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winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)
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winget-cli
WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
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doublecmd
Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.
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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.
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twin
Text mode window environment. A terminal emulator and multiplexer with mouse support, overlapped windows and networked clients. Text-mode equivalent of X11 server + VNC server
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plugins-extra
Discontinued These are highly unstable, buggy, incomplete plugins that are not included with Process Hacker by default.
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hunt-and-peck
Simple vimium/vimperator style navigation for Windows applications based on the UI Automation framework.
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better far2l alternative or higher similarity.
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-10-18.
- The IDEs we had 30 years ago ... and we lost
- Linux fork of FAR Manager that works on macOS as well
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GNU Midnight Commander
I tried to love mc, but its ergonomics felt slightly off. Maybe it's just hard to rewire my Norton / Volkov Commander / FAR Manager muscle memory, I don't know
I ended up being on a Linux fork of Far Manager, which works beautifully: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l
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Far – Sublime Inspired Find and Replace
Far manager now exists on Linux and Mac: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l
I got it from nixpkgs, not sure if it's easy to install otherwise.
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what's a good Linux terminal file manager in late 2023?
FAR Manager 2
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Total Commander
I still use Total Commander on my Android phones/tablets.
For MacOS, the closest ones are:
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/commander-one-file-manager/id1...
- https://github.com/elfmz/far2l
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Far Manager: files and archives in Windows
Do you need to self compile? The Linux port (https://github.com/elfmz/far2l) ironically only provides macOS releases... Thank you!
- What are some of your favorite Linux apps that you use
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The Tilde Text Editor
I would then mention far2l project that aims to bring Far Manager to -nix systems: https://github.com/elfmz/far2l. It is cross-platform and does have a great built-in editor and viewer
- What's your favorite file manager to use in Fedora?
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elfmz/far2l is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of far2l is C++.
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