| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · File managers | 8.6 (#6) | 7.2 (#26) |
| Spec score · Terminal File Managers | 8.2 (#13) | 7.0 (#29) |
| Dual-pane layout | Yes | Yes |
| Extensibility | RTFM has a Ruby plugin system with a built-in manager that can enable or disable plugins live without restarting. | xplr supports pluggable Lua modules to extend its interface and functionality. |
| File operations | It supports bulk file operations, pattern-based bulk rename, optional trash with restore, and undo for common operations. | xplr describes itself as an explorer that delegates file management operations to external commands. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The project lists Git status, fzf fuzzy search, Navi command cheatsheets, and OpenAI among its integrations. | The integrations list includes editor integrations for Neovim and Vim, GitHub CLI repository browsing, and a Powerlevel10k shell prompt. |
| License | The repository identifies the license as Unlicense and describes the software as public domain. | The project repository identifies xplr as MIT licensed. |
| Linux support | Yes | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes | Yes |
| Preview pane | Yes | Yes |
| Product | RTFM is a feature-rich terminal file manager written in pure Ruby. | xplr is a terminal UI based file explorer intended to help improve terminal productivity. |
| Support | The maker invites bug reports and feature requests through the GitHub issues page and code contributions through pull requests. | The introduction invites users to report performance issues, and the integrations page invites users to share integrations they create. |