Far Manager VS Midnight Commander

Far Manager Reviews

1. gaurav dube    

   student at FCRIT | over 2 years ago

   i started using this when i was in school. this was cool file manager+text editor it was all nice apart from the fact that if you don't understand any language apart from english then It will be difficult for you to understand it's advanced features like plugin's and all. i mainly used this for writing code.

   🏁 Competitors: there is no one who can compete with this vintage beast.

   👍 Pros:    This is very light weight file manager+code editor so even if you have old pc you can run this with full speed.|If you do competitive programming then this is for you this editor is so accurate that even sublime text fails in front of this vintage beast.|As name suggests file manger you can manage your files better than any other code editor's like clion,sublime text,visual studio code etc...|If you understand all features of far manager you will litrally get addicted to it.

   👎 Cons:    As most of the instructions are in russian or ukranian you might find it difficulty in start.|As most of the istructions for advanced features are in russian or ukranian you might find difficulty to install some plugins.

Midnight Commander Reviews

Far Manager mentions (4)

• IT Pro Tuesday #250 - Optical How-To, Linux Website, File Manager & More

  Far Manager is a text mode tool that helps you manage files and archives in Windows, with color highlighting and sort groups. Provides a simple, intuitive interface for viewing files and directories; editing, copying and renaming files; color highlighting and sort groups and more. Multi-language, easily configurable and extensible via a library of plugins. Appreciated by Hel_OWeen. Source: 10 months ago

• Why is does it say 61gb???

  That's alss why I consider FAR Manager to be the only legit Windows file manager. Source: 11 months ago

• [List] Let's talk about the software you can't live without. Here is my list

  There's only one legit NC clone nowadays, that is Far Manager. Initially written by Eugene Roshal (of WinRAR fame), it meanwhile is OSS. Source: over 1 year ago

• Contrarian here: What legacy software will they have to pry from your cold, dead fingers before you give it up?

  You'll probably like FAR Manager then. Source: about 2 years ago

Midnight Commander mentions (26)

• Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager

  Was there something before https://midnight-commander.org/ or was that the OG? - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• How to move a directory to ../ if there is a directory with same name?

  Just use mc (midnight commander) it not only is a terminal based file manager but it will give you the command lines used to do so GNU MIDNIGHT COMMANDER. Source: 9 months ago

• What's that email client doing here?

  Given that you can run shells in Emacs since those are text too, Emacs ends up becoming almost like a Lisp-powered tmux or mc. Source: 10 months ago

• Best way to move all files from TrueNAS Scale to new Synology?

  Several ways copy over files, depending on your technical capability and requirements. Some prefer to drag & drop or copy file by file between shares, slower but works best when reorganizing folders. Windows for bulk copy between shares use Robocopy via command line or free file copy utility like FreeFileSync, Midnight Commander or Total Commander. Of course, for the more advanced admin, it's also possible to... Source: 11 months ago

• Which is Best TUI file manager

  You can also try Midnight Commander : https://midnight-commander.org/. Source: about 1 year ago