vtm vs ranger

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vtm		ranger
	Project
24	Mentions	165
1,534	Stars	14,889
2.1%	Growth	1.6%
9.9	Activity	6.5
7 days ago	Latest Commit	23 days ago
C++	Language	Python
MIT License	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.

vtm

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

Ask HN: Best computer that can't run a modern browser
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 May 2023

Any computer at all, just about any linux distro, boot into console mode, and then run something like this
https://github.com/netxs-group/vtm
Is there a way to have a full TUI desktop environment?
5 projects | /r/linux | 25 Apr 2023
Use terminal multiplexer for local pc?
1 project | /r/commandline | 15 Jan 2023

vtm might be handy.
help me compile a program please
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 5 Dec 2022

~~~ $ wget https://github.com/netxs-group/vtm/releases/latest/download/vtm_linux_amd64.tar.gz $ tar xvf vtm_linux_amd64.tar.gz $ vtm_linux_amd64/vtm ~~~
What's the most beautifully designed TUI-app you've used?
2 projects | /r/commandline | 27 Sep 2022

Does a 'TUI' based window manager count? (on linux) This program let me have numerous terminal windows and do a lot of other neat tricks with the terminals. I think it was VTM https://github.com/netxs-group/vtm
Fun terminal programs GO!
4 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 13 Jul 2022
mprocs 0.2.2 - TUI for running multiple processes in terminal
7 projects | /r/linux | 23 May 2022

Could be useful for fun projects like vtm.
Vtm: Terminal multiplexer with window manager and session sharing
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 May 2022

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Feb 2022
After years on Linux, I just discovered Vim & TMUX. They're fucking amazing.
10 projects | /r/linux | 3 May 2022

For absolute revelation, use vtm, a whole Desktop environment for the terminal. In addition to tiling (like tmux) it supports floating window management.

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 vtm and ranger you can also consider the following projects:

pytermgui - Python TUI framework with mouse support, modular widget system, customizable and rapid terminal markup language and more!

lf - Terminal file manager

tmux - tmux source code

nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

sixel-tmux - sixel-tmux is a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics

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.

twin - Text mode window environment. A "retro" program for embedded or remote systems, that doubles as X11 terminal and text-mode equivalent of VNC server

joshuto - ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

flameshot - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store

Turbo Vision - A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0, the classical framework for text-based user interfaces. Now cross-platform and with Unicode support.

mc - Midnight Commander's repository