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Double Commander
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Multi-platform (Linux, Windows, MacOS X)
You can use same tool in all desktop OS environments.
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Apparently only one developer
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Source code is available (true free software)
If the developer loses interest there is at least the possibility that someone else will pick up the torch.
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Freeze after mouse double-click on directory list item
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Configurable
Lots of options allow you to configure DC the way it suits you best: Tools, Fonts, Colors, Hotkeys, Mouse, Fileviews, Plugins, Layout, Toolbars, Tabs, Icons etc.
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Much slower on Linux and Mac than on Windows
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Directory Hotlist
Save shortcuts to folders. Organize them in a treeview with submenus. Define a name and sorting for each entry.
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Source code written in Pascal language
But this does not affect users negatively. It's just programmers problem.
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Powerful tcmd-like search tool (alt+F7)
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Not developed anymore for Mac
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tcmd-like multi-rename tool (CTRL+M)
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Can't edit files on remote FTP servers
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DC uses TCmd plugin API
so you can use documentation from Total Commander for writing plugins. WCX (packer), WDX (content), WFX (file system), WLX (lister).
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Closely follows TotalCommander UX
For instance, the 'Settings | Layout' pane is quasi-identical to TCs.
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Very sophisticated
Although it is lightweight and simple to use, it can do very sophisticated tasks, like copying files from directories which have a certain extension or file size or have a certain text pattern in them. Also, it's very customizable and stable.
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It's that good, you can replace tcmd on windows too
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Source code written in (Object) PASCAL
It's all a matter of perspective. I'm not for an argument about IDE's, frameworks etc, but to me that's a big plus. I think it should be a tie, it's either a pro or a con or should that be neither a pro nor a con. It just depends on context.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD
License:
GPL-2.0-only
Technology:
Free Pascal
User Interface:
GUI
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Midnight Commander
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Intuitive interface
Midnight commander uses the full screen of the terminal in a very efficient way. It displays two panels for files horizontally. On the bottom it has the most useful commands with their corresponding key attached. All of this makes for a very intuitive interface both for beginners and experienced users.
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File viewer: searching can be quite cumbersome
Especially searching next or previous.
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Can be run in the terminal
Being a terminal application means that it's suited for people who spend most of their time on the terminal because they don't have to switch windows in order to open their file manager. It also means that they can use it both locally and remotely.
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No directory bookmarks
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Easy to use
Midnight commander is easy and intuitive to use. The most common commands are displayed in the bottom (move, copy, paste, delete, edit, view, make directory). Files can be selected with the arrow keys which move the cursor through them. The Enter key goes down in a directory. To move the focus between two panels the tab key is used.
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No easy way to change colors matching certain files
There probably is a possibility, but it is not easy.
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Lightweight
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Quirky and hard to remember shortcuts
E.g. when trying to take the current directory's path to the command line.
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Stable
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Lacks drag and drop feature
With midnight commander you cannot drag and drop files to move them around. Instead, you have to do the necessary actions in order to move files around (cut and paste or copy and delete).
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Often available in default repository
and hence easy to install by usually package manager.
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Can only be run in the terminal
MC lacks a standalone GUI option.
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Lynx-like motion
Cursor+left to go to parent directory, cursor+right to go into child directory.
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Well-presented
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux
Technology:
C
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Disk Order
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No move across Window function
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FTP/SFTP support
Can be used to connect to a server over FTP/SFTP.
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Built-in viewer
Disk Order has a built-in viewer for html, rtf, mov, mp3, jpg, gif, tiff and many other file formats.
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Versatile dual-pane interface
Disk Order is split in two side-by-side panes each of which can have tabs with different views. Great for easily managing files.
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Path Finder
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Buggy
Heavy load on the system after network drive activity Crashes sometimes without warning
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Heavily customizable
Path Finder is built around a modular interface with six customizable views. Show only the information you need, when you need it.
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Expensive
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Dual finder panes allow seeing two folders side-by-side
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Inserted disks or mounted volumes do not show up in the left pane in Path finder
You have to dig into the menu bar to mount a disk in the pathfinder, a royal pain. Disks should just show up when inserted.
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Tabs
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Integrates useful utilities, protocols, viewers and editors
Path Finder can be configured to automatically open and edit word documents, text, and image files. It also has an integrated terminal, hex editor, can archive type files, and can handle file network protocols, such as ftp and afp.
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File tagging
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Batch renaming support
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Powerful file search
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Permissions
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Drop stack allows temporarily collect files for operations
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Git and Subversion
Path Finder has built-in support for Git and Subversion version control systems.
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30-day free trial
A full-featured version of Path Finder can be evaluated for free for 30 days.
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Sunflower Twin-Panel File Manager
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Open-source
Sunflower is free and open source, the source code is freely available on GitHub.
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Doesnt start on Fedora 26
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Python code
Easy to enhance and fix because of Python's relative simplicity.
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Lightweight
Very fast and light without losing functionality.
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Transmit
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Beautiful and easy to use
The app is Beautiful and easy to use, as well looks amazing alongside other osx apps.
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Need to pay for license
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Supports Amazon S3 & WebDAV
In addition to FTP, allows exchanging data with SFTP or WebDAV servers or your Amazon S3 storage.
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Can enable a server connection as a normal disk in your Finder
So you can access your storage without the Transmit client.
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FTP Sync
Scans local and remote for difference and only transfer modified files. It's not rsync, but it's the next best thing
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Fastest file upload and download
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Long term reliability
We're using Transmit for at least a decade with all our client's sites. It just works and it blends into our MacOS workflow seamlessly -- what more can you ask for? If you don't want to pay for a license, you'll pay with your time.
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CarbonCopy Cloner
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Auto-Run
Even if you have tasks in queue, once you connect, it will begin automatically backing up for you.
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No Organizing Tasks
Once your tasks are in the queue, you can't reorder them. You also can't organize them into folders.
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Flawless Execution
Backing up and restoring your computer are fast and easy. There's no confusion.
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Clear Interface
The interface is extremely streamlined. It walks you through the entire process. There are advanced options but they remain hidden until you want them.
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Ranger
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Can be used in terminal
Which makes for a good choice of file explorer for those that use machines without a GUI.
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Bloated
Written in a scripted language. Enabling file previews makes it even slower.
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Minimalist and efficient
There is no need for icons of files if headings are used. Previews of text documents and a simple design creates and efficient workflow.
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Depends heavily on third party utilities
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Vim-like bindings
Ranger has Vim-like keybindings which help a lot in increasing efficiency and speed up the workflow.
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Difficult learning curve for people who are not used to Vim
Since it uses many of vim's keybindings, it may be hard for someone who does not use vim or does not know how to use vim to learn how to work with this file manager.
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Extensible, scriptable (with python)
Ranger allows the use of various scripts for calling on individual or multiple files, for file previews, or for other operations. In commands.py the "my_edit"-function can be extended to do whatever in python can be done. Target files can be the file under the cursor (self.fm.thisfile.path), the files marked/selected in the current tab (self.fm.thistab.get_selection() ) and the files in the copy-buffer (add/remove: ya, yr) (respectively the delete-buffer: add/remove da/dr) (both: self.fm.copy_buffer). The most appropriate list of files can be found out automatically, like so: if self.fm.copy_buffer: for file in self.fm.copy_buffer: ... elif self.fm.thistab.get_selection(): for file in self.fm.thistab.get_selection(): ... else: file = self.fm.thisfile.path ...
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No way to calculate folder size
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File preview
Unlike other terminal file managers, Ranger can preview many files, including text files, archives, etc, but also pdf files, pictures and videos.
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Needs heavy configuration to setup
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Bookmark system
Makes it easy to jump to any specific folder locations you work with.
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No built-in ability to navigate FTP/SSH
Most other GUI-based file managers provide easy bookmarking and browsing of multiple FTP & SSH locations using either keys or keychain stored user credentials. Ranger doesn't have this.
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Easily used with SSH
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A great idea but not GUI friendly
May be difficult to get past the fact that it asked for commands dd and cc and the likes to cut and or paste. Arch-Linux normally prides itself on not over-complicating things. Too bad ... a great idea with the 3 Smart Columns, but why would anyone prefer to need to learn 30 commands in order to cut and paste or copy a file or folder, or to see/change permissions.
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Image preview support
Ranger can use w3m to preview images in terminal through framebuffer.
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Fast and responsive
This software is super fast and responsive in navigation.
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Treeview and listview (equal viewports) possible
Supports any number of viewports on folders side by side.
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PDF preview
This may fall under "File preview", but it is a very powerful feature for PDF files in particular.
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Cyberduck
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Dedicated FTP app that performs well
Sticks to being a simple FTP app without adding more features. No need for other file managing features that are not related to FTP purposes. A client that is simply a nice GUI as apposed to just using a command line.
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Upgraded to High Sierra, and there's an iCloud conflict when using Cyberduck
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Easy and intuitive user interface
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Free to download
It's free to download from the developers according to the FAQ, however donation models are not allowed on the Mac store, which is why it costs $23.99 there.
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S3 and WebDav
Browses Amazon Simple Storage Service like your harddisk and supports about any webdav service like box, dropbox, google drive or your own personal nas.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
Supported transfer protocols:
FTP, SFTP, WebDav
Supported cloud services:
Nextcloud, Owncloud, Amazon
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Better Touch Tool
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Endlessly customizable
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Extendability
Allows user to extend my MBP with touchbar by creating custom actions per app. Also supports system-wide integration (touchbar actions).
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BTT makes it simple to sync your hotkey, Touch Bar and gesture setup between several machines
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Sync settings in the cloud
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There's a free companion app for iOS that you can use to remote control your Mac
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Supports Apple script, bash, javascript
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Customize window button behaviour
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Make your own menu bar items
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Active community
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Built-in clipboard manager
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Highly configurable window moving / window snapping options
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Key sequences
Supports key sequences for things like text expansion.
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Supports MIDI devices (keyboards, DAW controllers, etc.)
Listen for MIDI events and have them control anything. For example you could use a DJ controller in your favorite video editor, etc.
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Lets you configure your external mouse's 4th and 5th button per app
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Record gestures / drawings and assign them to actions
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Developer is regularly adding features / improvements
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fugitive (via vim)
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Great visualization and interactive workflow
The visualization and workflow are great in fugitive. You can do side-by-side or even intra-line diffs all without having to leave your text editor.
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Poor documentation
The documentation is rather poor and not very helpful.
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Uninterrupted workflow for common tasks
Simple tasks, such as commits, can quickly be made without leaving the editor.
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Seamlessly "Dive into Diffs" to trace the origin & intent of code
git blame only shows the last change (e.g. a variable rename), but how do you find the origin of the code? :GBlame to open blame window o on the relevant line to "git show" the commit select a diff line from a previous version of the file, and hit o to open it repeat 1 - 3, jumping back through history to find the origin of the line
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Unclutter
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Convenient and fast access to files and notes
Unclutter lives in the navbar at the top of your screen, and is always accessible. Any files and notes stored in Unclutter can be quickly accessed from anywhere, with just a mouse movement and scrolling down.
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Can't keep visor open when typing in other applications
The unclutter visor will not stay open when working/typing in other apps. Sometimes it is desirable to use the visor to re-type things, it's not possible outside of copying and pasting, or opening and re-closing the visor.
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Keep desktop clean(er)
Instead of keeping commonly used files on the desktop, you can tuck them away to the top of the screen. This can unclutter your screen, or create more room for more icons if you like quick access to everything.
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$10 seems a bit much for what it does
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Platforms:
MacOS
Dark Theme:
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Sync:
Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, etc.
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tig
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Allows you to stay in the terminal
If you prefer to do most of your development inside the terminal, changing windows to move to a GUI git client can be annoying. Since tig runs inside the terminal, that's avoided.
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Steeper barrier to entry as compared to a GUI solution
Since you have to get used to working in the terminal (if you are not already used to doing that) and learn the commands, it has a steeper learning curve than GUI clients which are usually more intuitive and easier to grasp.
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Fast
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Vim-like bindings
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Available in Homebrew
Can easily be installed with homebrew simply by running brew install tig
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Works on any platform
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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GitX-dev
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Visual commit mode
Allows for interactive staging of files or hunks and deleting of unstaged or non-git tracked files. Hunk size slider allows staging/unstaging individual lines, letting you stage pieces of a file easily.
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Clumsy staging workflow
The staging workflow in GitX-dev is kind of clumsy and unintuitive in the opinion of some. (others love it)
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Fast GUI
Responsive even with thousands of files or large binary like files
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Understandable trees (branches etc.)
The visualisation of the development trees makes git a lot more useful. The command line is good for a lot, but trees are for GUI clients like GitX.
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Platforms:
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Little Snitch
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Protected even at login screen
Little Snitch rules work even at login screen. Even when receiving attempted connection alerts, once logged in LS has stopped and requested permission for them.
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Comparatively easy to use
Easier to use than traditional firewall software, but more powerful due to design and workflow.
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Protects your privacy
Protects your privacy and helps to prevent unwanted connections.
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F.lux
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Can help sleep better
Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
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Takes a while to get used to
After installing F.lux, the screen will look a lot more yellow. This takes about a week to fully get used to. You can ease into it by setting the color temps higher than the recommended defaults.
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Eases eye strain
Decreases color temperature at night, changing the normally fluorescent blue of an LCD monitor to a soft orange. Much easier on the eyes, especially in a low-light environment.
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Subtle transition
The transition from daytime to nighttime color modes takes an hour by default and will detect your current timezone, meaning that it will happen in the background at sunset, often without you noticing.
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Sublime Merge
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Fast
This is one the fastest client we've found for switching around them.
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Slim feature set
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Actual git commands are visible/editable
Most actions have an option where it will show the actual Git command it's going to run, and you can modify it in place. Very handy if you need to use some obscure option, and also good training for learning command-line operations.
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Dark theme behind paywall
The evaluation version is fully functional, but is restricted to the light theme only.
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Easy for beginners
This helps to see more complexity and it's very easy to get started with.
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Nimble Commander Pro
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No Vertical Scrollbar for Panels
When viewing a folder with a lot of items, instead of adding a vertical scrollbar with one list, it uses a mulit-column (within the panel) list and a horizontal scroll bar. This makes it much harder to work through a single list, as clicking on any of the multiple columns cause a focus shift on the scroll bar.
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Queued Operations
Long running file moves and copies go into a queue and there is zero impact on the UI, it remain responsive and very snappy.
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Doesn't Shift Focus like Finder
When you click/context click on a file/folder your display doesn't shift removing the other thing you want to see from view.
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Batch Rename UI
Allows numeric re-sequencing, and pattern matching/replace, with a preview so you can see what the new names would be.
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Free version available
Don't know what is missing from the Pro version.
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Balance between Power and UI similar to Finder
For those unfamiliar with Command One workflows, Nimble Commander Pro is similar enough to finder. For those familiar with Commander One workflows -- Nimble Commander pro provides similar (maybe identical) keyboard shortcuts.
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Blazing speed
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krusader
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Versatile
Has everything you might wish for and more.
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Root mode
Dangerous but sometimes useful.
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Multiple tabs
Tabs with other listings, and options to move the tab to the other side.
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Advanced renamer
Via package krename.
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Directory compare
Compare 2 directories on content or file/date and sync them.
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Archive support
Browse archives as folders.
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BBEdit
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Stable development, been around for decades
BBEdit is commercial software, the paid counterpart to their free application Textwrangler. Though BBEdit comes off as pricey, this allows for stable and consistent updates from the developers. BBEdit has been around since 1992.
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Featureless
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Can open very large files
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Expensive
It's US$49.99 a single user license.
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Just about every feature is already built in
No searching for plug-ins that may or may not work.
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Great customer support
The developer is very responsive to bug reports and feature suggestions.
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Native application
Follows platform standards.
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Built-in FTP/SFTP browser
BBEdit can open files directly from, and save them to, any available FTP server. It can also open and save files directly via SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
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Great JAMStack environment
You can build the static site of your dreams without needing any external assistants. Although it does not process LESS, SASS, or SCSS files, BBEdit's includes are very powerful.
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Platforms:
Mac
License:
Proprietary
Collaborative editing:
No
Supported remote file editing protocols:
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