What file manager do you use?

[chungs]

I like how simple xfe is, but I really wish I could find something like it that has an embedded terminal/terminal panel. I currently use dolphin which is ok for now, but when you focus on any aspect of the system it's always fun and interesting to research the best option for you.

Though, I only really need a gui when I start using a system for art, like modelling and drawing. On everything else normal unix commands are very natural for me. Unix commands could work for art as well but eeh I like image previews on every single file and dragging and dropping is easy (though I wonder if a specific terminal emulator could combine the best of two or something).

 

[Crivens]

Have a look at "worker", maybe a bit bigger than xfe but well worth it.

 

[nxjoseph]

I'ts been a while since I stopped using any file manager, coreutils are enough for me.

 

[ChubaDuba]

For pictures I use sysutils/py-ranger

 

[nxjoseph]

For pictures I use sysutils/py-ranger

That looks cool, i might give it a try because sometimes i need to view a few images and that instant preview would be useful. Also vi keybindings are cherry on top. I liked your status bar, btw.

 

[nxjoseph]

That looks cool, i might give it a try because sometimes i need to view a few images and that instant preview would be useful. Also vi keybindings are cherry on top. I liked your status bar, btw.

It's sad that only the www/w3m method works for me for viewing images, but, it does seem to work (except in sysutils/tmux, which i heavily use) but sometimes like when changing workspace etc. image preview gets lost so you have to do zi again to restart image preview but that isn't stable either.

 

[ShelLuser]

The moments I need a file manager I always rely on Midnight Commander (misc/mc). It never lets me down.

 

[homeadm]

I use Midnight Commander and Gnome Commander. You can complete, in seconds, any file-related task that requires some effort and a mouse in single-pane managers. Also, I often use MC remotely, over Telnet.

On Windows: Total Commander and ... Norton Commander. Yes, it still works on 64-bit Win10.

 

[T-Aoki]

I mainly use shells/fd, although it has some issues on UTF-8 handling, though. In such cases, I mostly use x11-fm/caja which comes with x11/mate. And for massive renames, x11-fm/thunar.

Why fd? Because it works on console (vty) and was using since original DOS (PC-9801) version by Atsushi Idei. And shells/fd is one of the software I install on fresh installation next to ports-mgmt/pkg (bootstrapped by /usr/sbin/pkg) and devel/git to pull src and ports trees. Still quite handy.

 

[CeXP1917]

but eeh I like image previews on every single file and dragging and dropping is easy

DoubleCommander or Krusader is useful for this.

 

[hruodr]

# pkg search rox-filer
rox-filer-2.11_13 Simple and easy to use graphical file manager

For seeing thumbnails of files with images.

Otherwise normal UNIX commands.

 

[tuxador]

- Dolphin for media
- YAZI for managing my collections
- 90% of my work is a text editor + FZF or FD

 

[cracauer@]

That reminds me that I still need to check those fancy FMs in desktop environments for their error handling...

 

[victort]

Glad I found this thread.

I’m looking for an alternative to WinSCP on windows. Basically it allowed me to edit and save files using a text editor, then saving the file directly on the server. It handled the downloading and uploading in the background.

FileZilla has similar functionality, but it’s a bit more cumbersome.

 

[hruodr]

Basically it allowed me to edit and save files using a text editor, then saving the file directly on the server.

Why not just scp or rsync?!

 

[hbsd]

My go-to is dired (built into Emacs). Occasionally I switch to x11-fm/pcmanfm
—it’s lightweight and fits my minimal setup. For basic terminal stuff, sysutils/lxterminal gets the job done.

 

[mro]

I like misc/nnn but still lack preview.

 

[USerID]

PCManFM, mc. Previously used Thunar.

 

[victort]

Why not just scp or rsync?!

A GUI text editor…

 

[hruodr]

A GUI text editor…

One thing is the editor, other a program to transfer files.

Keeping them separated allows you to change one and keep the other, make combinations.

Why do you need a GUI transfer program?

If you do not want to type long commands, you can write a shell script or a Make file.

 

[victort]

It’s just what I’m used to. Coming from windows.

 

[Aquitanis]

As I work in FreeBSD terminal only, I use mc

 

[fmc000]

Another vote for x11-fm/pcmanfm

 

[T-Aoki]

Well, some person are commenting about previews.
Does it mean something like tab preview on www/firefox, or actually a "viewer" that shows images/pages before editing?

If the latter, it would be worth having, but sometime different behavior (i.e., shells/fd invokes [at least by default] text pager configured via PAGER environment variable, alloing me, for example, open *.jpg to see the "JFIF" signature properly exists).

If the former (so called "mouse over" on tabs in case for firefox), I cannot suggest it, as:

• On Windows, I often hear that the kind of behavior caused security attacks as it requires somehow "rendering" the contents and helps malicious pages/files to work. This is dangerous especially for file managers and/or web browsers that can easily invoke internal or external codes tied with file name extentions.
• On www/firefox, I've started experiencing crashes of compiz when the rendered preview is displayed. Not always but often. Disabling it and letting www/firefox to preview just page titles of each tabs in text completely fixed the issue until now.

 

[astyle]

Dolphin in my case. I liked Konqueror, Krusader, and PCManFM... only to discover that Dolphin can easily replicate the functionalities of just about any other Open Source filemanager. And I'm a KDE user, so Dolphin provides very convenient integration with the rest of the DE, drag-n-drop, default behaviors can be fine-tuned (I don't allow automatic execution of stuff, and I tune for performance, not eye candy).

Want NFS or SMB? No problem, those are available as kioslaves. even WebDAV, iirc.