diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index 63a541b..74764a5 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             self.inputbox.hint.print(self.inputbox.allocator, "{d}/{d}", .{ self.total_items, self.entries.items.len }) catch {};
         }
 
-        fn start_query(self: *Self, n: usize) !void {
+        pub fn start_query(self: *Self, n: usize) !void {
             defer tui.reset_hover(@src());
             defer self.update_count_hint();
             self.items = 0;
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73fc2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const cbor = @import("cbor");
+const tp = @import("thespian");
+const root = @import("soft_root").root;
+const command = @import("command");
+
+const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
+pub const Type = @import("palette.zig").Create(@This());
+const module_name = @typeName(@This());
+const Widget = @import("../../Widget.zig");
+
+pub const label = "File Explorer";
+pub const name = "File Explorer";
+pub const description = "Project file explorer";
+pub const icon = "🗂️ ";
+pub const modal_dim = true;
+pub const placement = .top_center;
+
+pub const NodeType = enum {
+    file,
+    folder,
+};
+
+pub const Node = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    type_: NodeType,
+    expanded: bool = false,
+    children: ?std.ArrayList(Node) = null,
+    parent: ?*Node = null,
+    path: []const u8,
+};
+
+pub const Entry = struct {
+    label: []const u8,
+    node: *Node,
+};
+
+fn createNodeFromPath(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !*Node {
+    const node = try allocator.create(Node);
+    errdefer allocator.destroy(node);
+
+    const basename = std.fs.path.basename(path);
+    node.* = .{
+        .name = try allocator.dupe(u8, basename),
+        .path = try allocator.dupe(u8, path),
+        .type_ = undefined,
+        .expanded = false,
+        .children = null,
+        .parent = null,
+    };
+
+    var dir = std.fs.cwd().openDir(path, .{}) catch |err| {
+        if (err == error.NotDir or err == error.FileNotFound) {
+            node.*.type_ = .file;
+            return node;
+        }
+        return err;
+    };
+    defer dir.close();
+    node.*.type_ = .folder;
+    return node;
+}
+
+fn loadNodeChildren(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node, recursive: bool) !void {
+    if (node.type_ != .folder) return;
+    if (node.children != null) return;
+
+    var children: std.ArrayList(Node) = .empty;
+    errdefer children.deinit(allocator);
+
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(node.path, .{ .iterate = true });
+    defer dir.close();
+
+    var iter = dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration();
+    while (try iter.next()) |entry| {
+        const child_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ node.path, entry.name });
+        errdefer allocator.free(child_path);
+
+        var child_node = Node{
+            .name = try allocator.dupe(u8, entry.name),
+            .path = child_path,
+            .type_ = if (entry.kind == .directory) .folder else .file,
+            .expanded = false,
+            .children = null,
+            .parent = node,
+        };
+
+        if (recursive) {
+            try loadNodeChildren(allocator, &child_node, recursive);
+        }
+
+        try children.append(allocator, child_node);
+    }
+
+    node.children = children;
+}
+
+fn deinitNode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node) void {
+    allocator.free(node.name);
+    allocator.free(node.path);
+    if (node.children) |*children| {
+        for (children.items) |*child| {
+            deinitNode(allocator, child);
+        }
+        children.deinit(allocator);
+    }
+}
+
+fn deinitRootNode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *Node) void {
+    deinitNode(allocator, node);
+    allocator.destroy(node);
+}
+
+var root_node: ?*Node = null;
+
+pub fn load_entries(palette: *Type) !usize {
+    palette.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
+
+    const project_path = tp.env.get().str("project");
+    if (project_path.len == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (root_node == null) {
+        root_node = try createNodeFromPath(palette.allocator, project_path);
+        try loadNodeChildren(palette.allocator, root_node.?, false);
+        root_node.?.expanded = true;
+    }
+
+    try buildVisibleList(palette, root_node.?, 0);
+
+    return palette.entries.items.len;
+}
+
+fn buildVisibleList(palette: *Type, node: *Node, depth: usize) !void {
+    const node_label = try createNodeLabel(palette.allocator, node, depth);
+    try palette.entries.append(palette.allocator, .{
+        .label = node_label,
+        .node = node,
+    });
+
+    if (node.type_ == .folder and node.expanded) {
+        if (node.children) |children| {
+            for (children.items) |*child| {
+                try buildVisibleList(palette, child, depth + 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn isNodeVisible(node: *const Node, root_ptr: *const Node) bool {
+    var current: ?*const Node = node;
+    while (current) |c| {
+        if (c == root_ptr) return true;
+        if (!c.expanded) return false;
+        current = c.parent;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn createNodeLabel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, node: *const Node, depth: usize) ![]const u8 {
+    var buffer: std.ArrayList(u8) = .empty;
+
+    // Add indentation
+    for (0..depth) |_| {
+        try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
+    }
+
+    // Add folder icon or file icon
+    if (node.type_ == .folder) {
+        if (node.expanded) {
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗁");
+        } else {
+            try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, "🗀");
+        }
+    } else {
+        // @TODO: Add here file icon
+        try buffer.append(allocator, '>');
+    }
+    try buffer.append(allocator, ' ');
+
+    try buffer.appendSlice(allocator, node.name);
+    return buffer.toOwnedSlice(allocator);
+}
+
+pub fn updated(palette: *Type, button_: ?*Type.ButtonType) !void {
+    _ = palette;
+    _ = button_;
+}
+
+pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonType, theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+    const style_base = theme.editor_widget;
+    const style_label = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor_widget;
+    const style_hint = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "entity.name")) |sty| sty.style else style_label;
+    button.plane.set_base_style(style_base);
+    button.plane.erase();
+    button.plane.home();
+    button.plane.set_style(style_label);
+    if (button.active or button.hover or selected) {
+        button.plane.fill(" ");
+        button.plane.home();
+    }
+    var label_str: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var iter = button.opts.label;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &label_str) catch false)) return false;
+    button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
+    tui.render_pointer(&button.plane, selected);
+    button.plane.set_style(style_label);
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{label_str}) catch {};
+    button.plane.set_style(style_hint);
+    var index: usize = 0;
+    var len = cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter) catch return false;
+    while (len > 0) : (len -= 1) {
+        if (cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&index)) catch break) {
+            tui.render_match_cell(&button.plane, 0, index + 2, theme) catch break;
+        } else break;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn select(menu: **Type.MenuType, button: *Type.ButtonType, _: Type.Pos) void {
+    const palette = menu.*.opts.ctx;
+
+    var label_str: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var entry_idx: usize = undefined;
+    var iter = button.opts.label;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &label_str) catch false)) return;
+    if (!(cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&entry_idx)) catch false)) return;
+
+    if (entry_idx >= palette.entries.items.len) return;
+
+    const entry = palette.entries.items[entry_idx];
+    const node = entry.node;
+
+    if (node.type_ == .folder) {
+        if (!node.expanded and node.children == null) {
+            loadNodeChildren(palette.allocator, node, false) catch |e| {
+                palette.logger.err("loadNodeChildren", e);
+                return;
+            };
+        }
+        node.expanded = !node.expanded;
+        _ = load_entries(palette) catch unreachable;
+
+        palette.inputbox.text.shrinkRetainingCapacity(0);
+        palette.inputbox.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(palette.inputbox.text.items, 0, 8);
+
+        const new_idx = for (palette.entries.items, 0..) |e, i| {
+            if (e.node == node) break i + 1;
+        } else 0;
+
+        palette.initial_selected = new_idx;
+        palette.start_query(0) catch unreachable;
+
+        tui.need_render(@src());
+    } else {
+        tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "exit_overlay_mode" }) catch |e| palette.logger.err(module_name, e);
+        tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = node.path } }) catch |e| palette.logger.err(module_name, e);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn add_menu_entry(palette: *Type, entry: *Entry, matches: ?[]const usize) !void {
+    var value: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(palette.allocator);
+    defer value.deinit();
+    const writer = &value.writer;
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry.label);
+    const entry_idx = for (palette.entries.items, 0..) |existing_entry, idx| {
+        if (existing_entry.node == entry.node) break idx;
+    } else palette.entries.items.len;
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, entry_idx);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, matches orelse &[_]usize{});
+    try palette.menu.add_item_with_handler(value.written(), select);
+    palette.items += 1;
+}
+
+pub fn clear_entries(palette: *Type) void {
+    palette.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
+}
+
+pub fn deinit(palette: *Type) void {
+    if (root_node) |node| {
+        deinitRootNode(palette.allocator, node);
+        root_node = null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 30c70c9..7192590 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -1371,6 +1371,11 @@ const cmds = struct {
     }
     pub const open_command_palette_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Command palette" };
 
+    pub fn open_project_file_tree(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+        return self.enter_overlay_mode(@import("mode/overlay/project_file_tree_palette.zig").Type);
+    }
+    pub const open_project_file_tree_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Project file tree explorer" };
+
     pub fn insert_command_name(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
         return self.enter_overlay_mode(@import("mode/overlay/list_all_commands_palette.zig").Type);
     }