Portable File Dialogs

A free C++11 file dialog library.

• works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
• single-header, no extra library dependencies
• synchronous or asynchronous (does not block the rest of your program!)
• cancelable (kill asynchronous dialogues without user interaction)
• secure (immune to shell-quote vulnerabilities)

Status

The library is now pretty robust. It is not as feature-complete as Tiny File Dialogs, but has asynchonous dialogs, more maintainable code, and fewer potential security issues.

The currently available backends are:

• Win32 API (all known versions of Windows)
• Mac OS X (using AppleScript)
• GNOME desktop (using Zenity or its clones Matedialog and Qarma)
• KDE desktop (using KDialog)

Experimental support for Emscripten is on its way.

Documentation

• pfd general documentation
• pfd::message message box
• pfd::notify notification
• pfd::open_file file open
• pfd::save_file file save
• pfd::select_folder folder selection

History

• 0.1.0 (July 16, 2020): first public release

Screenshots (Windows 10)

Screenshots (Mac OS X, dark theme)

Screenshots (Linux, GNOME desktop)

Screenshots (Linux, KDE Plasma desktop)