superfile

A TUI file manager with panes, a file preview, and an editor-like keymap.

What it does

superfile is a full-screen file manager for the terminal: multiple panes, fuzzy search, a preview pane for text and images, a processing bar for copies and deletes, bulk rename, and Git status per entry. Keybindings follow Vim conventions by default and are remappable.

It occupies the slot between cd plus ls and a graphical Finder — useful for moving files around a server over SSH, where Finder is not an option.

Notes

Configuration and themes live in ~/.config/superfile/. A Nerd Font is needed for the icons.

Alternative to

Alternative	Type	Trade-off
yazi	Open source	The current favourite: asynchronous, image previews, very fast
ranger and lf	Open source	The long-standing Vim-style file managers
nnn	Open source	Minimal, tiny, plugin-driven
Midnight Commander (`mc`)	Open source	Two panes, function keys, unchanged since 1994 and all the better for it
ForkLift or Marta	Paid	Graphical Finder replacements