Planned Release Date: August 2026

About This Software

DeckCrate

A real file manager you can drive entirely with a game controller. Built for the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go — and the couch. Mouse and keyboard work exactly as well.

Navigate with your controller's D-pad, enter folders with A, go back with B. Hold LT for file operations, RT for selection, and press Start for a command menu with every action. Every single feature is reachable from a controller — no touchpad-poking required.

Real file operations

• Copy, move, rename, and delete — recursive, with collision-safe naming

• Pause, resume & retry — pause any operation mid-file, and recover a batch if one item fails

• Undo / redo file operations — copy, move, rename, trash, compress, and more

• Batch rename — number a whole selection or find-and-replace across names, with live preview

• Trash that respects your OS (freedesktop, macOS Trash, Windows Recycle Bin)

• Drag and drop within the app and across other apps

A built-in toolbox

• Preview pane — text and code, images, SVG, HTML, Markdown, and PDF, right beside the file list

• Compress & extract — ZIP, TAR family, plus 7z and RAR extraction, including password-protected archives

• Mount disk images — ISO, IMG, DMG, and more, straight from the file list

• Embedded terminal — a real shell at the current folder

• Disk usage maps and folder item counts

• Recursive search across a folder and all its sub-folders

• Git-aware — see your branch and per-file status badges in any repo

• Tabs, bookmarks, and a Recent list — all persisted across launches

Privacy-respecting by design

Zero telemetry. No analytics, no crash reporting, no phone-home — not even for technical reasons, and no telemetry SDK is bundled. Everything it remembers stays on your machine. The only network activity is what you start yourself.

Made for everyone

A fully localized interface in 36 languages, including full right-to-left support. It follows your system language and is switchable in-app at any time.

Cross-platform

Windows, macOS, and Linux / SteamOS. Each platform uses its own native trash, drives, and mounts. Fast, modern, and controller-first from the ground up.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

In the interest of transparency: DeckCrate was built with the help of AI including the development of the app, UI, Steam assets and the documentation website under https://deckcrate.app. AI was a tool in the process and not a replacement for judgment. Everything that ships is reviewed, tested, and signed off by a human. Nothing goes out the door on an AI’s word alone: code is read and understood, behavior is verified, and the final decisions are made by the developer.