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lf (as in "list files") is a terminal file manager written in Go with a heavy inspiration fromranger file manager.Seefaq for more information andtutorial for a gentle introduction with screencasts.

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

• Tabs or windows (better handled by window manager or terminal multiplexer)
• Builtin pager/editor (better handled by your pager/editor of choice)
• Builtin commands for file operations (better handled by the underlying shell tools including but not limited tomkdir,touch,chmod,chown,chgrp, andln)

Seepackages for community maintained packages.

Seereleases for pre-built binaries.

Building from the source requiresGo.

On Unix:

env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/gokcehan/lf@latest

On Windowscmd:

setCGO_ENABLED=0go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/gokcehan/lf@latest

On Windowspowershell:

$env:CGO_ENABLED='0'go install-ldflags="-s -w"github.com/gokcehan/lf@latest

After the installationlf command should start the application in the current directory.

Runlf -help to see command line options.

Runlf -doc to see thedocumentation.

Seeetc directory to integratelf to your shell and/or editor.Example configuration files along with example colors and icons files can also be found in this directory.

Seeintegrations to integratelf to other tools.

Seetips for more examples.

Seecontributing for guidelines.