# Vifm (open-source file sync and transfer app)

> Vifm is a free, open-source file sync and transfer app for macOS and Linux. Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt. It has 3,279 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 license.

Vifm is a curses based Vim-like file manager extended with some useful ideas from mutt. If you use Vim, Vifm gives you complete keyboard control over your files without having to learn a new set of commands. It goes not just about Vim-like keybindings, but also about modes, options, registers, commands and other things you might already like in Vim.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/vifm/vifm |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 3,279 |
| License | GPL-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C |
| Website | https://vifm.info |
| Official | no |
| Category | File sync & transfer |
| Latest release | v0.14.4 (May 31, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 1, 2026 |

## Install

### Homebrew (macOS)

```sh
brew install vifm
```

Package page: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vifm

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