Broot AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like Broot

Broot is described as 'Offers a better way to navigate directories. Different from the typical 'tree' command, it summarizes directory contents so more fits on screen. Broot uses a keyboard focused workflow and provides a fast, non-blocking search that works as smoothly with large' and is a File Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Broot for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best Broot alternative is Midnight Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Broot are Superfile, ranger, lf (file manager) and nnn.

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  1. Midnight Commander icon

    Midnight Commander

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    GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software. Its a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files...

    103 Midnight Commander alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
    Midnight Commander screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for FTP
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    4.  Two panels
    5.  Support for SFTP
    6.  SSH
    7.  Mounting drives

    Midnight Commander VS Broot

     

    • Midnight Commander is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Broot.

    • Midnight Commander is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Broot.

    • Midnight Commander is Free and Open SourceBroot is also Free and Open Source
    • Midnight Commander is LightweightBroot is not according to our users
  2. Superfile icon

    Superfile

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    Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Superfile screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    2.  Two panels
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    11.  Split-screen view
    12.  Support for Hotkeys

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  4. ranger icon

    ranger

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    Terminal file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. The secondary task of ranger is to psychically guess which program you want to use for opening particular files.

    34 ranger alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    ranger screenshot 1

    ranger Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Console-based
    3.  Multi Column View
    4.  Vim Key Mapping
    5.  Tui
    6.  Miller columns

    ranger VS Broot

     
  5. lf (file manager) icon

    lf (file manager)

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    Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    21 lf (file manager) alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
    lf (file manager) screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Run in console
    5.  Console-based
    6.  Tui

    lf (file manager) VS Broot

     
  6. nnn icon

    nnn

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    Initially forked from noice file browser, nnn is a super fast and resource-sensitive, terminal-based file browser.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    nnn screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Bookmarks

    nnn VS Broot

     
  7. Portfolio icon

    Portfolio

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    A minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PY flagParaguay

    Platforms

    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    Portfolio screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode

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  9. CliFM icon

    CliFM

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    A shell-like, command line terminal file manager written in C: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    CliFM screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Text-based

    CliFM VS Broot

     
  10. Llama File Manager icon

    Llama File Manager

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    Terminal file manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Llama File Manager screenshot 1

    Llama File Manager Features

    1.  Terminal-based

    Llama File Manager VS Broot

     
  11. xplr icon

    xplr

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    xplr is a terminal UI based file explorer that aims to increase our terminal productivity by being a flexible, interactive orchestrator for the ever growing awesome command-line utilities that work with the file-system.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    xplr screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Console-based

    xplr VS Broot

     
  12. noice file browser icon

    noice file browser

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    noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file browser with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks. noice is developed considering terminal based systems. There is no config file and mime associations are hard-coded.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

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  13. joshuto icon

    joshuto

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    Joshito is a ranger like terminal file manager written in Rust.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    joshuto screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Console-based

    joshuto VS Broot

     
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