github.com/pchchv/fm

fm

Terminal file manager

Features

• Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, BSDs, Windows)
• Single binary without any runtime dependencies
• Asynchronous IO operations to avoid UI locking
• Extendable and configurable with shell commands
• Customizable keybindings (vi and readline defaults)
• Server/client architecture and remote commands to manage multiple instances
• Fast startup and low memory footprint due to native code and static binaries

Building from the source requires Go.

On Unix (Go version < 1.17):

env CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=on go get -u -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

On Unix (Go version >= 1.17):

env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

On Windows cmd (Go version < 1.17):

set CGO_ENABLED=0
set GO111MODULE=on
go get -u -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

On Windows cmd (Go version >= 1.17):

set CGO_ENABLED=0
go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

On Windows powershell (Go version < 1.17):

$env:CGO_ENABLED = '0'
$env:GO111MODULE = 'on'
go get -u -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

On Windows powershell (Go version >= 1.17):

$env:CGO_ENABLED = '0'
go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/pchchv/fm

Usage

After the installation fm command should start the application in the current directory.

Run fm -help to see command line options.

Run fm -doc to see the documentation.