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Image-heavy folders automatically switch to grid view.\n\n### Google Drive Integration\n\n- **Account Management**: Connect multiple Google accounts from the sidebar\n- **Full Navigation**: Browse My Drive, Shared Drives, and Shared with me\n- **URL Paste**: Paste any Google Drive folder URL into the path bar to navigate directly\n- **Thumbnails**: Full thumbnail support for all file types\n\n### SMB / Network Shares\n\n- Browse Windows shares, NAS devices, and macOS file sharing\n- **Blazing fast**: Handles folders with 100k+ files with ease\n- **Remote thumbnails**: Generate thumbnails for files on network shares\n- Automatic reconnection and credential management\n\n### Archive Browsing\n\n- **Navigate into archives**: Double-click to browse ZIP, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, and TAR.ZST files like folders\n- **Nested archives**: Browse archives within archives\n- **Works everywhere**: Local files, SMB shares, and Google Drive\n- **Thumbnails inside archives**: Full thumbnail support for images and other files\n- **Drag files out**: Drag files from inside an archive to extract them\n- **Context menu extraction**: Right-click for \"Extract Here\" or \"Extract to folder/\"\n\n### For Developers\n\n- **Git folder badges**: Instantly spot Git repositories in any directory\n- **Git status bar**: See branch name, dirty/clean state, ahead/behind counts\n- **Click to open remote**: Jump to GitHub/GitLab/etc. directly from the status bar\n\n## Tech\n\n- **Frontend**: React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Zustand\n- **Backend**: Rust, Tauri 2.0, Tokio\n\n## Install\n\nDownload from [Releases](https://github.com/StirlingMarketingGroup/marlin/releases):\n\n- **macOS**: `.dmg`\n- **Windows**: `.msi` (coming soon)\n- **Linux**: `.AppImage` or `.deb`\n\nOr use the install script:\n\n```bash\ncurl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StirlingMarketingGroup/marlin/main/scripts/install.sh | bash\n```\n\n## Development\n\n### Requirements\n\n- Node.js 18+\n- Rust 1.77+\n- Linux only: GTK/WebKit toolchain\n\n```bash\n# Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)\nsudo apt update\nsudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev \\\n  libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev\nsudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev || sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev\n```\n\n### Setup\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/StirlingMarketingGroup/marlin.git\ncd marlin\nnpm install\nnpm run tauri dev\n```\n\n### Build\n\n```bash\nnpm run tauri build\n```\n\n### SMB Support (Optional)\n\nSMB/network share support requires libsmbclient and is built as a separate sidecar binary to ensure the main app always starts even if samba isn't installed.\n\n**Install samba:**\n\n```bash\n# macOS\nbrew install samba\n\n# Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)\nsudo apt install libsmbclient-dev smbclient\n```\n\n**Build the SMB sidecar (development):**\n\n```bash\nnpm run build:smb-sidecar\n```\n\n**Build the SMB sidecar (release):**\n\n```bash\nnpm run build:smb-sidecar-release\n```\n\nAfter building the sidecar, run `npm run tauri dev` or `npm run tauri build` as usual. The main app will automatically use the sidecar for SMB operations if available.\n\n### Project Structure\n\n```text\nmarlin/\n├── src/                # React frontend\n│   ├── components/\n│   ├── hooks/\n│   ├── store/\n│   └── types/\n├── src-tauri/          # Rust backend\n│   └── src/\n└── public/\n```\n\n## Contributing\n\n1. Fork the repo\n2. Create a branch: `git checkout -b feature/thing`\n3. Make changes and commit\n4. Push and open a PR\n\nPlease run `npm run build` and `cargo build` before submitting to catch errors.\n\n## License\n\nMIT\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fstirlingmarketinggroup%2Fmarlin","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fstirlingmarketinggroup%2Fmarlin","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fstirlingmarketinggroup%2Fmarlin/lists"}