Moving files was too easy. I fixed that.
PALLET is a tiny forklift game that moves regular files between folders in one carefully confined warehouse. Drive up, lift a crate, deliver it, and confirm the move. Tip the forklift and you get fictional paperwork; your files do not spill.
This is pre-release software. Real-file mode is currently implemented and tested only on Linux x86_64 with ext4, Linux 5.19+, and Landlock enabled. macOS, Windows, and the browser run an isolated virtual sample only.
Try it
npm install
npm run dev
That starts the virtual browser demo: it cannot access local files. To run the native shell on a supported Linux system, install Tauri's system dependencies, then run npm run tauri dev.
Controls
Arrow keys or WASD drive. Space brakes. E raises and lowers the forks. Q attaches or releases a pallet. Hold Shift for precision driving. The in-app accessible delivery control uses the same backend path as driving; controls can be remapped and sound/reduced motion can be changed in the app.
What a delivery does
PALLET validates the selected regular file and destination, writes and syncs a journal intent, performs a no-replace same-volume rename, syncs the affected directories, and then records the commit. If anything is ambiguous, it stops instead of guessing. Undo is another conditional no-replace move; it is not a backup.
PALLET never follows links, overwrites a destination, deletes files, or falls back to copy-and-delete across drives. The selected warehouse folder is the only user-content root it can manage. See SAFETY.md for the contract and docs/RECOVERY.md for recovery behavior.
Development
npm test
npm run build
cargo test --workspace
cargo test --workspace --features pallet-core/failpoints
The second Rust command runs the Linux safety, crash, and property suites. Some tests require ext4 and Landlock; unsupported hosts skip the real-file cases rather than weakening the checks. See docs/TEST_PLAN.md.
Status
This repository has no public release yet. No artifacts are signed or notarized. The changelog tracks verified work only, and PRIVACY.md documents the current network claim.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
