Joshuto vs Rat Commander
Joshuto
github.com
Rat Commander
rat-commander.comSide by side
| Figure | Joshuto | Rat Commander |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal File Managers | 8.1 (#16) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Spec score · File managers | 7.9 (#19) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Documentation | Project documentation covers command-line arguments, configuration, image previews, miscellaneous usage, and contributing. | A full user manual is available from the repository and in the application through F1. |
| File operations | Joshuto supports bulk rename, trash, and asynchronous file I/O for cut, copy, and paste. | It supports file copy, move, delete, permissions, ownership, symlinks, and directory creation. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Installation | The README documents installation through Cargo, precompiled binaries, Fedora COPR, Arch AUR, Gentoo, NixOS, MacPorts, and Homebrew. | Nothing else is required to install |
| License | The repository identifies its license as LGPL-3.0. | The project is licensed under GNU General Public License version 2, GPL-2.0-only. |
| Linux support | Yes | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes | Yes |
| Preview pane | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The README directs users to create a GitHub issue for bugs or feature requests. | The project links to GitHub Issues for reporting issues. |
Plans
In their own words
Rat Commander
Rat Commander is a free, two-panel terminal file manager for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It brings file browsing and media viewing together with editing, archives, Git, remote filesystems, and system tools. Panels can show files as lists, trees, thumbnail grids, or interactive 3D views, and can be split vertically or horizontally. The built-in viewer and editor support syntax highlighting, search and replace, Markdown, tables, images, and in-place hex editing. Git tools cover tasks including staging, commits, branches, diffs, and history. Remote connections over SFTP, SCP, FTP, and FTPS let users work with remote filesystems in a local-disk-like way. ZIP, TAR variants, 7z, and other archives can be browsed and edited; RAR is read-only. QR codes support sending and receiving files over a local network. Linux disk tools can mount, format, flash, and image disks and USB devices. On Windows, Drive Manager and Network Connections are unavailable. Rat Commander is written in Rust with Ratatui and is licensed under GNU GPL-2.0-only.