CLUSTER TERMINAL-FILE-MANAGER · 54 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-07-07
Terminal file managers and utilities
The cluster comprises terminal-based file managers and related utilities for navigation, file operations, media browsing, archiving, and system tooling. Dated entries span from 2013-08 to 2026-07, with a mostly sparse early history and a noticeable increase in monthly entry counts starting around 2025-09. Traction leaders are rovr, yazi-nightly-bin, and Atoms, each with 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 3 hobby · 17 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01rovr0★24 daysliveopen sourceTerminal file explorer that provides a modern interface for navigating and managing files and directories.
- 02tfm-tui-bin0★24 daysliveopen sourceTerminal file manager with mouse support for navigating and manipulating files.
- 03excise-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal app that navigates local storage and filesystems for users seeking precise file management.
- 04obsync0★8 days—hand-codedhobbyThree-pane drag-and-drop GUI that manages continuous bidirectional file sync sessions between local and remote directories.
- 05yazi-nightly-bin0★19 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal-based file manager that lets users browse, preview, and manage files using asynchronous input and output for speed.
- 06tui-file-manager0★6 days—hand-codedhobbyTerminal file manager with column browsing, file previews, and background copy, move, and search operations for command-line users.
- 07pointer-rs-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal file manager that lets users navigate and manage files from the command line.
- 08mdc-bin0★26 daysliveopen sourceDual-panel terminal file manager inspired by Midnight Commander for efficient file navigation in directories.
- 09che0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal file manager with dual-panel interface for browsing and managing files.
- 10nnn-emoji0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal file manager that browses files and directories and uses emoji as file icons.
- 11zari0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based file manager that lets users navigate, organize, and manage files using keyboard shortcuts.
- 12termux-web1★27 days—hobbyWeb-based file manager and terminal for Termux that runs locally on Android without root.
- 13visualvault-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based tool that scans, sorts, and organizes media files on a user's computer.
- 14optionfiles0★1 moliveopen sourceMinimalist terminal file manager with black-and-white theme and preview support.
- 15elio-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal file manager with rich previews, inline images, bulk actions, and trash support, distributed as a prebuilt binary.
- 16conversor-dolphin0★2 moliveopen sourceFile manager context-menu tool that converts and manages PDF, image, SVG, audio, video, e-book, and office files.
- 17ov0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based text viewer that provides a feature-rich interface for reading files.
- 18lazyrsync0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal UI for file synchronization that offers profiles, dry-run previews, and live progress.
- 19rat-commander0★18 daysliveopen sourceTwo-panel terminal file manager with built-in system tools for file operations.
- 20caja-open-any-terminal0★2 moliveopen sourceFile manager extension that adds a context-menu entry for opening a terminal in the current folder.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.