdio compares](/compare/)
- [Benchmarks](/benchmarks/)

## Frequently asked questions

**How should I write the name?** Lowercase cwdio in running text and technical contexts — the wordmark, the domain, the exe. Capitalised Cwdio only at the start of a sentence or in a title, and Cwdio File Manager as the long form when the audience does not already know the category. Never CWDIO, never cwd.io, never a split cwd|io.

**How is it pronounced?** However you already say cwd, then io. The team says KUD-ee-oh, rhyming with audio; spelling it out — see-double-you-dee-eye-oh — is equally right. It is cwd (current working directory) plus io (input/output).

**Can I use the screenshots and logo?** Yes, for coverage of cwdio, unmodified. Keep the lime cursor in the wordmark and do not recolour it, do not restyle the icon as a bright tile, and do not stretch or re-space the wordmark. Everything on this page is captured from the real application, so it shows what people actually download.

**Who makes cwdio?** An independent developer, without a company behind it. Contact hi@cwdio.com for interviews, review builds and anything not on this page.