▸ What users are saying...
“To all who have contributed to this great program, I want to thank you from
the bottom of my heart. This may be the best program that has ever been
installed on my computer. Vifm makes my time on the computer so much more
efficient and enjoyable that I cannot begin to tell you how much I
appreciate your efforts. Thank you so much for creating and continuing to
work on this great product.”
— John Shea
“Thank you for this great Vifm tool whose slogan could be:
"If you don't know how to do it, don't look at the docs, just think how
you would do it in vi."”
— Carlos Pita
“Thanks so much for maintaining Vifm. I use it every hour I'm awake.”
— Roger Bongers
“There aren't many programs which stay useful and ergonomic for so many
releases. I use vifm a lot. And it is the main tool for me while navigating
fs. It's so configurable that it feels like a glove on a hand or even like
skin. Keep it going!”
— Aetet
▸ Features...
- Vim-like user mappings
- Vim-like command-line mode with ranges and abbreviations
- Vim-like marks and registers
- directory tree comparison
- operation undoing/redoing/backgrounding
- FUSE file systems support
- sessions
- color schemes, which can also be applied to specific sub-trees
- file decorations customizable according to their type and/or name
- named bookmarks (tags)
- less-like preview mode with customizable viewers
- advanced file filtering and renaming capabilities
- one or two pane view within tabs
- shell-like and external command-line editing
- table/grid/tree/miller views of files
- built-in integration with GNU Screen and tmux
- multi-block selection
- remembering position in previously visited directories
- remote command execution
- ability to script configuration for specific directories
- trash
- cross-platform (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Windows, Mac OS) and UTF-8 aware
▸ Reporting bugs/requesting features/asking questions...
If it's a general usage question please use
dedicated Q&A site. This way answers will
be publicly searchable and might be useful for wider range of users.
Otherwise pick the most convenient method of communication for you (e.g. where
you already have an account if it's required):
▸ Donations...
See this instead.
Sending money internationally is hard and after facing some
issues donations were no longer accepted. That, however, didn't
stop users from willing to donate! After looking into different
options cryptocurrencies seem to be the only actually working
solution so far. If you know how to use them or willing to
figure it out, here's a BTC address to use:
bc1qe3a9wlkvnlupu7chwgft8e2e75xwd7ny2pygzt. The
same address:
▾ Latest news
Please Support UkraineMarch 1, 2022
Normally, I really hate when unrelated things get mixed up, like when something
political is mentioned on a site dedicated to a software project... However,
this is not a normal situation, it's wartime here and I think it allows for an
exception.
Users of Vifm asked about donations on multiple occasions and they were even
available for some time, but it was always a problem to receive
money internationally in Ukraine. As you should know by now, Russia
launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
While it's still as hard to donate to me, it should be easy to donate to Ukraine
using a multitude of charities that
are meant to support it in these trying times. I won't list any of them as they
differ from country to country and if you managed to find out how to use Vifm,
you'll manage to find a charity on your own :) If you like this project, please
consider supporting Ukraine.
Update: please avoid donating to Red Cross, it's not clear if they are
helping or harming Ukraine.
Kiev, Ukraine
