Always forgetting your NAS address, user name and password?
With Neat NAS you remember them once.
The lightest NAS file browser for Mac and Windows. Save the address, user name and password a single time. From then on, every launch opens straight into your files.
Free · MIT license · about 10 MB · macOS 11+ and Windows 10/11 · all releases
Windows: if Windows says it protected your PC when the installer starts, click More info, then Run anyway.
Three things you will never type again
Every NAS session used to start the same way. Neat NAS keeps all three, safely, and skips straight to your files.
The address
Was it .126 or .128? Neat NAS finds your NAS on the network and remembers it. It even survives a router reboot, because it can look the NAS up by name.
The user name
Saved with the NAS, shown in the sidebar, editable in one click when the family account changes.
The password
Stored in the macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager, never in a text file. Neat NAS asks for it once and never shows it again.
A file browser that treats your NAS like a folder that is always there
Opens on your files
The last NAS you used is connected before the window finishes appearing.
Finds your NAS itself
Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS or a Raspberry Pi: anything announcing SMB on the network appears in the add dialog.
Quick Look for everything
Photos, video, audio, PDF and text stream straight from the NAS. Press Space, like in Finder.
Move files both ways
Download or upload files and folders, drag out into Finder or Explorer, drop in to upload.
Transfers that survive
Paused or interrupted transfers pick up where they stopped, even after you quit the app.
Instant photo grids
Thumbnails use the previews cameras embed in every photo, so RAW and HEIC folders need only the file headers.
Ten languages, two themes
Light and dark follow the system. The UI speaks English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian.
Updates itself, safely
New versions show up in Settings and install in one click, verified with a signature before anything runs.
Six details worth a closer look
Saved once, always there
Your NAS lives in the sidebar and is connected the moment the app opens.
Instant photo grids
Thumbnails come from the previews cameras embed in every photo, so folders of RAW and HEIC files fill in right away.
Quick Look
Space opens photos, video, PDF and text straight from the NAS; the arrow keys walk through the folder.
Transfers you can trust
Progress, pause and resume in a small popover; interrupted transfers pick up where they left off.
Your NAS finds you
The add dialog lists every SMB server on the network: pick one, enter the password once, done.
Appearance and language
Light, dark or automatic, and ten interface languages, switched without a restart.
As quick as opening a folder
Installs in seconds, launches without a wait, and then stays out of your way: it never slows your computer down or hogs memory.
Set up once, in under a minute
Install
Open the .dmg on macOS or run the installer on Windows. No admin rights needed.
Pick your NAS
It is usually already listed. Enter the user name and password once; they go to the keychain.
That's it
From now on, opening Neat NAS means opening your files.
MIT licensed. Star it, fork it, translate it.
Neat NAS is built with Rust, Tauri and React, and every line is on GitHub. Bug reports, translations and pull requests are welcome.