Rat Commander vs Zeta
Rat Commander
rat-commander.com
Zeta
tzero86.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Rat Commander | Zeta |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (#11) |
| Spec score · Terminal File Managers | 8.3 (#12) | 7.8 (#22) |
| Archive support | Yes | Yes |
| Dual-pane layout | Yes | Yes |
| Git Integration | Supports Git status, commits, pushes, pulls, diffs, branches, history, and blame | It displays branch and file status indicators and includes a built-in Git diff viewer. |
| License | The project is licensed under GNU General Public License version 2, GPL-2.0-only. | The project is released under the MIT License. |
| Linux support | Yes | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes | Yes |
| Preview pane | Yes | Yes |
| Remote file access | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The project links to GitHub Issues for reporting issues. | The maker invites users to report issues and provide feedback through GitHub. |
| Windows support | Yes | Yes |
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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.