Comparison with other filemanagers
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| Midnight Commander | vifm | |
|---|---|---|
| Viewing/display | ||
| Custom attributes shown next to filenames | yes | yes |
| Show/hide dot files | yes | yes |
| Filter | limited (only files), glob-based | yes, regexp-based |
| Tree view | yes | yes |
| Miller-view | no | yes |
| Sort keys | name, version, extension, size, mtime, ctime, atime, inode | name, extension, type, gid, group name, uid, uname, size, #items, perms, mtime, ctime, atime, inode |
| Quick view in second pane | yes (Quick view) | yes (:view) |
| Integrated charset translation | yes | no |
| Autorefresh | no | yes |
| Pane layout | ||
| Horizontal split | yes | yes |
| Vertical split | yes | yes |
| Single pane mode | yes | yes |
| Resizable panes | yes | yes |
| Navigation | ||
| Incremental search | globs | regexp |
| Marks (vim-like) | no | yes |
| Bookmarks | yes (directory hotlist) | yes (also possible to bookmark file) |
| Quick-search | yes (Ctrl-S) | yes (via find and grep) |
| Customizing | ||
| Custom commands | yes, via user menu (F2) | yes, user menu or in command mode |
| Colorschemes | yes | yes |
| Compare directories | yes (between panes) | yes (both single pane and double panes mode supported) |
| Custom shortcuts | yes | yes |
| Custom viewer program | yes (based on extension, regexp, file magic) | yes (based on extension, regexp, mime type) |
| Custom opener | yes (based on extension, regexp, file magic), single | yes (based on extension, regexp, mime type), multiple |
| User commands menu structure | flat | flat |
| Extensibility | ||
| Browsing archives, remote fs | yes (via external scripts - mostly bash/perl) | yes (via fuse integration) |
| Integrated support for tmux and/or screen | no | yes |
| Misc | ||
| Trash (files moved instead of deleted) | using libtrash and LD_PRELOAD | integrated |
| Tabs support | partial (screen list) | yes |
| Undo/redo | no | yes (for non-background operations) |
| Integrated bulk rename | no | yes (via vim) |
| Background operations | yes | yes |
| Initial version | ??? (1994) | 0.2 (2003 May) |