Awesome list for ranger file manager
2 min readNov 6, 2022
ranger is an ncurses based terminal file manager.
Read on to know popular plugins and resources on ranger fm.
Plugins
Plugins listed on wiki
- feedranger, feed reader using ranger as a UI
- plugin_directory_diff
- ranger-annex, integrate git-annex calls into ranger
- ranger-archives, support for creating and extracting archives
- ranger-autojump, autojump integration for ranger
- ranger-cmus, integration with cmus audio player
- ranger-devicons2, icons and types (like
ls -F
) in file list - ranger-fzf-marks, bookmark with fuzzy finder fzf
- ranger-gitplug,
git
command integration - ranger-gpg, encrypt files and directories with
gpg
- ranger-lame, for mp3 conversion
- ranger-mocp, MoC audio player integration
- ranger-oscyank, extend internal
yank
command with ANSI OSC 52 sequence support - ranger-sox, SoX integration for managing, manipulating and converting audio files
- ranger-tmux, Tmux integration for ranger
- ranger-zjumper, z integration to jump around
- ranger-zoxide, zoxide integration for a smarter
cd
command - ranger_devicons, devicons plugin (file icon glyphs for ranger)
- ranger_keybord, support hotkeys for more keyboard layouts
- ranger-fzf-filter, filtering files with fzf
- ranger-quit_cd_wd, quit ranger and keep the working directory.
- ranger_udisk_menu draws menu to choose, mount and unmount drives using udisksctl and ncurses
- ranger-most-used-sort Ranger plugin that sorts elements by most used order
Themes
Other tools
Hacks
- exit to ranger’s last visited directory how to exit the ranger file explorer back to command prompt but keep the current directory
Read below for latest additions to awesome collection of ranger utilities