Alternatives to lf (file manager) for all platforms with any license

Midnight Commander

Visual, text-mode file manager that works in consoles, over SSH and via remote shells.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin ... MacPorts
Console-based Support for FTP Dual Pane Support File Compression ... File management Lightweight Minimalistic Mounting drives Support for SFTP SSH Two panels Add a feature

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Dolphin File Manager

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. Has three view modes: Icon, Detail and it used to have Column View like in Finder (it is not available in...
- Dolphin does not even run in console. Guest • May 2020
Free Open Source Linux KDE
File preview Tabs Split-screen view Integrated Terminal Emulator ... Splitted view Thumbnails Tree view Built-in Terminal Dual Pane Support File Compression File management KDE Plasma integration Lightweight Network protocols Image Preview File Renaming SSH Tabbed interface Add a feature

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ranger

ranger is a 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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Cygwin
Command line interface Console-based File management Miller columns ... Multi Column View Python File Renaming Vim key mapping Add a feature

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muCommander

muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Java
Dual Pane Support File management Portable SSH Add a feature

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JumpFm

JumpFm is a minimalistic dual panel file manager (currently released only for Windows, Mac, and Linux) that lets you navigate your file system very efficiently. Mac...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
Dual Pane Support Electron based File management Linux ... Minimalistic Night mode/Dark Theme Windows-like Add a feature

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Broot

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Rust
Console-based File management Keyboard focused Lightweight Add a feature

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Vifm

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. ...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
Terminal-based File management Vim key mapping Add a feature

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noice

noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file browser with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks. noice is developed considering...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Cygwin
File management Add a feature

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nnn

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

Free Open Source Linux
Console-based Lightweight Bookmarks File management Add a feature

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Samsung My Files

"My Files" manages all the files on your smartphone, just like a file explorer on your computer. You can also manage files stored on SD cards, USB drives and...

Free Android Android Tablet
File management Add a feature

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