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Top 16 C File Manager Projects
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Project mention: Malicious Rust Crate Arrayref Runs a Build-Time Payload | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-20
Which is why I love C projects, even with all the footguns. You have libraries with nice API that lets you write software without being on a treadmill to update the code every few months.
[0] https://github.com/jarun/nnn/
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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.
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Project mention: CliFM: The shell-like, command line terminal file manager | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-22
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Project mention: Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-24
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AppSignal
Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.
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YtreeNova an XTreeGold-inspired, FOSS keyboard-first Linux file manager built for fast, precise file work. Developed with AI assistance, but it does not run AI itself. https://github.com/robkam/ytreenova
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Project mention: Show HN: Ytree v3.0.0-alpha, an AI-assisted rewrite towards feature completeness | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-12
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source File Manager projects in C? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nnn | 21,860 |
| 2 | vifm | 3,262 |
| 3 | webMAN-MOD | 1,758 |
| 4 | clifm | 1,722 |
| 5 | mc | 970 |
| 6 | cfiles | 508 |
| 7 | rover | 338 |
| 8 | IRISMAN | 314 |
| 9 | sfm | 259 |
| 10 | xfiles | 111 |
| 11 | vdir | 93 |
| 12 | dfshow | 52 |
| 13 | nautilus-annotations | 27 |
| 14 | fsviewer | 25 |
| 15 | ytreenova | 15 |
| 16 | ytree | 2 |
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