Quickstart

Superfile Quickstart

Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager.

Installation

# Via Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install superfile

# Via Go
go install github.com/yorukot/superfile@latest

# Download binary from releases
# https://github.com/yorukot/superfile/releases

Basic Usage

# Open superfile in current directory
spf

# Open at specific path
spf /path/to/directory

# Get help
spf --help

Key Bindings

• q / Ctrl+C - Quit
• j/k or ↓/↑ - Navigate
• h/l or ←/→ - Parent/enter directory
• Enter - Open file/directory
• Space - Select item
• y - Copy
• p - Paste
• d - Delete
• r - Rename
• / - Search
• : - Command mode
• ? - Help

Features

• Beautiful modern UI with customizable themes
• File preview (text, images, PDFs)
• Multi-panel layout
• Fast file operations
• Syntax highlighting in previews
• Vim-like key bindings
• Plugin system
• Mouse support

Configuration

Config directory: ~/.config/superfile/

Main config file: config.toml

Themes directory: ~/.config/superfile/theme/

Example config changes

# ~/.config/superfile/config.toml
[theme]
theme = "catppuccin"

[panel]
show_hidden_files = true

Tips

• Use mouse for quick navigation alongside keyboard
• Customize themes to match your terminal
• Enable hidden files to see dotfiles
• Use multiple panels for efficient file operations