sff (simple file finder) is a simple, fast, and feature-rich terminal file manager inspired by nnn and guided by the suckless philosophy.
It aims to provide a reliable, efficient, and user-friendly file management experience with high extensibility. sff is fully compatible with POSIX-compliant systems. It has been extensively tested on Linux and FreeBSD.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- POSIX-compliant and highly optimized.
- Fast startup and low memory footprint.
- Extensible with shell scripts.
- Customizable detail columns.
- Type-to-navigate.
- Advanced search via ‘find’.
- Fast file search via ‘fzf’.
- Convenient temporary sudo mode.
- Undo/Redo for the last file operation.
- Batch file and directory creation.
- Batch rename.
- Multi-tab support, cross-directory selection.
- Extract and create archives.
Website: codeberg.org/sylphenix/sff
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Developer: Shi Yanling
License: BSD 2-Clause License
sff is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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