norte / Terminal file manager

A two-pane file manager for your terminal.

Name: norte
Author: norte

Two panes, the keys you already know, copies that run while you keep working, and a journal of everything that changed: yours, a script's or an agent's.

v0.3.0-alpha.16

Terminal · ntc

The two-pane file manager for any terminal. No desktop or background service required.

$curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/compilando/norte/releases/download/v0.3.0-alpha.16/norte-tui-installer.sh | sh

Linux x86_64, 15 MB, no root, installs into ~/.cargo/bin

Window · norte-gui

The native desktop app. Each package also includes ntc and norte.

.deb54 MB↓.rpm54 MB↓.AppImage126 MB↓

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Two panes, and your keys come with you

ntc runs in any terminal with its core embedded: nothing to start first. Pick the keymap you already know — orthodox, vim, cua, krusader, far, norton or total-commander — and every command is in the palette, the F9 menus and the help, with the key your preset gives it.

Every change in one journal

Each operation lands in a journal you can browse in the timeline, with its author: you, the window, a script or an agent.

Copies are tasks; you keep working

A copy runs in the background, can be paused and carries on where it stopped. Deletes go to the trash. Ctrl-C never leaves half a file behind.

FAQ

›Is norte free?

Yes. It is open source: the core and frontends are AGPL-3.0, and the protocol and providers are MIT or Apache-2.0. There is no account and no telemetry.

›Which systems does it run on?

The alpha ships Linux x86_64 binaries and a first Windows x86_64 preview (installer or ZIP, unsigned). On macOS it builds from source with Rust 1.95 or newer.

›Can I see what an AI agent did?

Yes. Agent operations are journaled under the agent's session, next to yours, and the timeline shows them in order.

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Ready to point north?

Install the Linux alpha today, or build norte anywhere Rust runs. No account and no telemetry.

Terminal · Linux x86_64v0.3.0-alpha.16

ntc — the file manager

$curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/compilando/norte/releases/download/v0.3.0-alpha.16/norte-tui-installer.sh | sh

norte — daemon, CLI, MCP

$curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/compilando/norte/releases/download/v0.3.0-alpha.16/norte-cli-installer.sh | sh

All downloads Build from source

The window · one bundle, three binaries

.debDebian · Ubuntudpkg -i54 MB↓.rpmFedora · openSUSEdnf install54 MB↓.AppImageAnything elsechmod +x126 MB↓

Windows · first preview, unsigned

setup.exeWindows 10 · 11 x64installs per user, no admin38 MB↓.zipPortableunzip, run norte-gui.exe56 MB↓

Each package carries norte and ntc with it, so a clean install always has a daemon to talk to.

Linux x86_64, and a first Windows x86_64 preview. macOS builds from source; binaries come the day releases are built in CI.