fm is a terminal based file manager.
fm is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Double pane layout.
- File icons.
- Layout adjusts to terminal resize.
- Syntax highlighting for source code with customizable themes using styles from chroma (dracula, monokai etc.).
- Render pretty markdown.
- Mouse support.
- Themes (default, gruvbox, nord).
- Render PNG, JPG and JPEG as strings.
- Colors adapt to terminal background, for syntax highlighting to work properly on light/dark terminals, set the appropriate themes in the config file.
- Open selected file in editor set in EDITOR environment variable.
- Copy selected directory items path to the clipboard.
- Read PDF files.
Website: github.com/mistakenelf/fm
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Developer: Tyler Knipfer
License: MIT License
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