Everything DockBird does, in one list.

Small app, complete workflow. Each item below is in the current release, version 0.1.1; things we are still building live on the changelog.

Browsing

Two panes
A local folder on the left, a server on the right, in one window. Resize the split or hide the sidebar.
Tabs and windows
⌘T opens a tab, ⌥⌘N a window. Each tab is its own session with its own connection.
Sort and filter
Sort by name, size or modified date; folders stay first. ⌘F filters the listing by name and the footer reports “4 of 12 items”.
Hideable columns
Permissions, owner, group and storage class are a right-click away. Widths and order are remembered per pane.
Quick Look
Press Space on a remote file to preview it. DockBird fetches it to a temporary cache and shows the standard macOS preview.
Get Info
⌘I opens an inspector with kind, size, date, location, a copyable URL and a permissions editor. Select several files to see totals.
Go to folder
⇧⌘G lets you type a path. ⌘↑, ⌘↓ and ⌘[ move around like Finder.
Hidden files
⇧⌘. toggles dotfiles in both panes.

Transfers

Drag and drop everywhere
Between panes, onto a folder row, from Finder into a server, or from a server onto the Desktop.
Folder expansion
A dropped folder is planned into per-file jobs before anything starts, so progress and errors are per file.
Conflict handling
Replace, Skip or Keep Both when a file exists, with “Apply to all remaining”. Keep Both names files Finder-style: “report 2.pdf”.
Skip unchanged
An option skips files with the same size whose destination copy is not older, which makes re-uploads fast.
Transfers panel
Opens while jobs run, folds into a one-line status bar afterwards. Badge counts for active and failed jobs.
Auto refresh
The destination pane reloads when a batch completes.
Cancel cleanly
Cancelling a download leaves no partial file behind.

Security and privacy

Keychain
Passwords, key passphrases and secret keys are stored in the macOS Keychain, not in a config file.
Host key verification
SSH servers show a SHA-256 fingerprint on first connect; accepted keys are stored per host and mismatches prompt again.
Certificate trust
FTPS and WebDAV certificates are checked against the system roots; self-signed ones can be trusted on first use by fingerprint.
App Sandbox
DockBird only touches folders you pick, and remembers them with security-scoped bookmarks.
Analytics you can read in one line
Two anonymous signals — that the app started, and which protocol you connected with. Never your servers, usernames, files or paths. One switch in Settings turns them off.
Encrypted by default
SFTP, FTPS and HTTPS WebDAV encrypt everything. Plain FTP and http:// are allowed but labelled.

Protocols

SFTP
Password or ed25519 and RSA keys, chmod, symlinks, sftp:// links.
FTP and FTPS
Passive mode, MLSD listings, SITE CHMOD, explicit TLS with certificate prompts, a pooled connection so browsing never blocks.
WebDAV and Nextcloud
Basic, Digest and NTLM auth, redirect-safe requests, overwrite-protected moves, automatic Nextcloud DAV paths.
S3 and compatible
Nine presets, all-buckets browsing, prefix folders, multipart transfers, recursive delete, AWS CLI profiles, path-style addressing.

Connections

Every tile in the New Connection sheet has its own page with setup steps and limits.

Keyboard shortcuts

ShortcutAction
⌘NNew connection
⌘TNew tab
⌘OOpen local folder
⇧⌘NNew folder
⌘⌫Delete
Rename
⌘IGet Info
SpaceQuick Look
⌘↑Enclosing folder
⌘↓Open selected folder
⌘[Back
⇧⌘GGo to folder
⌘1 / ⌘2Focus local / remote pane
⌘RRefresh
⌘FFilter listing
⇧⌘.Show hidden files
⌥⌘TShow transfers

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macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Apple silicon and Intel.