dotfiles vs ranger

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Arch, i3-gaps, Dracula (by Nonanonymous24)

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A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console (by ranger)

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dotfiles		ranger
	Project
1	Mentions	165
0	Stars	14,908
-	Growth	1.0%
0.0	Activity	5.5
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	10 days ago
HTML	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-21.

I3gapspolybar Dracula
7 projects | /r/unixporn | 21 Dec 2020

Dotfiles

ranger

Posts with mentions or reviews of ranger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.

Z – Jump Around
16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2024

Came to post zoxide. Also if you use `ranger`[1] (vim inspired file manager) then you might like to add the `ranger-zoxide` plugin[2].
1. https://github.com/ranger/ranger
2. https://github.com/jchook/ranger-zoxide
Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Aug 2023

This looks cool, though I already use https://github.com/ranger/ranger for this.
Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2023
How to have column view like macOS finder ?
2 projects | /r/linux | 8 Jul 2023

This feature is rarely seen in Linux file managers. I would recommend the CLI file manager ranger. If you need a GUI tool, you should have a look at pantheon files, the file manager of ElementaryOS.
rename triggering on focus
1 project | /r/ranger | 21 Jun 2023

Someone opened an issue about this. Might want to follow that.
Ranger neovim plugin bindings clash with NeoVim bindings when used as a plugin
1 project | /r/neovim | 22 May 2023

Hi! I am using ranger file manager terminal as its best through all i had used, but i have a weird problem and i want to ask you maybe you know how to solve it because my knowledge have limits on this topic even though i researched a bit.
View images when SSH
4 projects | /r/neovim | 9 May 2023

How about ranger
Ranger: A Vim-inspired terminal file manager
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 May 2023
[Plugin] ranger.nvim
6 projects | /r/neovim | 30 Apr 2023

I wrote a ranger integration plugin for myself and I thought I would share.
Which file explorer do you use?
19 projects | /r/neovim | 26 Apr 2023

It adapts ranger in neovim. It is very cool to have so much control, plus the previews.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotfiles and ranger you can also consider the following projects:

gtk - 🧛🏻‍♂️ Dark theme for GTK

lf - Terminal file manager

nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

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.

joshuto - ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store

mc - Midnight Commander's repository

fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

lf - A Language Features library for Emacs Lisp

nnn.vim - File manager for vim/neovim powered by n³

fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim

ohmyzsh - 🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.