Stop juggling Explorer windows.

Keep your project, documents, and pictures in tabs inside one Explorer window. Choose a tab instead of finding another window on the taskbar.

Tabs for your everyday folders.

Up to 8 tabs

Open and switch folders in one Explorer window.

Reorder and close

Drag to reorder. Middle-click or press Ctrl+W to close.

Follow your location

Titles and icons update as you navigate. Retry if a folder fails to open.

Tray controls

Rescan windows, set login startup, or exit and restore layouts.

Keyboard shortcuts

New tab

Ctrl + T

Close current tab

Ctrl + W

Next tab

Ctrl + Tab

Previous tab

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Limitations

Windows 10 only. One managed window per Explorer process; others wait. The last tab stays open.

No per-tab history, session restore, pinned tabs, or cross-window dragging.

Why build this?

Working across a project folder, documents, and reference images often means keeping several Explorer windows open just to move between locations.

Add tabs. Keep Explorer.

CabFuse takes a narrow approach: add a tab bar to Windows 10 File Explorer, and leave the file manager underneath in place. The address bar and file operations remain familiar; the folders you return to get a tab.

Keep the tool focused.

CabFuse is built with Zig and native Win32 controls, without a third-party runtime or background service. The goal is straightforward: spend less time finding the right Explorer window when moving between folders.

Still in development.

Current work focuses on reliable tab behavior, restoring window layouts on exit, and reducing resource use. CabFuse is an experimental preview.