Command-line tool

midnight-commander

brew/midnight-commander

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Terminal-based visual file manager file-manager mc fm

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GNU.MidnightCommander -e
scoop install minio-client
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/mc

macOS

brew install midnight-commander

Linux

brew install midnight-commander

View documentation for MinIO client

tldr mc.cli

View documentation for Midnight Commander

tldr mc.fm

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