Midnight Captain – A midnight commander inspired file manager

duguyue100 25 points 10 comments April 11, 2026
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duguyue100

Midnight Commander has always been my favorite terminal file manager. It's feature-rich, fast, and actually tries to be a file manager compared to modern alternatives. However, there are quite some features that I never used, and I couldn't configure a Vim bindings that works well for me. With OpenCode, I can finally make my own terminal file manager. I borrowed the main design concepts from Midnight Commander and some behavior from NVim-Tree file explorer. I hope you would like it, at least I do. Since this project is entirely vibe-coded, so I'm not going to accept PR from the community, but feel free to open issues and fork it.

alonsovm

cool let me try it. and 'ill give you my feedback

daoistmonk

The AGENTS.md is hilarious! I like the caveman mode and classical mode seems.. interesting!

konmok

I don't think the level of reliability necessary for a file manager is achievable with vibe coding. This is an area where small bugs can cause immediate and catastrophic data loss. If you're shopping for a file manager, I recommend avoiding any project that incorporates a significant amount of LLM-generated code. Maybe in theory it could be reviewed as thoroughly as handwritten code; in practice that never happens.

muppetman

“With opencode I can” closes tab

manbash

If you're shopping for a file manager, I'd recommend "yazi", which was a new, yet practical experience for me.

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