gridview (Rust)

Masonry image/video gallery.

Rewrite of the Electron version, built for folders with tens of thousands of files. Made to be faster.

Build (Linux)

Requirements

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config clang libclang-dev \
    libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
    libswscale-dev libswresample-dev \
    libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libgl1-mesa-dev

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -Sy --needed base-devel pkgconf clang \
    ffmpeg libclang \
    libxkbcommon wayland mesa

cargo build --release

No ffmpeg dev libs? cargo build --release --no-default-features (no video thumbnails).

Install

./install.sh

Use

• Open a folder via the path box, CLI arg (e.g. gridview ., gridview ~/Pictures), or drag & drop a folder onto the window
• Columns slider, or Ctrl+scroll / pinch
• Grouping: by folder / date modified / date created (day or month), always recursive
• Click a tile for the viewer: Left/Right = prev/next, Esc = close, Enter = open in system player

Cache lives in ~/.cache/gridview (thumbnails + image sizes); delete it any time.