diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea216eb..71b8662 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 dependencies = [
  "better-panic",
  "clap",
@@ -3018,7 +3018,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-channels"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-derive"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3048,7 +3048,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-fuzzy"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "nucleo",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -3056,7 +3056,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-previewers"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "devicons",
@@ -3077,7 +3077,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-screen"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "ratatui",
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television-utils"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 dependencies = [
  "bat",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d55f56a..7d5ca22 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The revolution will be televised."
 license = "MIT"
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ name = "tv"
 [dependencies]
 # workspace dependencies
 
-television-fuzzy = { path = "crates/television-fuzzy", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-derive = { path = "crates/television-derive", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-screen = { path = "crates/television-screen", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-channels = { path = "crates/television-channels", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-previewers = { path = "crates/television-previewers", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-utils = { path = "crates/television-utils", version = "0.0.11" }
+television-fuzzy = { path = "crates/television-fuzzy", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-derive = { path = "crates/television-derive", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-screen = { path = "crates/television-screen", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-channels = { path = "crates/television-channels", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-previewers = { path = "crates/television-previewers", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-utils = { path = "crates/television-utils", version = "0.0.12" }
 
 # external dependencies
 better-panic = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/television-channels/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-channels/Cargo.toml
index b817436..b6aac52 100644
--- a/crates/television-channels/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-channels/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-channels"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-television-fuzzy = { path = "../television-fuzzy", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-derive = { path = "../television-derive", version = "0.0.11" }
+television-fuzzy = { path = "../television-fuzzy", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-derive = { path = "../television-derive", version = "0.0.12" }
 devicons = "0.6.11"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 eyre = "0.6.12"
diff --git a/crates/television-channels/src/channels.rs b/crates/television-channels/src/channels.rs
index 7c25b2d..f0b2361 100644
--- a/crates/television-channels/src/channels.rs
+++ b/crates/television-channels/src/channels.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use television_derive::{Broadcast, ToCliChannel, ToUnitChannel};
 
 mod alias;
 mod cable;
+mod dirs;
 mod env;
 mod files;
 mod git_repos;
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ pub enum TelevisionChannel {
     ///
     /// This channel allows to search through git repositories.
     GitRepos(git_repos::Channel),
+    /// The dirs channel.
+    ///
+    /// This channel allows to search through directories.
+    Dirs(dirs::Channel),
     /// The text channel.
     ///
     /// This channel allows to search through the contents of text files.
@@ -170,6 +175,9 @@ macro_rules! variant_to_module {
     (Text) => {
         text::Channel
     };
+    (Dirs) => {
+        dirs::Channel
+    };
     (GitRepos) => {
         git_repos::Channel
     };
@@ -279,5 +287,6 @@ macro_rules! define_transitions {
 define_transitions! {
     Text => [Files, Text],
     Files => [Files, Text],
-    GitRepos => [Files, Text],
+    Dirs => [Files, Text, Dirs],
+    GitRepos => [Files, Text, Dirs],
 }
diff --git a/crates/television-channels/src/channels/dirs.rs b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/dirs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01b657c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/dirs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+use crate::channels::{OnAir, TelevisionChannel};
+use crate::entry::{Entry, PreviewCommand, PreviewType};
+use devicons::FileIcon;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use television_fuzzy::matcher::{config::Config, injector::Injector, Matcher};
+use television_utils::files::{walk_builder, DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS};
+
+pub struct Channel {
+    matcher: Matcher<String>,
+    crawl_handle: tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>,
+    // PERF: cache results (to make deleting characters smoother) with
+    // a shallow stack of sub-patterns as keys (e.g. "a", "ab", "abc")
+}
+
+impl Channel {
+    pub fn new(paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Self {
+        let matcher = Matcher::new(Config::default().match_paths(true));
+        // start loading files in the background
+        let crawl_handle = tokio::spawn(load_dirs(paths, matcher.injector()));
+        Channel {
+            matcher,
+            crawl_handle,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Channel {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new(vec![std::env::current_dir().unwrap()])
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&mut TelevisionChannel> for Channel {
+    fn from(value: &mut TelevisionChannel) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            c @ TelevisionChannel::GitRepos(_) => {
+                let entries = c.results(c.result_count(), 0);
+                Self::new(
+                    entries
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|entry| PathBuf::from(entry.name.clone()))
+                        .collect(),
+                )
+            }
+            c @ TelevisionChannel::Dirs(_) => {
+                let entries = c.results(c.result_count(), 0);
+                Self::new(
+                    entries
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|entry| PathBuf::from(&entry.name))
+                        .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .collect(),
+                )
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+const PREVIEW_COMMAND: &str = "ls -la --color=always {}";
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+const PREVIEW_COMMAND: &str = "dir /Q {}";
+
+impl OnAir for Channel {
+    fn find(&mut self, pattern: &str) {
+        self.matcher.find(pattern);
+    }
+
+    fn results(&mut self, num_entries: u32, offset: u32) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        self.matcher.tick();
+        self.matcher
+            .results(num_entries, offset)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|item| {
+                let path = item.matched_string;
+                Entry::new(
+                    path.clone(),
+                    PreviewType::Command(PreviewCommand::new(
+                        PREVIEW_COMMAND,
+                        " ",
+                    )),
+                )
+                .with_name_match_ranges(item.match_indices)
+                .with_icon(FileIcon::from(&path))
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn get_result(&self, index: u32) -> Option<Entry> {
+        self.matcher.get_result(index).map(|item| {
+            let path = item.matched_string;
+            Entry::new(
+                path.clone(),
+                PreviewType::Command(PreviewCommand::new(
+                    PREVIEW_COMMAND,
+                    " ",
+                )),
+            )
+            .with_icon(FileIcon::from(&path))
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn result_count(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.matcher.matched_item_count
+    }
+
+    fn total_count(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.matcher.total_item_count
+    }
+
+    fn running(&self) -> bool {
+        self.matcher.status.running
+    }
+
+    fn shutdown(&self) {
+        self.crawl_handle.abort();
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::unused_async)]
+async fn load_dirs(paths: Vec<PathBuf>, injector: Injector<String>) {
+    if paths.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
+    let mut builder =
+        walk_builder(&paths[0], *DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS, None, None);
+    paths[1..].iter().for_each(|path| {
+        builder.add(path);
+    });
+    let walker = builder.build_parallel();
+
+    walker.run(|| {
+        let injector = injector.clone();
+        let current_dir = current_dir.clone();
+        Box::new(move |result| {
+            if let Ok(entry) = result {
+                if entry.file_type().unwrap().is_dir() {
+                    let dir_path = &entry
+                        .path()
+                        .strip_prefix(&current_dir)
+                        .unwrap_or(entry.path())
+                        .to_string_lossy();
+                    if dir_path == "" {
+                        return ignore::WalkState::Continue;
+                    }
+                    let () = injector.push(dir_path.to_string(), |e, cols| {
+                        cols[0] = e.clone().into();
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            ignore::WalkState::Continue
+        })
+    });
+}
diff --git a/crates/television-channels/src/channels/files.rs b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/files.rs
index e2e520e..ff76a32 100644
--- a/crates/television-channels/src/channels/files.rs
+++ b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/files.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ impl From<&mut TelevisionChannel> for Channel {
                         .collect(),
                 )
             }
+            c @ TelevisionChannel::Dirs(_) => {
+                let entries = c.results(c.result_count(), 0);
+                Self::new(
+                    entries
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|entry| PathBuf::from(&entry.name))
+                        .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .collect(),
+                )
+            }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/television-channels/src/channels/text.rs b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/text.rs
index f05b05b..14ecda0 100644
--- a/crates/television-channels/src/channels/text.rs
+++ b/crates/television-channels/src/channels/text.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ impl From<&mut TelevisionChannel> for Channel {
                 let entries = c.results(c.result_count(), 0);
                 Self::from_text_entries(entries)
             }
+            c @ TelevisionChannel::Dirs(_) => {
+                let entries = c.results(c.result_count(), 0);
+                Self::new(
+                    entries
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|entry| PathBuf::from(&entry.name))
+                        .collect(),
+                )
+            }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/television-derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-derive/Cargo.toml
index 4036f83..2047e3e 100644
--- a/crates/television-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-derive"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/television-fuzzy/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-fuzzy/Cargo.toml
index 57af86c..8e17f50 100644
--- a/crates/television-fuzzy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-fuzzy/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-fuzzy"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/television-previewers/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-previewers/Cargo.toml
index 7741552..9f945b5 100644
--- a/crates/television-previewers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-previewers/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-previewers"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 syntect = "5.2.0"
-television-channels = { path = "../television-channels", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.11" }
+television-channels = { path = "../television-channels", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.12" }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 tokio = "1.41.1"
diff --git a/crates/television-screen/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-screen/Cargo.toml
index d4ad882..51e4b80 100644
--- a/crates/television-screen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-screen/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-screen"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 ratatui = "0.29.0"
 serde = "1.0.215"
-television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-channels = { path = "../television-channels", version = "0.0.11" }
-television-previewers = { path = "../television-previewers", version = "0.0.11" }
+television-utils = { path = "../television-utils", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-channels = { path = "../television-channels", version = "0.0.12" }
+television-previewers = { path = "../television-previewers", version = "0.0.12" }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 syntect = "5.2.0"
diff --git a/crates/television-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/television-utils/Cargo.toml
index 487e4a8..ea5a15d 100644
--- a/crates/television-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/television-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television-utils"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true