sfm - simple file manager

Simple two-panel file manager written in Rust inspired by vim and Total Commander

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Warning: Current status is "work in progress" if you run in some problem please create issue and I will check problem

Features:

In order to get icons please install nerd font in your system (on screen Jetbrains Mono Nerd Font Mono)

1. Current features
   • File management
     • Add file or directory
     • Remove file or directory
     • Move file or dir between panels
     • Open file in vi or others editor
     • Rename file or dir
     • Copy file or dir
     • Create symlink
   • Tab management
     • Open as tab (tabs are indicated on top of panel)
     • Navigate between tabs
     • Close tabs
   • Easy toml config file
   • Panel filtering
   • Select multiple items
   • Auto-reload on dir content change

Keyboard config

• h - focus left panel
• l - focus right panel
• j - next item
• k - prev item
• ctrl + r - open rename modal
• ctrl + l - move selected item from left to right panel
• ctrl + h - move selected item from right to left panel
• ctrl + c - open create modal on focused panel
• ctrl + q - quit program
• ctrl + o - open dir in tab
• ctrl + x - copy selected item from left panel to right panel
• ctrl + z - copy selected item from right panel to left panel
• ctrl + s - search in focused panel
• ctrl + j - select next item
• ctrl + k - select prev item
• o - open dir or file(default: vi)
• n - next tab
• p - prev tab
• backspace - navigate to dir parent
• esc - close modal
• enter - select modal option

Configuration File

Configuration file should be named sfm.toml and should be placed in ~/ or ~/.config directories.

• [core] section

  • tick_rate - update loop interval (default 240)
  • use_icons - turn on/off icons. Icons require NerdFonts to be installed (default false)

• [color_scheme] section

  • Color names:
    • foreground
    • background
    • normal_black
    • normal_red
    • normal_green
    • normal_yellow
    • normal_blue
    • normal_magneta
    • normal_cyan
    • normal_white
    • light_black
    • light_red
    • light_green
    • light_yellow
    • light_blue
    • light_magneta
    • light_cyan
    • light_white
  • Color format:
    • Names:
      • Reset
      • Black
      • Red
      • Green
      • Yellow
      • Blue
      • Magneta
      • Cyan
      • Gray
      • DarkGrey
      • LightRed
      • LightGreen
      • LightYellow
      • LightBlue
      • LightCyan
      • White
    • RGB:
      • eg. foreground = { red = 255, blue = 100, green = 35 }
    • Indexed
      • eg. background = 2

• [keyboard_cfg] section

  • Default config
    • quit = { key = "q", modifier = "C" }
    • focus_left_panel = { key = "h" }
    • focus_right_panel = { key = "l" }
    • move_down = { key = "j" }
    • move_up = { key = "k" }
    • next_tab = { key = "n" }
    • prev_tab = { key = "p" }
    • close = { key = "esc" }
    • open = { key = "o" }
    • open_as_tab = { key = "o", modifier = "C" }
    • navigate_up = { key = "backspace" }
    • delete = { key = "d", modifier = "C" }
    • move_left = { key = "h", modifier = "C" }
    • move_right = { key = "l", modifier = "C" }
    • rename = { key = "r", modifier = "C" }
    • create = { key = "c", modifier = "C" }
    • accept = { key = "enter" }
    • copy_to_right = { key = "x", modifier = "C" }
    • copy_to_left = { key = "z", modifier = "C" }

• [icons_dir] section

  • In order to see icons you need nerd font patch. See in sfm.toml in repo root.

• [icons_files] section

  • In order to see icons you need nerd font patch. See in sfm.toml in repo root.

• [file_associated_programs] section

  • Key value pair with file extension and programs in default config all files will be opened in vi
    • eg. rs = "nvim"

Installation

• Via Cargo

cargo install sfm