★ Built for macOS Sequoia

The Adobe Bridge alternative built for macOS Sequoia & Tahoe

A fast, native file browser for photographers and designers. Browse, rate, label, and organize your media — without a Creative Cloud subscription.

$19.99 · One-time purchase · macOS Sequoia & Tahoe · Apple Silicon & Intel

Framewell — /Users/ali/Photos/Iceland 2024
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DSC_4821_iceland_aurora.ARW
Size28.4 MB
Dimensions7952 × 5304
ModifiedNov 14, 2024
EXIF
CameraSony A7R V
Lens24–70mm f/2.8
Shutter1/200s
Aperturef/2.8
ISO3200
Skins — 12 built-in + custom

Everything Bridge does.
None of what slows it down.

Native Swift. No Electron. No subscription. Instant thumbnails from day one.

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Three View Modes

Switch between a zoomable thumbnail grid, a horizontal filmstrip, and a detailed list view — all with instant rendering.

Ratings & Color Labels

Star-rate from 1–5 and tag files with six color labels. Filter your entire folder down to only the selects in one click.

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Live Search & Sort

Full-text search across filenames and EXIF metadata. Sort by name, date, size, or rating — results update as you type.

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Collections & Smart Folders

Organize work into manual Collections or rule-based Smart Folders — like "All 5-star RAW files modified this month."

EXIF Info Panel

Camera model, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and GPS data displayed instantly alongside your thumbnail. No round-trips.

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12 Built-in Skins

American, Arctic, Bitcoin, Circuit, Crimson, Cyberpunk, Glass, Linen, Matrix, Nightmode, Walkman, Winamp — each with unique animated backgrounds. Or import your own .framewellskin file.

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Live File Watcher

FSEvents integration means the grid updates the moment new files land in a folder — no manual refresh, ever.

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RAW & HEIF Ready

Thumbnail generation via Quick Look supports every format macOS does: RAW, HEIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, PDF, and more.

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Places Sidebar

Pin your most-used folders — Desktop, Downloads, external drives, network shares — for instant one-click navigation.

Your browser. Your vibe.

Switch between 12 hand-crafted skins, each with its own animated atmosphere. From Matrix digital rain to Bitcoin orange to liquid glass.

Matrix
Matrix
Animated katakana rain falls behind your files in real time.
₿ Bitcoin
Bitcoin
Full orange with rising ₿ symbols. Own the vibe.
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
Blade Runner neon with subtle glitch effects.
Walkman
Walkman
Sony MiniDisc era metallic grey with CRT scan lines.
Nightmode
Nightmode
Star field with twinkling stars and a purple horizon glow.
Glass
Glass
Apple liquid glass — panels that frost and blur your wallpaper.

Why switch from Bridge?

Adobe Bridge is powerful — but it's free only if you already pay for a Creative Cloud subscription ($599/yr for All Apps), runs on Electron, and wasn't designed for Apple Silicon.

Adobe Bridge 2025
Requires Creative Cloud subscription ($599/yr)
Requires Creative Cloud subscription
Electron-based — heavy RAM footprint
Slow cold-start on Apple Silicon
No live folder watching
Not optimized for macOS Sequoia
No theming or skin system
Animated skin system — None
Framewell
$19.99 once
One-time purchase, no subscription
100% native SwiftUI — minimal memory use
Instant launch on Apple Silicon & Intel
FSEvents live folder watching
Built specifically for macOS Sequoia & Tahoe
12 animated skins with more coming
Animated skin system — 12 animated skins

Built native. Stays fast.

No runtimes, no frameworks, no Electron. Just a Swift app that does exactly what macOS was designed for.

Platform
macOS Sequoia & Tahoe
Architecture
Universal — Apple Silicon & Intel
Language
100% SwiftUI & Swift
Thumbnail Engine
Quick Look + LRU cache (300 entries)
File Watching
FSEvents (kernel-level, zero polling)
Supported Formats
RAW, HEIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, PDF…

No subscription. Ever.

Pay once, own it forever. Free updates for the lifetime of the app.

Lifetime License
$19.99
One-time · No subscription · No hidden fees
  • Full app — all features unlocked
  • Lifetime free updates
  • Works on up to 5 personal Macs
  • 12 animated built-in skins
  • FSEvents live folder watching
  • EXIF metadata panel
  • Ratings, labels & smart folders
  • Priority email support
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Requires macOS Sequoia & Tahoe · Apple Silicon & Intel