Plugins

Tildr provides native integration with popular Linux file managers through plugins, allowing you to manage your files directly from the context menu without using the terminal.

Nautilus

Integration with Nautilus (GNOME Files) is done via nautilus-python, a Python extension API that allows adding custom items to the context menu.

Requirements:

  • python-nautilus (Arch Linux)
  • python3-nautilus (Debian / Ubuntu / Mint)
  • nautilus-python (Fedora)

Features:

  • Context menu with submenu Tildr → Add / Unlink / Restore
  • Supports single and multiple file selection
  • Available only for files and symlinks (not directories)
  • Only appears inside the user’s home directory (~/)

Manual installation:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nautilus/python-extensions
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orbitbits/tildr/main/tools/plugins/nautilus/tildr.py \
  -o ~/.local/share/nautilus/python-extensions/tildr.py
nautilus -q

Dolphin

Integration with Dolphin (KDE) is done via KIO Service Menus, a .desktop file mechanism that adds custom actions to the context menu. No additional dependencies are required beyond Dolphin itself.

Features:

  • Context menu with submenu Tildr → Add / Unlink / Restore
  • Supports single and multiple file selection
  • Available for files and symlinks

Manual installation:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orbitbits/tildr/main/tools/plugins/dolphin/tildr.desktop \
  -o ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/tildr.desktop

No restart required — Dolphin picks up new service menus automatically.

Automatic installation

Both plugins are installed automatically by the Tildr installer script when the respective file manager is detected on the system:

curl -fsSL https://orbitbits.github.io/tildr/linux.sh | sh

If the file manager is not installed at the time of Tildr installation, you can install the plugin manually at any time using the commands above.