superfile
A modern, visual file manager for the terminal
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Superfile is a modern terminal file manager with a polished multi-panel interface, strong previews, and deep customization. It lets you browse, preview, and move files across panes the way a desktop file manager would, while staying fully keyboard-driven and fast.
PH · launched Jul 27, 2026 · 188 upvotes (top 73%) · 1 view
Niche: file management tools · 97 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▲ +20% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
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More like this: all 97 launches in file management tools →
Could you build this?
Yes Terminal file managers with visual multi-panel layouts can be built using existing TUI frameworks (such as Bubble Tea in Go or Ratatui in Rust) with standard filesystem APIs.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 256 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #243 of 257 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 257 days after the earliest competitor.
- Dorian · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- NexFileo · ph · 2026-09-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- tfm · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Raff · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- TwinPanel · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- FilesPro · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Master Commander · ph · 2026-11-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Two-panel file manager where everything else is a plugin · hn · 2026-09-29 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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