Cargo

A dual-pane file transfer application for GNOME, built with GTK4 and libadwaita.

Screenshots

Dual-Pane File Browser

Browse local and remote files side by side. Transfer files between your machine and a server with a clear, split-panel layout.

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Site Manager

Save and organize your server connections. Supports FTP, FTPS, and SFTP with password, SSH key, or agent authentication.

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Overwrite Confirmation

When a file already exists at the destination, choose how to handle conflicts — overwrite, skip, rename, or apply a rule to the entire queue.

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Features

• Dual-pane file browser — Browse local and remote files side by side
• FTP/FTPS support — Connect to FTP servers with optional TLS encryption
• SFTP support — Secure file transfer over SSH with key, password, or agent authentication
• Site Manager — Save and organize your server connections
• Quick Connect Sidebar — One-click access to saved connections with protocol indicators
• Transfer Queue — Visual progress with pause, resume, and cancel controls per transfer
• Synchronized Navigation — Optionally keep both panels in sync when changing directories
• GNOME Integration — Follows GNOME Human Interface Guidelines with native libadwaita look

Installation

From Flatpak Repository

# Add the repository
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists rueegger-dev https://flatpak.rueegger.dev/rueegger-dev.flatpakrepo

# Install Cargo
flatpak install rueegger-dev me.rueegger.cargo

Building from Source

Requirements:

• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Meson >= 1.1
• GTK4 >= 4.20
• libadwaita >= 1.8
• libsecret >= 0.20
• gettext

meson setup build
meson compile -C build
meson install -C build

Contributing

Releasing a New Version

Use the release script to bump the version across all project files:

./scripts/release.sh <version> "<changelog description>"

This updates Cargo.toml, meson.build, translation files, and adds a changelog entry to the AppStream metainfo. See TECSTUFF.md for full technical documentation.

Acknowledgments

• suppaftp — Super FTP/FTPS client library for Rust, powering our FTP/FTPS protocol support
• russh — Pure-Rust SSH implementation used for SFTP connections
• Tokio — Asynchronous runtime for Rust, used for non-blocking network I/O

License

Cargo is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0.

Author

Samuel Rüegger — samuel@rueegger