A keyboard-first, dual-pane file manager for developers. Your panels and your shell always agree on where you are. Windows, free in beta.https://cwdio.com/en-gbhttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-5https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-5cwdio is code-signed from this release on — Windows now names a verified publisher instead of an unknown one — and a helper that antivirus refuses to run stops asking again on every folder you open.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasehttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-4https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-4cwdio is a terminal command now — type “cwdio .” in any shell — and the download is 35 MB smaller, because a fifth of what shipped could never be loaded: debug symbols, a second CPU architecture, and 53 languages the app doesn't speak.Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasehttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-3https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-3F4 edits text — a built-in quick editor or your own, with byte-faithful, undoable saves — and every build can now learn about an update: the portable build shows a passive notice and Help ▸ Check for updates works everywhere.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasehttps://cwdio.com/blog/bytes-stay-in-the-host/https://cwdio.com/blog/bytes-stay-in-the-host/Why cwdio never routes file contents through Electron IPC, keeps providers and the copy queue in one services process, and publishes a copy only once good.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringhttps://cwdio.com/blog/every-build-can-learn-about-an-update/https://cwdio.com/blog/every-build-can-learn-about-an-update/How the portable build got an update story: version.json via releases/latest as a publish gate, a passive notice, three states, and the install bug it exposed.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringhttps://cwdio.com/blog/one-drag-gesture/https://cwdio.com/blog/one-drag-gesture/Why a hidden Alt+drag export became one native drag serving the other pane, another window and Explorer, how cwdio spots its own drop, and why it only copies.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringhttps://cwdio.com/blog/the-os-clipboard-is-the-file-clipboard/https://cwdio.com/blog/the-os-clipboard-is-the-file-clipboard/Why Ctrl+C in cwdio pastes in Explorer and an Explorer cut pastes here as a move: what a file copy is, why Electron cannot write it, plus a clipboard-wedge bug.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringhttps://cwdio.com/blog/why-the-terminal-knows-where-you-are/https://cwdio.com/blog/why-the-terminal-knows-where-you-are/How cwdio keeps a file panel and an embedded shell on the same folder both ways: OSC 7 shell integration, an idle-only rule against loops, per-shell snippets.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringhttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-2https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-2Drag and drop and the clipboard now work with the rest of Windows, Markdown previews render diagrams and links, the keyboard is never stranded after a dialog, a refused folder leaves the panel where it was, and feedback has tiers — toasts for outcomes, a bell that remembers.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasehttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-1https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-1The release that turned on the update feed and the founding-user claim: installed copies now update from updates.cwdio.com, cwdio.com went live, and Founding Users can claim a perpetual licence key by email.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasehttps://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-0https://cwdio.com/changelog/#v0-1-0The first public release: a free, keyboard-first, dual-pane file manager for Windows with a terminal that follows the panel, verified transfers, search, remote servers, archives, previews, git and an AI assistant that only proposes.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTrelease