Ranger vs Eagle.cool

Which makes for a good choice of file explorer for those that use machines without a GUI.

There is no need for icons of files if headings are used. Previews of text documents and a simple design creates and efficient workflow.

Ranger has Vim-like keybindings which help a lot in increasing efficiency and speed up the workflow.

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
...

Unlike other terminal file managers, Ranger can preview many files, including text files, archives, etc, but also pdf files, pictures and videos.

Makes it easy to jump to any specific folder locations you work with.

Ranger can use w3m to preview images in terminal through framebuffer.

This software is super fast and responsive in navigation.

Supports any number of viewports on folders side by side.

This may fall under "File preview", but it is a very powerful feature for PDF files in particular.

Eagle sorts files in essentially a custom folder hierarchy called an 'eaglepack'. Everything is stored locally, but you can sync to the cloud by uploading the eagle folder to the cloud.

You can import from files on your PC or from online galleries like Pinterest, etc. On import Eagle pulls metadata like the URL the image was saved from.

Thumbnails in the GUI reference the full size file in file explorer, so you can freely drag and drop into your app of choice, e.g Premiere Pro.

Handles 81 types of files in Windows and 90 in MacOS.

Has extensions in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge browser. Takes screenshots of pages and lets you categorize it straight away.

Eagle includes smart folders you can configure to hide/show content dependent on custom parameters like color, tags, category, folder, etc. Eagle pulls a sample of colors from every image you upload and you can easily filter and search by color.