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Terminal file manager

25 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 5 stories, 20 comments · first 2018-01-15 · latest 2026-08-12

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  1. …cd && ls dance. That way, your history only contains commands you actually would want to rerun. 0: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by RMPR · 2026-08-12 · in A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy
  2. > Also lf. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf You've been wanting this for years as well. Check out yazi, its the nicest TUI file manager I have used: https://yazi-rs.github.io/
    comment by ac29 · 2025-03-20 · in fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
  3. …at the line number it's talking about. Try it, this is the workflow I've been waiting for. Also lf. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf You've been wanting this for years as well. No really. Just scroll: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf/wiki/Integ…
    comment by kristopolous · 2025-03-19 · in fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
  4. lf is similar (I switched a system Python version update broke ranger). https://github.com/gokcehan/lf I have it integrated into zsh so the current directory is whatever dir I was in when exiting lf.
    comment by nvllsvm · 2024-10-10 · in Command Line Tools I Like (2022)
  5. …and just use edir [1] to rename files in bulk. Gluing them both together is really easy too. - [0] https://github.com/gokcehan/lf - [1] https://github.com/bulletmark/edir
    comment by monopoliessuck · 2024-05-10 · in Superfile – A fancy, pretty terminal file manager
  6. A very good alternative to ranger is lf https://github.com/gokcehan/lf It's a lot faster in all aspects, has mostly the same features and is pretty much a standalone binary. edit: an even more minimal alteranative is nnn…
    comment by thworp · 2024-05-08 · in Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe forgotten ones?
  7. You can try https://github.com/gokcehan/lf or https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi or https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto .
    comment by ilyagr · 2024-01-23 · in Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
  8. Nice! For inspiration, you may want to look at `lf`: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by cstrahan · 2023-09-27 · in Show HN: Nav – A terminal navigator for interactive `ls` workflows
  9. …give this a go, as I'm trying to move to an pure terminal workflow as closely as possible. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by ayoisaiah · 2023-09-16 · in Yazi: Fast terminal file manager based on async I/O
  10. https://github.com/ranger/ranger https://github.com/jarun/nnn https://github.com/gokcehan/lf https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc
    comment by genpfault · 2023-08-13 · in Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
  11. …could be a better solution to run them, I haven't tried it. edit: Looks like lf works on Windows: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by rahen · 2022-08-12 · in Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware (2021)
  12. See also lf, inspired by ranger. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by andai · 2022-07-15 · in Show HN: tere – A Faster Alternative to cd+ls
  13. …written in Go. There's also pistol[1] which is a replacement for ranger's rifle file viewer [0] https://github.com/gokcehan/lf [1] https://github.com/doronbehar/pistol
    comment by davewongillies · 2022-04-13 · in New(ish) command line tools
  14. Alternatives for terminal are: lf ( https://github.com/gokcehan/lf ) nnn ( https://github.com/jarun/nnn ) lfm ( https://github.com/langner/lfm ) vifm ( https://vifm.info/ ) ranger ( https://github.com/ranger/ranger ) With UI (cross…
    comment by sandreas · 2022-01-30 · in Midnight Commander Tips and Tricks
  15. …cases except where it isn't practical such as image editing. A good example is the lf file manager. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf I was using ranger before this but yeah, I have no reason to use GUI file managers anymore.
    comment by ayushnix · 2022-01-24 · in Charm – Tools to make the command line glamorous
  16. There's a broot alternative called lf that opens files in $EDITOR https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by kitd · 2021-07-29 · in Command line tools for productive programmers
  17. …without entering them is huge time saver. I use `lf`. https://github.com/wting/autojump https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by brbsix · 2021-04-22 · in How to navigate directories faster with Bash (2015)
  18. …ub.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Advanced-use-cases#custom-... [1]: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/422 [2]: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by minimalist · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager
  19. Another Ranger-like that is worth a look is "lf", written in Go, and in my experience faster: https://github.com/gokcehan/lf
    comment by wincent · 2020-08-30 · in Ranger: A console file manager with VI key bindings
  20. …to i3 (I don't even have display manager installed), from Nautilius to ranger and then to [lf]( https://github.com/gokcehan/lf ). I use a lot of CLI tools like weechat. I'v been using Emacs for few months but now I prefer Kakoune - it's…
    comment by TeddyDD · 2018-01-15 · in Digital Minimalism for the Working Hacker