System Explorer
Your filesystem, inside IntelliJ. No context switching.
You're deep in code and need to find a file, move an archive, open a config —
anything outside your project root. So you alt-tab to Finder, lose focus, lose flow.
System Explorer brings your whole filesystem into IntelliJ.
Browse, open, drag, drop — without ever leaving the IDE.
Fuzzy search via nucleo-matcher (Rust/JNI) — the same engine behind the Helix editor.
Content search via ripgrep.
Fast isn't a feature. It's a constraint.
Browse any directory on your machine — not just the project root. Navigate to ~/Downloads, /etc/nginx, wherever you need to be, without leaving the IDE.
Fuzzy-search your entire filesystem instantly. Powered by nucleo-matcher (Rust/JNI) — the same engine behind the Helix editor. Sub-millisecond matching, even on deep directory trees.
Search file contents across any path at native speed. Powered by ripgrep — the fastest grep tool available. Results in your IDE, not a terminal window.
Open any server over SSH/SFTP in up to 4 remote panels, built on Apache MINA SSHD. They work like the local browser: same tree, bookmarks and file operations, drag-drop in both directions, and hosts read from ~/.ssh/config. Git status shows on remote files too. The Git panel has a commit graph, diffs, staging, commit, push and cherry-pick, for local and remote repos alike.
Drag files from the explorer directly into your project tree. Drop files from your OS file manager into System Explorer. Both directions, natively.
Pin frequently used directories. Jump back with one click. Your layout persists across IDE restarts.
| compatible with: | IntelliJ IDEA · WebStorm · GoLand · Rider |
| requires: | IntelliJ platform 2024.1+ |
| language: | Kotlin |
| native libs: | nucleo-matcher (Rust), ripgrep |