Rat Commander vs Yazi
Rat Commander
rat-commander.com
Yazi
yazi-rs.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Rat Commander | Yazi |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · File managers | 8.8 (#2) | 8.4 (#10) |
| Spec score · Terminal File Managers | 8.3 (#12) | 7.7 (#23) |
| Archive support | Yes | Yes |
| File operations | It supports file copy, move, delete, permissions, ownership, symlinks, and directory creation. | Users can select multiple files and perform operations such as copy and cut, with tasks scheduled by the task system. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | The maker lists Linux, macOS, and Windows; its README notes that Windows lacks Drive Manager and Network Connections. | linux,windows,macos |
| Product | Rat Commander is a self-contained, two-panel terminal file manager written in Rust with Ratatui. | Yazi is a blazing-fast terminal file manager written in Rust and based on asynchronous I/O. |
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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.