lf
Terminal file manager (by gokcehan)
ranger
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console (by ranger)
| lf | ranger | |
|---|---|---|
| 113 | 168 | |
| 8,016 | 15,996 | |
| 1.1% | 0.9% | |
| 8.7 | 8.1 | |
| 14 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| Go | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
lf
Posts with mentions or reviews of lf.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-19.
- fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
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Preview images, videos, fonts, PDFs ... in Vifm.
As a Vim enthusiast, I always wanted to replicate my daily workflow based on keymappings and completely avoid using the mouse. I missed the functionality offered by tools like ranger or lf in Vifm, but I didn't want to learn a whole new set of keyboard shortcuts. I watched several YouTube videos trying to recreate this setup, but none quite hit the mark. The project that inspired this work didn't fully meet its intended functionality.
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Command Line Tools I Like (2022)
lf is similar (I switched a system Python version update broke ranger). https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
I have it integrated into zsh so the current directory is whatever dir I was in when exiting lf.
- Superfile ā A fancy, petty terminal file manager
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Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe forgotten ones?
A very good alternative to ranger is lf https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
It's a lot faster in all aspects, has mostly the same features and is pretty much a standalone binary.
- Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
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Yazi: Fast terminal file manager based on async I/O
I've tried using LF in the past, but it didn't stick. Will definitely give this a go, as I'm trying to move to an pure terminal workflow as closely as possible.
https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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What are the best open source tools to easily navigate directories from the command line?
Hi. fff, lf, clifm Won't say they're best or not, rather interesting and maybe worth looking at. Looked up for the z in termux's repos and it's called "zoxide" there.
- Switching from unix - Is there a plugin or something similar to Ranger or NNN?
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 2024-11-20.
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Preview images, videos, fonts, PDFs ... in Vifm.
As a Vim enthusiast, I always wanted to replicate my daily workflow based on keymappings and completely avoid using the mouse. I missed the functionality offered by tools like ranger or lf in Vifm, but I didn't want to learn a whole new set of keyboard shortcuts. I watched several YouTube videos trying to recreate this setup, but none quite hit the mark. The project that inspired this work didn't fully meet its intended functionality.
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Command Line Tools I Like (2022)
[2] https://github.com/ranger/ranger/blob/bd9b37faee9748798f3970...
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Show HN: Facad. The ls alternative making terminals cooler than GUIs
Would a commander type TUI work for you?
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc
https://github.com/ranger/ranger
https://github.com/jarun/nnn
There's also superfile and broot, but personally I feel like they try to do a little too much, might work for you though:
https://github.com/yorukot/superfile
https://github.com/Canop/broot
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Z ā Jump Around
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
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Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
This looks cool, though I already use https://github.com/ranger/ranger for this.
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How to have column view like macOS finder ?
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.
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rename triggering on focus
Someone opened an issue about this. Might want to follow that.
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Ranger neovim plugin bindings clash with NeoVim bindings when used as a plugin
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.
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View images when SSH
How about ranger
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lf and ranger you can also consider the following projects:
nnn - nĀ³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
yazi - š„ Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
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.
xplr - A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder