Vifm

“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

• 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
• 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
• 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

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• GitHub issues
• SourceForge tracker
• E-mails

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Miller mode with three columns

Miller mode with two columns and parent change keys

Transposed ls-like view

Querying state of a remote instance

Automatic size recalculation

File operations:

• Added retry/ignore/abort prompt for file copying and directory/file/symlink creation when 'syscalls' is on (thanks to einhander).
• Better detection of write errors on file copying. The error was reported, but it wasn't treated as a hard error in a specific case related to caching.

Command-line mode:

• Added :histnext/:histprev commands, which are analogous to Ctrl-I/Ctrl-O (patch by Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).
• Added ability to remove filename-specific highlighting rules with :highlight clear {pattern} (thanks to aleksejrs).
• Changed :filter command to accept pattern (//, ////, {} or {{}}) (thanks to rbong).
• Made :siblnext and :siblprev commands respect dot and name filters.
• Made :siblnext and :siblprev accept [count] range (thanks to filterfalse).
• Made :tree pick up list of files from custom view (thanks to filterfalse).
• Made :highlight update file-specific group on exact match of the pattern instead of appending new rule (thanks to aleksejrs).
• Remove empty directories which are specified in 'trashdir' with %r and/or %u automatically on :empty (thanks to Marcin Kurczewski, a.k.a. rr-).

:set command and options:

• Added "inode" sorting key, which sorts entries by inode number (thanks to eco0414).
• Added 'millerview' option that enables cascading columns interface for the view (thanks to sudo-nice).
• Added 'milleroptions' option that configures miller view.
• Added 'lsoptions' option that allows to get transposed grid in ls-like view (thanks to Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).
• Added 'previewprg' option, which can be used to override :fileviewer commands either temporarily or permanently (thanks to svenn71).
• Added {root} key to 'viewcolumns' option (complements {ext}) (thanks to Oleg Gordienko, a.k.a. gordio).
• Added "u" flag to the 'tuioptions' option. It enables use of Unicode characters in the TUI (Unicode ellipsis instead of "...") (thanks to Oleg Gordienko, a.k.a. gordio).
• Added "foldsubkeys" value to the 'suggestoptions' option. It folds multiple suggestions with common prefix into one entry (thanks to AndreaHasani).

Normal and visual modes:

• Added [r/]r/[R/]R normal mode shortcuts that map to :siblprev and :siblnext with and without wrapping correspondingly (thanks to filterfalse).
• Do not go to start of line on Ctrl-U/Ctrl-D/Ctrl-F/Ctrl-B/G in ls-like view.
• H/M/L keys in ls-like view now account for columns.
• Instead of invalidating directory size previously calculated via ga/gA on detecting changes in the directory recalculate its size and propagate update through its parents (thanks to filterfalse).

Macros:

• Added %x macro to 'rulerformat' (and thus to 'statusline') as a new name for %-, which conflicts with alignment specification and requires explicit width specifier (%0-) (thanks to Marcos Cruz).

Scripting:

• Added term() builtin function, which differs from system() only by its ability to run interactive applications without confusing vifm's interactions with the terminal (thanks to Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).
• Added v:count and v:count1 builtin variables. They are assigned to count passed to : command.
• Don't trigger DirEnter event with previous directory on startup when list of files is specified on stdin (thanks to filterfalse).

Invocation:

• Added --remote-expr command-line option, which gives ability to query state of an instance (thanks to Marcin Kurczewski, a.k.a. rr-).

Completion:

• Added completion of filename-specific highlight groups for :highlight command.

Color schemes:

• Added AuxWin highlight group for highlighting auxiliary parts of windows.

TUI (Text User Interface):

• Extend width of the cursor in ls-like view to the width of the cell (thanks to Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).
• Indicate preview created with %q with "Command: cmd".
• Duplicate status bar error in dialog that reports sourcing error.

Performance:

• Improved performance of mime-type detection when using libmagic (now might be about seven times faster by avoiding reinitialization of the library).
• Don't force file list reload after :! and rely on change detection. This should result in somewhat better performance (thanks to opennota).

Documentation:

• Documented more details about 'vicmd' and 'vixcmd' options (thanks to Sebastian Cyprych).

Vim-plugin:

• Disabled spell checking of vifm files in Vim except for comments.

Only on Windows:

• Fixed running commands with arguments on Windows when 'shell' isn't cmd.exe.

Important fixes:

• Fixed consuming 100% of CPU on certain pattern of running background processes (thanks to petRUShka).
• Fixed turning quickview into explore view when preview command doesn't contain macros. Was broken since 0.8.
• Fixed the plugin in neovim (patch by John Shea, a.k.a. coachshea).
• Fixed cloning of files like .name to produce .name(1) instead of (1).name (thanks to filterfalse).
• Fixed directory size in statusline (patch by Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).
• Fixed CWD of the process not matching current view after vifm picked up change in file system (patch by Daniel Mueller).
• Fixed :normal command resetting selection (thanks to filterfalse).
• Fixed stopping of put operation after copying symbolic link that's broken on destination (thanks to filterfalse).
• Fixed a "race" with file system when we could load outdated file list and thus miss some file system updates.
• Fixed reported free space on *nix (make it consistent with what 'df' reports) (patch by Dmitry Frank, a.k.a. dimonomid).

See change log for the full list.