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Midnight Commanderranger
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the GNU General Public Licence version 3.

macOS, Linux, Command line macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Works over any terminal, including a plain SSH session on a server
  • Browses archives and remote filesystems as if they were local folders
  • Three-column view makes navigating a deep directory tree easy to follow
  • rifle works out the right program to open each file type automatically
  • Text interface with function-key bindings takes getting used to
  • Windows needs Cygwin or WSL
  • Python startup makes it noticeably slower than Go or Rust alternatives
  • The last release was November 2024 and development has slowed
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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