LuceneTrek - Quick File/Folder Search Tool

✅ What is this?

A lightweight, Java-powered folder/file navigation and quick search tool that uses Lucene indexing to efficiently search and explore local folders. It features an interactive left-to-right expandable tree view, allowing users to visually browse, search, and open folders or files instantly from a modern web-based interface. Built with Spring Boot, HTML, and JavaScript.

🎯 Use Cases

• Quickly explore deeply nested project folders
• Visualize and navigate your filesystem hierarchy in a clean UI
• Open test data folders, logs, or configs instantly during debugging
• Great internal tool for testers, developers, and power users

Feature Description

📂 GUI Folder Picker - Choose any system folder as root

📊 Tree View - Navigate folders level-by-level, left to right

➕ Expand / ➖ Collapse - Dynamically reveal subfolders

📁 Open Button - Instantly open any folder in system explorer

🌐 Web UI - Runs in browser — no desktop GUI coding needed

⚡ Spring Boot + JS - Powered by Java, rendered with Bootstrap UI

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Java 17
• Spring Boot
• HTML5 + CSS3
• Bootstrap 5
• Vanilla JavaScript (no frontend framework)

🏃‍♂️ How to Run

1. Download & extract ZIP
2. Run: java -jar LuceneTrek.jar
3. A browser UI will open
4. Click "Load Root" → select a folder → start navigating!