watchexec
Executes commands in response to file modifications (by watchexec)
lf
Terminal file manager (by gokcehan)
watchexec | lf | |
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21 | 115 | |
6,148 | 8,362 | |
2.2% | 1.5% | |
9.0 | 8.8 | |
15 days ago | 6 days ago | |
Rust | Go | |
Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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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.
watchexec
Posts with mentions or reviews of watchexec.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-01.
- Watchexec: Execute commands in response to file modifications
- Watchexec
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Watchexec ignore directory?
Hi, I am using Watchexec (https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/releases) to monitor folder changes, but I want to exclude some folders. What parameter should I use to perform the route exclusions?
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How to automatically extract all zip files downloaded to certain directory?
Use https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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My first actual Rust program: Cloak, a simple app to search and watch directories to automatically hide files and directories
There's something similar to this called watchexec, which you can have a look at https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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Turbowatch – Extremely fast alternative to Nodemon
Or use watchexec which will do 95% of what you need and you're not tied to nodejs.
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What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?
watchexec
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is there a plugin to run any file (.py .js .java etc.) and display the output?
I use watchexec to automatically run the code when saved, you should customise this to your liking.
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[Paid Bounty-$20 in Bitcoin!] Persistent - Watchfolder() dir, if files contains word "apple" in name, make file Read only.
OTOH PowerShell will not keep watching and is one of the requirements. In the past I've successfully used watchexecrepo and inotifywaitrepo.
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How to automatically run a command when directory updates?
I prefer watchexec as it's cross-platform.
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.
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LF: The Blazing-Fast File Manager You Need to Check Out!
View the Project on GitHub
- Lf – Terminal File Manager
- 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 – 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
What are some alternatives?
When comparing watchexec and lf you can also consider the following projects:
systemd-manager
ranger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
coreutils - Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
yazi - 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.