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gtk		ranger
	Project
30	Mentions	165
884	Stars	14,889
1.2%	Growth	1.6%
7.8	Activity	6.5
9 days ago	Latest Commit	20 days ago
CSS	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

gtk

Posts with mentions or reviews of gtk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-12.

Theme not starting on boot
1 project | /r/archlinux | 22 May 2023

Current theme I am using is https://draculatheme.com/gtk. I followed the instructions on the website. However doesn't mention anything about theme being applied upon start up / login.
looking for a gtk theme with dark purple color scheme
4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 12 May 2023
how to close this workspace text it comes every time when i am trying to switch workspaces
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 30 Apr 2023

Report an issue to https://github.com/dracula/gtk/issues. If I'm not mistaken this is probably where your theme comes from.
Anyone know how to fix this? I'm on xfce
1 project | /r/catppuccin | 24 Apr 2023

Here's the link to the dracula gtk theme: Dracula GTK
How can i change themes?
1 project | /r/Fedora | 13 Mar 2023

You can set the GTK3 theme by following this page from the dracula website https://draculatheme.com/gtk
The natural Gentoo theme ?
2 projects | /r/Gentoo | 3 Nov 2022
How to install themes on Fedora 36? Same steps not work.
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 2 Aug 2022
Uh, how much did I just break / mess up while trying to install a GTK theme? More in comments.
1 project | /r/pop_os | 16 Jul 2022

I was following this: https://draculatheme.com/gtk
Finally a Linux user!
1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 3 Jul 2022

The wallpaper comes with Pop!_OS. The theme however is the Dracula theme: Dracula GTK.
Dracula theme problem
1 project | /r/xfce | 26 Jun 2022

This looks like either a bug in xfce's theme engine or a bug in the theme. I'd report this directly to both parties (the dracula maintainers and the xfce maintainers).

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 gtk and ranger you can also consider the following projects:

Dracula-shell-40 - Customized dark theme based on @dracula for the new gnome-shell 40

lf - Terminal file manager

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Fluent-gtk-theme - Fluent design gtk theme for linux desktops

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.

regolith-dracula-dotfiles - Dotfiles from my Regolith Dracula rice along with screenshots

joshuto - ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

FiraCode - Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store

numix-icon-theme - Official base icon theme from the Numix project.

mc - Midnight Commander's repository