Broot AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like Broot

Broot is described as 'Offers a better way to navigate directories. Different from the typical 'tree' command, it summarizes directory contents so more fits on screen. Broot uses a keyboard focused workflow and provides a fast, non-blocking search that works as smoothly with large' and is a File Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Broot for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best Broot alternative is Midnight Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Broot are Superfile, ranger, lf (file manager) and nnn.

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  1. Midnight Commander icon

    Midnight Commander

     243 likes

    GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software. Its a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files...

    104 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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    • Midnight Commander is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Broot.

    • Midnight Commander is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Broot.

    • Midnight Commander is Free and Open SourceBroot is also Free and Open Source
    • Midnight Commander is MinimalisticBroot is not according to our users
  2. Superfile icon

    Superfile

     33 likes

    Terminal-based file manager offering a modern, customizable interface with split-screen panels, full keyboard shortcut support, fast file operations, offline access, privacy features, no ads, plugin extensibility, night mode, cross-platform compatibility, and open source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. ranger icon

    ranger

     58 likes

    Terminal file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. The secondary task of ranger is to psychically guess which program you want to use for opening particular files.

    33 ranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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  5. lf (file manager) icon

    lf (file manager)

     14 likes

    Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
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  6. nnn icon

    nnn

     16 likes

    Initially forked from noice file browser, nnn is a super fast and resource-sensitive, terminal-based file browser.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. CliFM icon

    CliFM

     1 like

    A shell-like, command line terminal file manager written in C: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  9. Portfolio icon

    Portfolio

     Like

    A minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
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  10. noice file browser icon

    noice file browser

     4 likes

    noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file browser with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks. noice is developed considering terminal based systems. There is no config file and mime associations are hard-coded.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  12. xplr icon

    xplr

     2 likes

    xplr is a terminal UI based file explorer that aims to increase our terminal productivity by being a flexible, interactive orchestrator for the ever growing awesome command-line utilities that work with the file-system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. joshuto icon

    joshuto

     1 like

    Joshito is a ranger like terminal file manager written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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