FarManager
File and Archive Manager (by FarGroup)
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| FarManager | Visual Studio Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2,839 | |
| 1,687 | 158,095 | |
| 2.3% | 1.0% | |
| 9.8 | 10.0 | |
| 2 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| C++ | TypeScript | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FarManager
Posts with mentions or reviews of FarManager.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-15.
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IT Pro Tuesday #250 - Optical How-To, Linux Website, File Manager & More
Far Manager is a text mode tool that helps you manage files and archives in Windows, with color highlighting and sort groups. Provides a simple, intuitive interface for viewing files and directories; editing, copying and renaming files; color highlighting and sort groups and more. Multi-language, easily configurable and extensible via a library of plugins. Appreciated by Hel_OWeen.
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Why is does it say 61gb???
That's alss why I consider FAR Manager to be the only legit Windows file manager.
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Name the tools you can't live without!
FAR Manager
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Looking for alternative to Clover file explorer
The only legitimate Norton Commander successor is FAR Manager.
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[List] Let's talk about the software you can't live without. Here is my list
There's only one legit NC clone nowadays, that is Far Manager. Initially written by Eugene Roshal (of WinRAR fame), it meanwhile is OSS.
- C in Windows: console really (REALLY) sucks! Doesn't even have basic 1980's capabilities: to display text menus by positioning text on screen, change sectional text colors, draw basic shapes/2D graphs circles/rectangles. Thinking maybe I could learn Win32-API and make my own 80's style basic GUI?!
Visual Studio Code
Posts with mentions or reviews of Visual Studio Code.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
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XDebug with WP-Setup
In VSCode for example this can be easily done by adding the following .vscode/launch.json file:
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I can't stand using VSCode so I wrote my own (it wasn't easy)
I had a near-identical experience. I looked into switching in 2019 and ran into this 2016 bug which was a showstopper for me. Fixed it myself, grand total 4 line diff. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/10643
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Employee Management System using Python.
When working in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), always create a new Python file for your project.
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A deep dive into progressive web apps (PWA)
Code Editor: Choose a code editor like Visual Studio Code that offers good support for web technologies and extensions for PWA development.
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Build a Music Player with Python
When working in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), create a new Python file for our music player project. It's helpful to have separate files for different parts of your project.
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Why single vendor is the new proprietary
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/forks
27,000 people seem to have done so.
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Scrape Redfin Property Data
Choosing IDE: Selecting a suitable Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is crucial for efficient coding. Consider popular options such as PyCharm, Visual Studio Code, or Jupyter Notebook. Install your preferred IDE and ensure it's configured to work with Python.
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"Just Start!" - A double-edged sword.
I was doing it all wrong, designing and developing on the fly, using the same tool - VScode; Making one step forward and ten back when I mess up with good code while trying to get rid of the bad. I had gotten away with it for three pages, but it had finally caught up with me.
- Zed Multibuffers not planned for VSCode
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TypeScript Development Set Up for VSCode
VSCode
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FarManager and Visual Studio Code you can also consider the following projects:
clifm - The shell-like, command line terminal file manager: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell.
thonny - Python IDE for beginners
cuberite - A lightweight, fast and extensible game server for Minecraft
reactide - Reactide is the first dedicated IDE for React web application development.
vscodium - binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
Spyder - Official repository for Spyder - The Scientific Python Development Environment
notepad-plus-plus - Notepad++ official repository
doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]
QuickLook - Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows
KDevelop - Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
lively - Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.
FarManager vs clifm
Visual Studio Code vs thonny
FarManager vs cuberite
Visual Studio Code vs reactide
FarManager vs vscodium
Visual Studio Code vs Spyder
FarManager vs notepad-plus-plus
Visual Studio Code vs doom-emacs
FarManager vs QuickLook
Visual Studio Code vs KDevelop
FarManager vs lively
Visual Studio Code vs vscodium