xplr - A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer

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  • xplr

    A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer

  • In this post I would like to demonstrate a new potential extension to your development workflow, xplr - a fast and minimalist file manager that allows you to easily get creative with.

  • Cargo

    The Rust package manager

  • You can also install the latest version of xplr using cargo

  • InfluxDB

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  • fzf

    :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

  • Requires: fzf, sd, curl

  • pistol

    General purpose file previewer designed for Ranger, Lf to make scope.sh redundant

  • Requires: fzf, pistol

  • xclip

    Command line interface to the X11 clipboard

  • Requires: xclip

  • mmv

    rename multiple files with editor

  • Requires: mmv

  • qrcp

    :zap: Transfer files over wifi from your computer to your mobile device by scanning a QR code without leaving the terminal.

  • Requires: qrcp

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • sfz

    Discontinued A simple static file serving command-line tool written in Rust.

  • Requires: sfz, fzf

  • dua-cli

    View disk space usage and delete unwanted data, fast.

  • Requires: dua-cli

  • sd

    Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative)

  • Requires: fzf, sd, curl

  • libcurl

    A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features

  • Requires: fzf, sd, curl

  • nnn

    n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

  • nnn

  • 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.

  • vifm

  • ranger

    A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console

  • ranger

  • lf

    Terminal file manager

  • lf

  • joshuto

    ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

  • joshuto

  • fff

    📁 A simple file manager written in bash.

  • fff

  • mc

    Midnight Commander's repository (by MidnightCommander)

  • mc

  • broot

    A new way to see and navigate directory trees : https://dystroy.org/broot

  • broot

  • hunter

    The fastest file manager in the galaxy! (by tlani)

  • hunter

  • noice

    Branch of the noice file browser from http://git.2f30.org/noice (by RichardHyde)

  • noice

  • clifm

    Command Line Interface File Manager (by pasqu4le)

  • clifm

  • neovim

    Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  • And finally, you might want to check out the vim plugin I am currently using to use xplr inside Neovim.

  • xplr.vim

    Fork of https://github.com/mcchrish/nnn.vim modified to work with xplr. Until xplr has its own plugin.

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  • nnn.vim

    File manager for vim/neovim powered by n³

  • sayanarijit / xplr.vim Fork of https://github.com/mcchrish/nnn.vim modified to work with xplr. Until xplr has its own plugin.

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