diff --git a/resources.gresource.xml b/resources.gresource.xml
index dec2c2bc..325a770d 100644
--- a/resources.gresource.xml
+++ b/resources.gresource.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <file alias="arrow-circular-top-right-symbolic.svg">icons/arrow-circular-top-right-symbolic.svg</file>
         <file alias="circle-filled-symbolic.svg">icons/circle-filled-symbolic.svg</file>
         <file alias="hourglass-symbolic.svg">icons/hourglass-symbolic.svg</file>
+        <file alias="paper-symbolic.svg">icons/paper-symbolic.svg</file>
         <file alias="loop-arrow-symbolic.svg">icons/loop-arrow-symbolic.svg</file>
         <file alias="minus-circle-filled-symbolic.svg">icons/minus-circle-filled-symbolic.svg</file>
         <file alias="shield-danger-symbolic.svg">icons/shield-danger-symbolic.svg</file>
diff --git a/resources/icons/paper-symbolic.svg b/resources/icons/paper-symbolic.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32a6518b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/icons/paper-symbolic.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="16px" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16px"><path d="m 5 1 c -1.65625 0 -3 1.34375 -3 3 v 9 c 0 1.65625 1.34375 3 3 3 h 6 c 1.65625 0 3 -1.34375 3 -3 v -6 c 0 -0.90625 -0.359375 -1.773438 -1 -2.414062 l -2.585938 -2.585938 c -0.640624 -0.640625 -1.507812 -1 -2.414062 -1 z m 0 2 h 3 v 4 h 4 v 6 c 0 0.5625 -0.4375 1 -1 1 h -6 c -0.5625 0 -1 -0.4375 -1 -1 v -9 c 0 -0.5625 0.4375 -1 1 -1 z m 0 0" fill="#222222"/></svg>
diff --git a/src/runner/plugins/files.ts b/src/runner/plugins/files.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3d201ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runner/plugins/files.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
+import { escapeSpecialCharacters, isInstalled, translateDirWithEnvironment } from "../../modules/utils";
+import { Runner } from "../Runner";
+import { Notifications } from "../../modules/notifications";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+
+
+type RipGrepJSON = {
+    type: "begin"|"match"|"end"|"summary";
+    data: {
+        path: { text: string; };
+        lines?: {
+            text: string;
+        };
+        stats?: {
+            elapsed: {
+                secs: number;
+                nanos: number;
+                human: string;
+            };
+            searches: number;
+            searches_with_match: number;
+        };
+        binary_offset?: number|null;
+        
+    };
+};
+
+type Item = {
+    isDir: boolean;
+    isLink: boolean;
+    isExecutable: boolean;
+    path: string;
+    name: string;
+};
+
+class _PluginFiles implements Runner.Plugin {
+    #rgAvailable: boolean = false;
+    #findAvailable: boolean = false;
+    prefix = "/";
+    prioritize = true;
+
+    init() {
+        // check if ripgrep is installed
+        this.#rgAvailable = isInstalled("rg");
+        this.#findAvailable = isInstalled("find");
+    }
+
+    async handle(search: string, limit: number = 30) {
+
+        if(!this.#rgAvailable)
+            return {
+                title: "`ripgrep` not found",
+                description: "Try installing `ripgrep` before using this feature",
+                actionClick: () => execAsync("xdg-open 'https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep'")
+            } satisfies Runner.Result;
+        
+        if(search.length < 1)
+            return 
+
+        if(/^\//.test(search)) {
+            search = translateDirWithEnvironment(search);
+
+            if(!this.#findAvailable)
+                return {
+                    title: "`findutils` not found",
+                    description: "Try installing GNU `findutils` before using this feature"
+                } satisfies Runner.Result;
+
+            return await this.find(search);
+        }
+
+        const str = escapeSpecialCharacters(search);
+        const res = execAsync(["bash", "-c", `'rg --json "${search}" | head -n ${limit}'` ]);
+        const jsons: Array<RipGrepJSON> = (await res)?.split('\n').map(ostr => JSON.parse(ostr));
+    }
+
+    private async find(path: string): Promise<Array<Runner.Result>> {
+        const items: Array<Item> = (await execAsync(["find", path])).split('\n').map(item => ({
+                isDir: GLib.file_test(item, GLib.FileTest.IS_DIR),
+                isLink: GLib.file_test(item, GLib.FileTest.IS_SYMLINK),
+                isExecutable: GLib.file_test(item, GLib.FileTest.IS_EXECUTABLE),
+                path: item,
+                name: item.split('/')[item.split('/').length - 1]
+            }));
+
+            return items.map(item => {
+                if(item.isDir)
+                    return {
+                        title: item.name,
+                        icon: "inode-directory-symbolic",
+                        description: `Directory${item.isLink ? " (link)" : ""}`,
+                        actionClick: () => Runner.setEntryText(`${this.prefix}${item.path}`),
+                        closeOnClick: false
+                    } satisfies Runner.Result;
+
+                return {
+                    title: item.name,
+                    icon: "paper-symbolic",
+                    description: `File${item.isExecutable ? " (executable)" : ""}${
+                        item.isLink ? " (link)" : ""}`,
+                    closeOnClick: true,
+                    actionClick: () => execAsync(`xdg-open ${item.path}`).catch((e: Error) => {
+                        Notifications.getDefault().sendNotification({
+                            appName: "colorshell",
+                            summary: "Error when opening file",
+                            body: `The following error occurred while opening "${item.name
+                                }" with XDG: ${e.message}`
+                        });
+                    })
+                } satisfies Runner.Result;
+            });
+    }
+}
+
+export const PluginFiles = new _PluginFiles();