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lf (as in "list files") is a terminal file manager written in Go. It is heavily inspired by ranger with some missing and extra features. Some of the missing features are deliberately omitted since they are better handled by external tools.
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Pros
Pro Uses a server/client architecture to share file selection between multiple instances
This lets you open lf in two different terminals or tabs and do things like copy something on one terminal to the other.
Pro ranger like ui
Pro Works on Windows
Pro Fast startup and low memory footprint due to native code and static binaries
Pro Single binary without any runtime dependencies except for terminfo database
Pro Configurable with shell commands
Cons
Con Lacks features
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