exa Alternatives

exa is described as 'Modern replacement for the command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems. This command is used by terminal users, administrators, and developers hundreds of times daily, as well as being useful when writing automated scripts' and is an app in the file management category. There are nine alternatives to exa for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best exa alternative is Superfile, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like exa are ranger, lf (file manager), LSD and nnn.

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  1. Superfile icon
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    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.

    38 Superfile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. ranger icon
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  3. Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
     
  4.  2 likes

    This project is a rewrite of GNU ls with lots of added features like colors, icons, tree-view, more formatting options, etc.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Portfolio icon
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    A minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices.

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    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
     
  6. 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
     
  7. xplr icon
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    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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