| 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 | 7.6 (#22) | 8.5 (#7) |
| Spec score · Terminal File Managers | 7.5 (#26) | 7.8 (#21) |
| Dual-pane layout | No | Yes |
| File operations | It supports daily file and directory maintenance and operations on selected files across the directory tree. | Features include undoing, redoing, and backgrounding operations, as well as trash. |
| Purpose | UnixTree is a console-mode file manager for Unix and Linux modeled after DOS XTreeGold. | Vifm is a curses based file manager that provides a Vim like environment for managing filesystems. |
| Security | The opened project pages state no security certifications or compliance claims. | The v0.14.4 notes say the release fixed a buffer overflow in the trie implementation identified as CVE 2026 8997. |
| Support | The maker site provides an email contact for comments on UnixTree. | The site directs general usage questions to its Q&A site, where registration is not required, and lists GitHub issues, SourceForge tracker, and email for other contact. |