# vifm mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für vifm in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:vifm ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vifm ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vifm ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vifm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add vifm ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vifm ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: vifm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install vifm ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vifm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vifm ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vifm ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: vifm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vifm ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vifm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/vifm ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vifm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:vifm - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 0.14.4 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Ncurses-based file manager with vi-like keybindings - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:06:34-07:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - vifm (cli) - vifm-convert-dircolors (cli) - vifm-pause (cli) - vifm-screen-split (cli) - vifm (Alias) - vifm-convert-dircolors (Alias) - vifm-pause (Alias) - vifm-screen-split (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - ncurses ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-25 - Manager-Version: 0.14.4 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-22 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/vifm/vifm - Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung vifm is a curses file manager that brings a Vim-like model to filesystem navigation and file operations. It is designed for users who want vi-style modes, mappings, command-line behavior, marks, registers, filters, and two-pane workflows outside the editor. ### Projektgeschichte The SourceForge project was registered on March 6, 2002, placing vifm among the long-running terminal file managers of the early 2000s. Its original positioning has remained stable: a curses/ncurses file manager for vi users, with keyboard-driven control over files and directories rather than a graphical shell. Over time, vifm grew beyond a simple two-pane navigator. The official site describes a Vim-like environment extended with ideas from mutt, and lists features such as user mappings, command-line ranges and abbreviations, marks and registers, directory tree comparison, undo/redo/backgrounded operations, FUSE support, sessions, color schemes, preview mode, filters, one- or two-pane tabs, tmux and GNU Screen integration, trash, and cross-platform support. The release history shows steady incremental growth. The 0.7.6 release in 2013 emphasized environment integration, local filtering, external command-line editing, tmux support, and Windows packaging. The 0.8 release in 2015 added XDG support, custom views, a job bar, command-line abbreviations, live search highlighting, and file-picker options. Later releases added Lua integration, richer selection handling, and continued UI and documentation maintenance. ### Adoptionsgeschichte vifm's adoption is mostly visible through long-lived packaging and user communities rather than a single corporate sponsor. It appears across common Unix-like package sets and keeps official channels for GitHub issues, SourceForge tracking, email, a Q&A site, a wiki, and a mailing list. The homepage also links related ecosystem projects such as color schemes, the Vim plugin, devicons, and image-preview helpers, which is a typical sign of a small but durable terminal-tool community. ### Wie es verwendet wird vifm is typically used as a daily terminal file manager by Vim users: browse directories in one or two panes, select files with visual-mode-like operations, define file associations and custom commands, preview content, run shell commands, compare directory trees, batch rename or filter files, and jump between remembered locations with marks or bookmarks. Its Vim plugin also lets it act as a file picker or netrw replacement inside editor workflows. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren vifm matters in package catalogs because it sits in the same mental family as ranger, Midnight Commander, and editor-integrated file pickers, but with a stricter Vim-inspired command language. It is old enough to have SourceForge-era roots and modern enough to have GitHub releases, AppImage/Windows artifacts, XDG configuration, Lua-facing extension points, and an active 0.14.x line in 2026. ### Zeitleiste - 2002-03-06: The vifm SourceForge project is registered. - 2013-10-31: v0.7.6 is released with environment integration, local filtering, tmux support, and expanded Windows packaging. - 2015-07-09: v0.8 is released with custom views, XDG support, live search highlighting, job bar, and file-picker options. - 2022-09-04: v0.12.1-beta release notes describe Lua editor integration and experimental Lua API additions. - 2026-05-31: v0.14.4 is released as a bugfix and documentation update in the v0.14.x series. ### Related projects - vifm belongs to the broader family of terminal file managers and vi-like tools. The official site explicitly connects its interface ideas to Vim and mutt, while SourceForge lists ranger as a comparable console file manager with vi key bindings. ### Quellen - - - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für vifm wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/vifm/vifmrc ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vifm - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - vifm - 0.14-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vifm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Flexible vi-like file manager using ncurses | https://vifm.info/ - Nix - vifm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - vifm - 0.12-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vifm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | flexible vi-like file manager using ncurses | https://vifm.info/ - apk - vifm - 0.14.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | ncurses vi-like file manager | https://vifm.info/ - apk - vifm-bash-completion - 0.14.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for vifm | https://vifm.info/ - apk - vifm-doc - 0.14.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | ncurses vi-like file manager (documentation) | https://vifm.info/ - apk - vifm-fish-completion - 0.14.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for vifm | https://vifm.info/ - apk - vifm-zsh-completion - 0.14.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vifm-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for vifm | https://vifm.info/ - dnf - vifm - 0.14.3-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vifm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Vifm is a file manager with curses interface | https://vifm.info - pacman - vifm - 0.14.3-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vifm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment | https://vifm.info/ - zypper - vifm - 0.14.4-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vifm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings | http://vifm.info - MacPorts - vifm: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vifm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/vifm: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vifm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [ncurses](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ncurses/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/abook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ncurses, productivity, terminal. - [ctpv](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ctpv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [elio](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/elio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [far2l-tty](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/far2l-tty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [fdclone](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fdclone/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [lf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/lf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [mdp](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mdp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ncurses, productivity, terminal. - [midnight-commander](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/midnight-commander/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-manager, productivity, terminal. - [nnn](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nnn/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-manager, manager, ncurses. - [yazi](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/yazi/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: based, cli, file, file-manager, manager. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vifm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vifm.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph