BertBrowser

BertBrowser 1.3.3

File browser built to my personal preferences

  • By Rob Walsh
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 17, 2026
Download for Windows

About BertBrowser

A Windows file browser with whole-PC search built on the NTFS master file table, recursive folder
sizes shown the way file sizes are, tabs and split panes, and a fully themed interface.
Moves, renames and deletes are undoable, and deleting holds items aside rather than erasing them.

What's new in 1.3.3

A metadata editor for photos, music, video and documents, a menu bar and toolbars you can arrange yourself, and a faster app all round.
Update in place, or grab the installer below (BertBrowser-win-Setup.exe for a fresh install, BertBrowser-win-Portable.zip if you don't want it registered on the system).
Metadata editor
- The side pane now has three settings: none, preview, or metadata. They share one column and one remembered width. The metadata pane follows the selection, and you can edit several files at once (fields that differ show "(multiple values)").
- Edit tags and details for JPEG, PNG, WebP and TIFF pictures (EXIF, XMP and IPTC kept in step), MP3, FLAC, Ogg, M4A, WMA and other audio and video tags, and Office documents and EPUBs. A file only offers the fields its format can actually store.
- Cover art can be added, saved out, or removed. Remove location strips GPS from a photo, and Remove all metadata strips everything.
- The file's own modified and created dates are two more rows you can change.
- Built so it can't damage a file. Every edit is written to a copy first. The copy is read back and checked to make sure everything that isn't metadata (the picture, the audio, the document) is byte-for-byte unchanged, and only then is it swapped in. If something goes wrong, you get an error message and the original stays as it was. Creation time, permissions and the downloaded-from-the-internet marker are kept.
- For types BertBrowser has no editor of its own for (PDF, MOV, HEIC, camera RAW and so on), it offers whatever fields Windows' own property handler supports. These edits are also made on a copy, and the pane labels them "Written by Windows".
- Metadata and date edits can be undone like any other action.
- Rename from tags: rename patterns can use a file's metadata, such as {artist}, {track:00} or {taken:yyyy-MM}.
Menus and toolbars
- There's now a menu bar in the title bar, with Alt access keys and Help ▸ About.
- The new Menus and toolbars page in Settings lets you arrange it: add, remove and reorder menus and commands, add toolbar rows, and show names beside the icons. Changes appear in the title bar as you make them.
- Save arrangements under a name and switch between them from View ▸ Menus and toolbars or the command palette.
- If you never customise it, later versions' additions arrive automatically. If you have customised it, your arrangement is never changed for you. …

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Technical details

PublisherRob Walsh
Version1.3.3
Release date2026-10-17
LicenseMIT
Installer typeexe
Architecturex64
Package IDRobWalsh.BertBrowser

Install BertBrowser from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=RobWalsh.BertBrowser -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=RobWalsh.BertBrowser -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=RobWalsh.BertBrowser -e

explorerfile-browserfile-managerfilessearch

BertBrowser version history

  • 1.1.3
  • 1.1.2
  • 1.1.1
  • 1.0.0

Frequently asked questions

Is BertBrowser free?

Yes. BertBrowser is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.

What is the latest version of BertBrowser?

The latest version is 1.3.3, released on Oct 17, 2026.

Is it safe to download BertBrowser?

The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with a414620f224cd89597136e0017c13e76e3a88a5ce84ff75299e0c65a295677bf.

Which Windows versions does BertBrowser support?

BertBrowser runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.

How do I uninstall BertBrowser?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find BertBrowser and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=RobWalsh.BertBrowser -e.