TurboFiles

A modern, fast SFTP / FTP / FTPS client with a FileZilla-style dual-pane interface - built with Tauri 2, React + TypeScript, and a Rust transfer engine. Light and dark themes included.

Status: early MVP scaffold. SFTP is the most complete protocol; FTP/FTPS are functional but maturing. See docs/FEATURE_PARITY.md.

Why

FileZilla is fast but its UI is dated. TurboFiles keeps the proven dual-pane layout and pushes all heavy lifting (connections, streaming, the transfer queue) into a Rust backend, while the UI stays a clean React app. The result is a small, low- memory desktop app that's pleasant to use.

Features

• Protocols: SFTP (password + key auth), FTP, FTPS (explicit TLS).
• Dual-pane local ↔ remote browsing with double-click transfers.
• Transfer queue with live progress, speed, ETA, pause/resume/cancel.
• Site Manager backed by SQLite; secrets stored in the OS keychain.
• Dark & light themes that follow your system preference.
• Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, Linux.

Quick start

# Prerequisites: Node 20+, Rust (stable), and the Tauri system deps for your OS.
npm install
npm run tauri:dev      # launches the desktop app in dev mode

Build installers for your platform:

npm run tauri:build

New to the app? Read the How-To guide. Want to contribute or understand the internals? See docs/DEVELOPMENT.md and docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.

Documentation

Doc	What it covers
HOWTO.md	End-user guide: connect, browse, transfer, save sites
docs/DEVELOPMENT.md	Local setup, scripts, conventions
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md	How the pieces fit together
docs/API.md	Tauri command + event reference
docs/SPEC.md	Product spec and requirements
docs/ROADMAP.md	Milestones toward FileZilla parity
docs/FEATURE_PARITY.md	Feature-by-feature status vs FileZilla
docs/ACCEPTANCE_TESTS.md	Acceptance criteria / test matrix
SECURITY.md	Security model and reporting
CONTRIBUTING.md	Workflow, commit style, releases

Tech stack

Layer	Choice
Desktop shell	Tauri 2
Frontend	React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind, Zustand, TanStack Query
Backend	Rust (async Tokio + spawn_blocking for protocol I/O)
Protocols	ssh2 (SFTP), suppaftp (FTP/FTPS)
Storage	SQLite (rusqlite), OS keychain (keyring)

License

MIT - see LICENSE.