NewBreeze

NewBreeze is an open source, freely distributed, multiplatform, sleek, fast and stylish graphical file manager built on top of the dynamic Qt toolkit. It is designed as a drop-in replacement for the default file manager of various desktop environments that use the Qt framework, such as KDE Plasma, Razor-qt or LXQt.

Features at a glance

Key features include fast browsing of files and folders, fast startup, folder, HTML, text, image, PDF and ODT quick previews, file association support, ability to drag and drop files, support for USB flash drives or external hard disk drives, bookmark support, full mime-icon support, as well as modern BreadCrumbs navigation toolbar.

The software also features an inline terminal, support for custom actions, support for automatic updates of the devices list, Categorized List, Details and Icon view modes, Catalog and Applications view modes, listing of bookmarks and drives in the sidebar, thumbnail preview, support for custom folder icons, and a file sharing functionality.

Getting started with NewBreeze

To install this software on your GNU/Linux system, you will have to download the latest version from Softoware using the big Download button above, save the archive somewhere on your path, extract it, enter the NewBreeze folder and edit the $$PREFIX qmake variable to your choice.

Open a terminal emulator, navigate to the location of the extracted files and attempt to configure and compile the project by typing the “qmake && make && make install” command as root (system administrator) or with sudo, without quotes, of course.

Under the hood and supported OSes

The software is written in the C++ programming language and uses the cross-platform Qt GUI toolkit for its graphical user interface. Besides the Qt libraries, it also requires the libmagic, liblzma, libtar, libzip, libbzip2 and zip packages.

It runs on GNU/Linux and UNIX-like systems, as well as on the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Both 64-bit and 32-bit instruction set architectures are supported at this time.

What is new in this release:

• BugFix: NBPropertiesDialog bugs fixed
• BugFix: Drag and drop of the folder into itself not permitted
• Feature: FileIO checks for available disk space before beginning copy
• Feature: Drap and Drop now shows a menu
• Feature: Search the current folder
• Feature: Enabled trashing of files and folders
• Feature: Trash Manager GUI for viewing/restoring/deleting trashed files
• All the file peek plugins separated from the main program
• Several Other minor bug fixes

What is new in version 2.3.0 Preview:

• BugFix: NBIconView smooth selection and drag and drop
• BugFix: NBAppFile Application grading and mimetype sorting bug
• BugFix: NBMessageDialog::KeyPressEvent handling
• BugFix: NBDeleteManager core class was inheriting from GUI classes
• An improved NBSidePanel replacing the old one
• Changes to NBSidePanelModel and NBSidePanelView to support the new NBSidePanel
• Added ODT and PDF Previewer ( only basic text rendering is available )
• Added Settings entry for keeping the SidePanel open
• SidePanel and Catalogs will not show non-existsing entries
• Custom catalogs are available
• Thumbnailer bug fixed. Thumbnails get loaded much faster
• NBPropertiesDialog is upgraded

What is new in version 2.2.0 Alpha:

• Several small performance tweaks
• Fixing some quirks in NBIconView
• Fixed drag and drop URL issues
• ApplicationsView and Catalog View are now included in the history list
• New Icon
• Fixed some FileIO issues ( drag n drop and copy and move are smoother

What is new in version 2.1.0 Preview:

• Added NBApplicationsView and NBCatalogView
• NBDesktopFile and NBConfigParser have been replaced by NBAppFile and NBAppsEngine
• The OpenWith menu shows an application list even when multiple items are selected.
• NBSidePanel width is determined dynamically
• NBIconProvder now handles icons from /usr/share/pixmaps
• CustomActions menu has link to Add New Custom action
• The open with dialog is now categorized
• You can set the defaults using the NBOpenWith dialog
• Double clicking a file open with default application that is recorded in mimeapps.list file
• The first item in the OpenWith menu is the default application

What is new in version 2.0.0:

• Enabled drag and drop support
• Copy and Move are now background processes
• NBSidePanel is now NBSidePanelView, with cusom delegate NBSidePanelDelegate
• NBTreeView is now stable, except for drag and drop

What is new in version 1.2.3:

• Fixed the dysfunctional AboutNB Shortcut.

What is new in version 1.2.1:

• Enabled complete DnD support: to USB and to folders
• Added a new theme, Transparent Light
• Changed the theme name Natural to LightGray
• Added QComboBox based icon theme choosing
• Tooltips for all icons
• Various performance tweaks

What is new in version 1.2.0-bugfix1:

• Enabled handling of function keys in key bindings editor
• Separators are now QWidgets rather than QFrames
• SideBar now uses system font resulting in compact and smaller size

What is new in version 1.1.6:

• Added inline terminal, invocation: Shift+F4

Requirements:

• Qt
• libmagic
• xdg-utils

Limitations:

• Large paths run away from BreadCrumbs Bar
• Some issues with cut-copy-paste files and folders
• Issues with delete folders