CliFM AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like CliFM

CliFM is described as 'A shell-like, command line terminal file manager written in C: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell' and is a File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CliFM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best CliFM alternative is Midnight Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CliFM are Superfile, ranger, lf (file manager) and Vifm.

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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...

    104 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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    • Midnight Commander is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CliFM.

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

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

    Superfile

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    Terminal-based file manager offering a modern, customizable interface with split-screen panels, full keyboard shortcut support, fast file operations, offline access, privacy features, no ads, plugin extensibility, night mode, cross-platform compatibility, and open source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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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.

    33 ranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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  5. lf (file manager) icon

    lf (file manager)

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    Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
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  6. Vifm icon

    Vifm

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    Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.

    86 Vifm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Vifm with light theme in iTerm2 with Inconsolata font on OS X
     
  7. Broot icon

    Broot

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    Broot 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
    Get an overview of a directory
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Portfolio icon

    Portfolio

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
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  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  13. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  14. joshuto icon

    joshuto

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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