xplr ☆

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Description:
Hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @arijit_sayan | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: file-manager terminal tui rust productivity

Install: brew install xplr

About:
Xplr is a terminal file explorer written in Rust that prioritizes speed and keyboard-driven navigation. It features a highly reactive UI and a Lua-based configuration system, allowing users to customize keybindings, themes, and behaviors extensively. Its minimalist design focuses on efficiency, making it a powerful tool for developers and system administrators who prefer working within the command line.

Key Features:

Lua-based configuration for deep customization
High performance with instant startup times
Keyboard-driven, Vim-like navigation
Live filtering and sorting of files

Use Cases:

Rapidly navigating and managing large codebases or file systems
Automating file organization tasks via custom scripts
Customizing a personal file management workflow for server environments

Alternatives:

ranger – Xplr is often faster and uses a different configuration approach (Lua vs Python).
lf – Xplr offers a more reactive UI and different extensibility model.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 20, 2024 12:39am		0	VERSION_BUMP	ef41fc1a