MOmodinfo·Jan 22, 2026Submission
CliFM: The shell-like, command line terminal file manager
2 points · Open discussionleo-arch
clifm
C2021–2026
leo-arch / clifm
clifm
💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager
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9Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.7KGitHub stars
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💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager
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Observed mentions: 2021-05-12 17:20:42 UTC to 2026-01-22 22:57:25 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
9 sourcesClifm, the Command Line File Manager
2 points · Open discussionClifm: The shell-like command line terminal file manager
2 points · Open discussionCliFM. Arch: New binary package availabe on chaotic-aur repo
2 points · Open discussionCliFM 1.1: New features and a decent logo
1 points · Open discussionCliFM, a non-curses file manager for the Unix terminal
3 points · Open discussionCliFM is a fast, lightweight, and non-curses terminal file manager (working on it for the last 5 years). Half way between the CLI and TUI file managers, some of its most important features are:
Unlimited bookmarks
Files selection
Built-in directory jumper (similar to autojump, zoxide, and z.lua)
Built-in resource opener
Plugins support
Icons support
File previewer (as plugin)
Archives support
More than 40 Customizable keybindings
Customizable color-schemes
Shell commands support
Up to 8 workspaces
Profiles
History
Logs
Aliases
And many more.
Take a look at it here: https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm
If using Archlinux, you can find it in the AUR: clifm (stable) and clifm (git)
I share this in the hope that it will be helpful. Thank you very much in advance!
In CliFM, a non-curses file manager for the Unix terminal