tfm
A modern GUI like terminal file manager
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tfm brings the comfort of a GUI file manager straight into your terminal. Handle your files the familiar way, click through folders, drag files where you want them, preview photos and videos, and undo mistakes etc, all without leaving the terminal. It makes managing files feel effortless. Fast, intuitive, and fully customizable,
PH · launched Oct 20, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views
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 A terminal file manager with mouse support, previews, and undo is a known category (ranger, yazi) that a solo developer can build with AI help, though polish takes time.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 156 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #104 of 157 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 328 days after the earliest competitor.
- Vim file browser that runs in separate terminal · hn · 2026-05-13 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Dimensions · hn · 2026-01-06 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- superfile · ph · 2026-07-27 · 188 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Dwm.tmux · hn · 2026-01-24 · 101 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Twin Deck · ph · 2026-10-27 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Branchway · ph · 2026-10-19 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- DockMate · hn · 2025-12-29 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Atlas File Manager · ph · 2026-11-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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