Zeta is a fast dual-pane terminal file manager written in Rust.

It combines local and remote file management with an embedded terminal, Git integration, archive browsing, file previews, and a built-in text editor. SSH and SFTP support lets you work with remote systems alongside local directories, while multiple independent workspaces make it easy to keep different tasks separated.

This is free and open source software.

• Dual-pane file browser with side-by-side and stacked layouts.
• Create, copy, move, rename and delete files and directories.
• Four independent workspaces with session restoration.
• Embedded terminal supporting Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell and other shells.
• SSH and SFTP support for browsing and managing remote filesystems.
• Password, key file and SSH Agent authentication.
• Git status indicators and integrated unified diff viewer.
• Browse ZIP and tar.gz archives without extracting them first.
• Built-in text editor with syntax highlighting, undo, redo and search.
• Live rendered preview when editing Markdown files.
• File preview with syntax highlighting and binary file detection.
• Background workers keep file operations, directory scans and previews responsive.
• Batch operations on multiple marked files.
• Fuzzy search, directory history and configurable sorting.
• Mouse support, command palette and configurable keyboard shortcuts.
• Multiple built-in themes with Unicode and ASCII display modes.

Website: github.com/tzero86/Zeta
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Developer: Elias
License: MIT License

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