Nimble Commander
A keyboard-driven dual-pane file manager that brings classic orthodox file manager workflows to the Mac.GetGPL-3.0
Modal File Manager
A keyboard-driven file manager that uses Vim-style modal commands.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- raguay
- Verified
- 2026
About Modal File Manager
Modal File Manager navigates and manages files through modes and hotkeys in the spirit of Vim, with customisable key bindings, themes and extensions. It is built with Svelte and Wails, and its configuration can be extended with scripts.
The author warns that file operations can permanently delete data, and drag and drop to other apps is limited. The latest macOS build is a universal zip on GitHub releases.
Information
- Source code
- raguay/ModalFileManager
- License
- MIT
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Productivity
- Topics
- File managers
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/raguay/ModalFileManager
- github.com/raguay/ModalFileManager/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/raguay/ModalFileManager/releases
- icon.png: Richard Guay. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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