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Terminal file managers

Browse, preview and move files from a keyboard-driven interface in the terminal.

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Terminal file managers
ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
yazi43kMITOpen sourceNoRustv26.9.12026-10-05
superfile24kMITOpen sourceNoGov1.6.02026-10-05
nnn22kBSD-2-ClauseOpen sourceNoCv5.32026-10-03
ranger17kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoPythonv1.9.42026-09-09
lf9.5kMITOpen sourceNoGor422026-10-01
xplr4.8kMITOpen sourceNoRustv1.1.22026-09-23
joshuto3.7kLGPL-3.0Open sourceNoRustv0.9.92026-09-24
Vifm3.3kGPL-2.0Open sourceNoCv0.14.42026-10-01
Far Manager2.2kBSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceNoC++ci/v3.0.6741.50102026-10-05
far2l2.2kGPL-2.0Open sourceNoC++v_2.9.02026-10-04
Midnight Commander1kOtherOpen sourceNoC4.8.332026-09-29

11 tools

yazi

💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

Language
Rust
Licence
MIT
Stars
43k
Latest
v26.9.1
Last push
2026-10-05
superfile

Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager

Language
Go
Licence
MIT
Stars
24k
Latest
v1.6.0
Last push
2026-10-05
nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Language
C
Licence
BSD-2-Clause
Stars
22k
Latest
v5.3
Last push
2026-10-03
lf

Terminal file manager

Language
Go
Licence
MIT
Stars
9.5k
Latest
r42
Last push
2026-10-01
xplr

A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer

Language
Rust
Licence
MIT
Stars
4.8k
Latest
v1.1.2
Last push
2026-09-23
Vifm

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.

Language
C
Licence
GPL-2.0
Stars
3.3k
Latest
v0.14.4
Last push
2026-10-01

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