Ytree; a Unix Filemanager

han.de

34 points·wannacboatmovie··12 comments

LOL, instinctively I hit "q" instead of the back button.

How is this better than Midnight Commander?

It's a different model of file management that some people might find more familiar or comfortable.

It's not my preferred style (I was a Norton Commander fan), but XTree was wildly popular at one time, there must be something to it.

Same here. I feel like I need to be lobotomized to work with XTree style. Long live Norton Commander style. But I guess the other camp feels the same about NC.

Yeah it also reminds me a bit of PC Tools back in the day. Just like Norton Commander and PC Tools both had their share of fans. I was more of a PC Tools fan in the PC days but I am more into mc these days.

Xtree on DOS I never knew at all.

Alternatives: ranger, nnn, lf, mc

vifm is the best of the lot, or at least I think so.

https://github.com/vifm/vifm

Honourable mention to fff even if only for its name.

https://github.com/ranger/ranger

https://github.com/jarun/nnn

https://github.com/gokcehan/lf

https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc

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Dear @wannacboatmovie (OP),

Please use the full title in the future and don't editorialize.