rovr 0.8.1

A post-modern terminal file explorer

rovr

[!warning] This project is considered beta software. It is functional, but may contain bugs and incomplete features. Use at your own risk.

• Screenshot
• Installation
• Running from source
• FAQ
• License
• Stargazers

Screenshot

Installation

# Test the main branch
uvx git+https://github.com/NSPC911/rovr.git
# Install
## uv (my fav)
uv tool install rovr
## or pipx
pipx install rovr
## or plain old pip
pip install rovr

Running from source

uv run rovr

Running in dev mode to see debug outputs and logs

uv run rovr --dev
# or with poethepoet
poe dev

the Textual console must also be active to see debug outputs

uv run textual console
# or uvx if not running from source
uvx --from textual-dev textual console
# or just capture print statements
poe log

For more info on Textual's console, refer to https://textual.textualize.io/guide/devtools/#console

FAQ

1. There isn't X theme/Why isn't Y theme available?
   • Textual's currently available themes are limited. However, extra themes can be added via the config file in the format below
   • You can take a look at what each color represents in https://textual.textualize.io/guide/design/#base-colors
     Inheriting themes will not be added.

[[custom_theme]]
name = "<str>"
primary = "<hex>"
secondary = "<hex>"
success = "<hex>"
warning = "<hex>"
error = "<hex>"
accent = "<hex>"
foreground = "<hex>"
background = "<hex>"
surface = "<hex>"
panel = "<hex>"
is_dark = "<bool>"
variables = {
  "<key>" = "<value>"
}

2. Why is it considered post-modern?

   • Parody to my current editor, helix
     • If NeoVim is considered modern, then Helix is post-modern
     • If SuperFile is considered modern, then rovr is post-modern
       • This is also the reason why rovr is very oddly similar to superfile

3. What can I contribute?

   • Themes, and features can be contributed.
   • Refactors will be frowned on, and may take a longer time before merging.

4. I want to add a feature/theme/etc! How do I do so?

   • You need uv at minimum. prek, ruff and ty are recommended to be installed.
   • Clone the repo, and inside it, run uv sync and prek install.
   • Make your changes, ensure that your changes are properly formatted (via the pre-commit hook), before pushing to a custom branch on your fork.
   • For more info, check the how to contribute page.

5. How do I make a feature suggestion?

   • Open an issue using the feature-request tag, with an estimated difficulty as an optional difficulty level label

6. Why not ratatui (rust) or bubbletea (go), why python, why??? _{sad, angry, weird compiled noises}

   • I like Python, feel free to leave if you hate it.

7. What's with the name?

   • Kind of a weird thing. ranger is a terminal file manager written in Python. And there is a car brand named Range Rover. Ranger. Hence, I wanted to use "rover", but there is already an existing file explorer named rover, so I just removed the "e" to be a bit more fancy.

8. How should I stylize rovr?

   • Just "rovr", please.

9. Why should I use rovr?

   • I don't want to sell it to you. I made it for myself. If you don't like it, sure go ahead, use yazi (rust) or superfile (go), or heck even use the cli, i don't care.

10. OhMGee why are there so many borders and so many icons and so many xxx and so many yyy??? _{more angry noises}

    • Keep in mind, you can disable them. The screenshot is my setup, and the default setup. Textual CSS lets you hide things, disable borders, etc etc, so you can make it look however you want.

11. Is this vibe-coded?

    • Depends on the meaning. AI was used in certain parts of the code, especially in archive handling and cli functions, but aside from that, it is few and far between.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Stargazers

Thank you so much for starring this repo! Each star pushes me more to make even more amazing features for you!

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