sfm - simple file manager

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

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
2. 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
3. Tab management
   • Open as tab (tabs are indicated on top of panel)
   • Navigate between tabs
   • Close tabs
4. Easy toml config file
5. Panel filtering
6. Select multiple items
7. 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