File and Archive Manager
Dual-pane console file manager with an internal viewer and editor, for Windows.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 2.2k
- Latest
- ci/v3.0.6745.5023
- Last push
- 2026-10-17
alternatives to
Midnight Commander
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Far Manager, superfile, ranger and more. 4 alternatives to Midnight Commander, in C++, Go, Python, C. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far Manager | Full replacement | 2.2k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | No | C++ | ci/v3.0.6745.5023 | 2026-10-17 |
| superfile | Partial | 24k | MIT | Open source | No | Go | v1.6.0 | 2026-10-16 |
| ranger | Partial | 17k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | Python | v1.9.4 | 2026-09-09 |
| Vifm | Partial | 3.3k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | C | v0.14.4 | 2026-10-17 |
Every alternative
4 alternatives
Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager
Terminal file manager with multiple panels and a modern interface.
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
Keyboard-driven terminal file manager with a multi-column layout and previews instead of two panes.
Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
Terminal file manager with two panes and vi keys.
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About Midnight Commander
- Language
- C
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 1k
- Last push
- 2026-10-18