Alternatives to broot
Navigate large directory trees and find files in the terminal. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
broot
Navigate large directory trees and find files in the terminal.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as broot.
Yazi
A terminal file manager where nothing blocks: every read, preview and copy happens asynchronously.
Yazi is a full terminal file manager with asynchronous loading, image previews and Lua plugins, running on Windows, macOS and Linux like broot, though configuration is done in TOML files.
ranger
A console file manager with vi keybindings and a three-column view showing parent, current and preview.
ranger swaps broot's tree view for a three-column vi-key layout with live previews, but Python startup makes it slower and it does not run on Windows.
nnn
A terminal file manager of about 150 KB that starts instantly, uses under 4 MB of memory and needs almost no configuration.
nnn is a tiny terminal file manager that adds disk usage analysis and batch renaming, configured through environment variables, with no Windows build outside Cygwin or WSL.
superfile
A terminal file manager with a modern, colourful interface, built in Go with themes and plugin support.
superfile offers a colourful themed terminal interface with fuzzy search, previews and a trash can on Windows, macOS and Linux, though its Windows support is not yet complete.
xplr
Explore files with a configurable terminal interface.
xplr provides a scriptable, configurable terminal interface under the MIT licence on macOS and Linux only, so Windows support is lost and customisation needs more workflow setup.
Midnight Commander
Two-panel file manager for the terminal, with an editor and remote access.
Midnight Commander replaces the tree view with two panels, adds an editor and remote filesystem browsing, and needs Cygwin or WSL to run on Windows.
Walk
A minimal terminal file navigator that replaces cd and ls for browsing directories.
Walk is a simpler terminal navigator that changes the shell directory where you stop, with fewer file operations and no tree search.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
