RaymothFM

Next-Gen linux file manager Speed focused ⚡

Features

• Blazingly Fast / optimized
• Hotkeys cover all functionality
• Built-in archiver
• Built-in image viewer
• Built-in image converter
• Built-in files checksum (md5 crc32 sha-1-256-512)
• Lighting fast/small Libvips ⚡ thumbnail rendering and image viewer (avif jxl webp png bmp jpg etc)
• Libarchive cover various archive formats / standlone /w system clis
• 7z/zstd/gz/xz/&more
• Linux Kernel VFS 🐧
• Libmagic it reads file headers to identify file types
• Multi-tabs
• Wildcard search
• Disk usage meter
• Raylib UI ✨
• Tab auto completion
• 1 Bit icons pack
• Themes
• Configurable
• hotkeys/look similar to windows file explorer
• No bloatware to slow start up open in no time.
• XDG integration
• Progressive rendering
• MIME EDITOR

Dependency

• Libmagic
• Libvips
• Libarchive
• Raylib
• 7z
• Zstd
• C++ 20
• OpenSSL

build

make -j$(nproc)

./raymothfm --help
./raymothfm
./raymothfm --mkcfg
cat ~/.config/raymothfm/config

Screenshots

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Hotkeys

key	action
F1	Open keyboard shortcuts dialog
F3	Open theme / appearance dialog
F4	Open About dialog
F5	Refresh current directory
F6	Open cat / text or image viewer for the selected item
F7	New directory
F8	Copy current opened directory path to clipboard
F9	Open terminal in the current directory
Ctrl+Q	Quit RaymothFM
Ctrl+F	Focus search box
Ctrl+L	Focus address/path bar and select its text
/	Focus the existing path bar and place the caret at the end
Ctrl+/	Clear the path bar and focus it
`	Open “Run command here” dialog
Ctrl+T	Open a new tab
Ctrl+W	Close the active tab
Ctrl+Tab	Next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Previous tab
Ctrl+1 ... Ctrl+9	Activate tab 1 ... 9
Ctrl+H	Show / hide hidden files
Ctrl+R	Refresh current directory
Ctrl+A	Select all files in the main view; select all text when a textbox is focused
Ctrl+C	Copy selection / copy selected text in a textbox
Ctrl+X	Cut selection / cut selected text in a textbox
Ctrl+V	Paste files / paste clipboard text in a textbox
Ctrl+Backspace	Erase textbox text back to the previous / in path/command fields
Alt+Left	Back in directory history
Alt+Right	Forward in directory history
Alt+Up	Go to parent directory
Ctrl+Home	Go to the HOME directory
Backspace	Go to parent directory when the main view is focused
Delete	Move selected items to XDG Trash
Shift+Delete	Open permanent-delete confirmation dialog
Enter	Open selected item / confirm the active dialog action
Esc	Close the active menu/dialog or unfocus the active textbox
PageUp	Move selection upward by a page
PageDown	Move selection downward by a page
Home	Jump to the first item / move textbox cursor to the start
End	Jump to the last item / move textbox cursor to the end
↑ ↓	Move selection up/down; in icon views, move by a whole grid row
← →	Move selection left/right; hold for fast repeat; in textboxes, hold to move the cursor continuously
1	Details view
2	List view
3	Medium Icons view
4	Large Icons view
A ... Z	When the main view is focused, immediately focus Search and start the query with that letter
Tab	Autocomplete in the path bar / command dialog; advance dialog fields where supported
Shift+Tab	Move backward through supported dialog fields
+ / =	Zoom in in the image viewer
-	Zoom out in the image viewer
F	Toggle image-viewer fit mode
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel	Cycle view mode from Details → List → Medium Icons → Large Icons
Mouse Wheel	Scroll the current view
LMB + drag	Draw a selection rectangle in the file view and select intersecting items on release
Ctrl + LMB + drag	Add rectangle-selected items to the existing selection
LMB on archive-dialog parameters	Cycle that parameter forward
RMB on archive-dialog parameters	Cycle that parameter backward
LMB on converter parameters	Cycle that parameter forward
RMB on converter parameters	Cycle that parameter backward
Menu / Application key	Open / close the context menu
Middle mouse button on a tab	Close that tab