FAT is a modern, TUI-based file and archive viewer for your terminal. It’s designed for developers and power users who want to quickly inspect files and peek inside archives like .zip and .tar without having to extract them first.
It is lightweight, fast, and highly extensible.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Unified Viewer: Inspect regular text files, binary files (in a hex-dump view), and archive contents all in one interface.
- Plugin Architecture: FAT uses a dynamic plugin system to handle different archive formats. The beta version comes with support for ZIP and TAR archives, as well as GZIP compressed files.
- Customizable Theming: Easily change the look and feel of the application. FAT uses simple .json files for theming and comes with several pre-built themes, including Nord, Gruvbox,
- Monochrome, and Solarized.
- User-Friendly TUI: A clean, two-pane layout shows file metadata on the left and content on the right.
- Cross-Platform: Designed to compile and run on Linux and macOS.
Website: Abandoned
Support:
Developer: Zuhaitz
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
FAT is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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