diff --git a/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.test.ts b/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.test.ts
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+++ b/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict"
+import { test, describe } from "node:test"
+import { compareNames, sortFileItems } from "./sort"
+import type { FileItem } from "./base"
+
+const file = (name: string, size = 0): FileItem => ({
+  name,
+  size,
+  is_dir: false,
+  modified: new Date().toISOString(),
+  sign: "",
+  type: 0,
+})
+
+const folder = (name: string): FileItem => ({
+  ...file(name),
+  is_dir: true,
+})
+
+describe("sort.ts - compareNames (natural sort), semantics of maruel/natural", () => {
+  test("#167: 数字按自然数序排序（而不是字符序）", () => {
+    const names = ["file1", "file10", "file2", "file20", "file3", "file11"]
+    const sorted = [...names].sort(compareNames)
+    assert.deepEqual(sorted, [
+      "file1",
+      "file2",
+      "file3",
+      "file10",
+      "file11",
+      "file20",
+    ])
+
+    const namesDesc = [...names].sort((a, b) => compareNames(b, a))
+    assert.deepEqual(namesDesc, [
+      "file20",
+      "file11",
+      "file10",
+      "file3",
+      "file2",
+      "file1",
+    ])
+
+    // 纯数字文件名
+    const digits = ["10", "2", "1", "20", "100"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...digits].sort(compareNames), [
+      "1",
+      "2",
+      "10",
+      "20",
+      "100",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("大小写严格区分（Go strings.Compare 语义，不是 localeCompare）", () => {
+    const names = ["Zebra", "apple", "banana", "zFile"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...names].sort(compareNames), names)
+
+    // "A" < "a" 因为 ASCII 码更小
+    const letters = ["a", "A", "B", "b"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...letters].sort(compareNames), ["A", "B", "a", "b"])
+  })
+
+  test("前缀相同时短字符串先排序", () => {
+    const names = ["file1.txt", "file", "file.txt", "file2"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...names].sort(compareNames), [
+      "file",
+      "file.txt",
+      "file1.txt",
+      "file2",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("数字和字母混合", () => {
+    const names = ["a10", "a2", "ab10", "ab2", "a", "ab"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...names].sort(compareNames), [
+      "a",
+      "a2",
+      "a10",
+      "ab",
+      "ab2",
+      "ab10",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("前导零：数值相等时退回到词法比较，数值本身按长度排序", () => {
+    // 9 的两种写法：数值一样但都没有尾随数据，退化为词法比较
+    const names = ["09", "10", "009", "0001"]
+    assert.deepEqual([...names].sort(compareNames), ["0001", "009", "09", "10"])
+
+    // 都有尾随数据时：剥离数字继续比较（"01a" < "02b"）
+    assert.deepEqual(["01a", "02b", "01b", "02a"].sort(compareNames), [
+      "01a",
+      "01b",
+      "02a",
+      "02b",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test('完全相同的名字相等，大小写区分（"F" < "f"）', () => {
+    assert.equal(compareNames("file", "file"), 0)
+    assert.equal(compareNames("File", "file"), -1)
+    assert.equal(compareNames("file.txt", "file1.txt"), -1)
+  })
+
+  test("空字符串放在最前", () => {
+    assert.equal(compareNames("", "a"), -1)
+    assert.equal(compareNames("a", ""), 1)
+    assert.equal(compareNames("", ""), 0)
+  })
+
+  test("中文等非 ASCII 文本按码位序", () => {
+    const names = ["中文", "a", "测试"]
+    const sorted = [...names].sort(compareNames)
+    assert.deepEqual(sorted, ["a", "中文", "测试"])
+  })
+})
+
+describe("sort.ts - sortFileItems (list ordering)", () => {
+  test("文件夹优先，名称自然排序", () => {
+    const items = [
+      file("file10.txt"),
+      folder("dir2"),
+      file("file2.txt"),
+      folder("dir1"),
+      file("file1.txt"),
+      file("file20.txt"),
+    ]
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      sortFileItems(items, "name", "asc").map((i) => i.name),
+      ["dir1", "dir2", "file1.txt", "file2.txt", "file10.txt", "file20.txt"],
+    )
+  })
+
+  test("倒序同样自然排序", () => {
+    const items = [
+      file("file1.txt"),
+      folder("dir2"),
+      file("file2.txt"),
+      folder("dir1"),
+      file("file10.txt"),
+    ]
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      sortFileItems(items, "name", "desc").map((i) => i.name),
+      ["dir2", "dir1", "file10.txt", "file2.txt", "file1.txt"],
+    )
+  })
+
+  test("size / modified 排序不受 name 自然排序干扰", () => {
+    const items = [file("b.txt", 100), file("a.txt", 10), file("c.txt", 1000)]
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      sortFileItems(items, "size", "asc").map((i) => i.name),
+      ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"],
+    )
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      sortFileItems(items, "size", "desc").map((i) => i.name),
+      ["c.txt", "b.txt", "a.txt"],
+    )
+  })
+
+  test("不排序时原样返回（非破坏性）", () => {
+    const items = [file("a.txt"), file("b.txt")]
+    const result = sortFileItems(items)
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      result.map((i) => i.name),
+      ["a.txt", "b.txt"],
+    )
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      result.map((i) => i.name),
+      ["a.txt", "b.txt"],
+    )
+  })
+
+  test("没有修改日期时不会抛错", () => {
+    const items: FileItem[] = [file("a.txt"), folder("dir")]
+    const result = sortFileItems(items, "name", "asc")
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      result.map((i) => i.name),
+      ["dir", "a.txt"],
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.ts b/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.ts
index bc3e07b5..5f669c47 100644
--- a/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.ts
+++ b/src/backend/internal/driver/sort.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,98 @@
 // Shared file sorting for drivers that honor order_by / order_direction
 import { FileItem } from "./base"
 
+// Natural (human / "logical") comparison of two file names.
+//
+// Port of `github.com/maruel/natural.Compare`, which is what the official Go
+// OpenList uses for `order_by='name'` (model.SortFiles, internal/model/obj.go).
+//
+// Numbers embedded in a name compare numerically, so `"file1"`, `"file2"`,
+// `"file10"` sort in the order a human expects instead of the character order
+// produced by a plain string comparison (`localeCompare` / `<`), which puts
+// `"file10"` *before* `"file2"` -- the exact complaint in issue #167.
+//
+// Side effects to be aware of:
+//   • it is *case sensitive* (e.g. "A" < "a"), exactly like `strings.Compare`
+//   • semantically equal digits ("00" == "0", "01" == "1") compare lexically,
+//     unless both have trailing data (then the digits are stripped and the
+//     comparison continues, e.g. "file01a" < "file02b")
+//   • a name that runs out of characters sorts first (shorter wins)
+//   • strings containing astral characters (emoji) compare on UTF-16 code
+//     units instead of UTF-8 bytes -- the difference is never visible for
+//     normal (BMP) file names, so it is kept cheap.
+export function compareNames(a: string, b: string): number {
+  let A = String(a)
+  let B = String(b)
+
+  while (true) {
+    // Common prefix, stopping at the first digit on either side, or at the
+    // first difference between non-digit characters.
+    let p = 0
+    const m = Math.min(A.length, B.length)
+    for (let i = 0; i < m; i++) {
+      const ca = A.charCodeAt(i)
+      const cb = B.charCodeAt(i)
+      if (isDigit(ca) || isDigit(cb) || ca !== cb) {
+        p = i
+        break
+      }
+    }
+    A = A.slice(p)
+    B = B.slice(p)
+
+    if (A.length === 0) return B.length > 0 ? -1 : 0
+    if (B.length === 0) return A.length > 0 ? 1 : 0
+
+    const ia = leadingDigits(A)
+    const ib = leadingDigits(B)
+    if (ia > 0 && ib > 0) {
+      // Both sides start with a digit run: compare them numerically.
+      const aNum = trimLeadingZeros(A.slice(0, ia))
+      const bNum = trimLeadingZeros(B.slice(0, ib))
+      if (aNum.length !== bNum.length) return aNum.length - bNum.length
+      if (aNum !== bNum) return aNum < bNum ? -1 : 1
+
+      // Semantically the same digits (e.g. "00" == "0", "01" == "1"): only
+      // continue processing if there is trailing data on both sides,
+      // otherwise fall back to a lexical comparison of the digit runs.
+      if (ia !== A.length && ib !== B.length) {
+        A = A.slice(ia)
+        B = B.slice(ib)
+        continue
+      }
+      return lexicalCompare(A, B)
+    }
+
+    // (Only) one side is numeric now, or both are non-numeric: the plain
+    // comparison of what remains decides the order.
+    return lexicalCompare(A, B)
+  }
+}
+
+function isDigit(ch: number): boolean {
+  return ch >= 48 && ch <= 57 // '0' - '9'
+}
+
+/** Count of leading digit characters. */
+function leadingDigits(s: string): number {
+  for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+    if (!isDigit(s.charCodeAt(i))) return i
+  }
+  return s.length
+}
+
+/** Strip leading zeros. All zeros collapse to the final zero. */
+function trimLeadingZeros(s: string): string {
+  for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+    if (s[i] !== "0") return s.slice(i)
+  }
+  return s.length > 0 ? s.slice(s.length - 1) : s
+}
+
+function lexicalCompare(a: string, b: string): number {
+  return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0
+}
+
 /**
  * Sort FileItems according to the driver's order settings.
  * Folders always come first (AList convention); files are then ordered by
@@ -28,8 +120,8 @@ export function sortFileItems(
     ) {
       cmp = new Date(a.modified).getTime() - new Date(b.modified).getTime()
     } else {
-      // default: name / filename / folder
-      cmp = String(a.name).localeCompare(String(b.name))
+      // default: name / filename / folder -- natural sort, exactly like official
+      cmp = compareNames(a.name, b.name)
     }
     return asc ? cmp : -cmp
   })