install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install joshuto

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install joshuto

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/joshuto/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#joshuto

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jo/joshuto/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

Project links

Commands and aliases

joshuto

history

Project history and usage

Joshuto is a ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust. It carries the familiar keyboard-driven, multi-column file-manager style into the Rust terminal-tool ecosystem, with features such as tabs, file previews, async file operations, custom keymaps, themes, and integration with tools like fzf and zoxide.

Project history

The kamiyaa/joshuto repository was created in July 2018. Its README describes Joshuto directly as a ranger-like terminal file manager and documents Cargo, source, precompiled-binary, package-manager, and Nix-based installation paths.

Release metadata shows an early 0.2.0 release in July 2018, followed by a long prerelease series through the 0.9.x line. The project later added crates.io distribution, with the 0.9.2 release notes calling out that publication.

Adoption history

Joshuto's packaging footprint grew from Rust/Cargo distribution into Unix package-manager entries. The README lists Homebrew for macOS/Linux, MacPorts, Arch/AUR and archlinuxcn, Fedora COPR, Gentoo overlays, and Nix usage examples, while the input metadata records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix package names.

How it is used

Joshuto is used as an interactive terminal file manager for browsing, opening, renaming, deleting, copying, moving, symlinking, previewing, and bulk-renaming files. Its value is strongest for users who already live in shells and modal editors and want a ranger-style file browser without leaving the terminal.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Joshuto is part of the wave of Rust rewrites and reimaginings of classic terminal utilities. It is not just a Rust port of an idea; its async file operations, TOML configuration, and package-manager spread make it a useful marker of how terminal file managers evolved after ranger, lf, and vifm.

Timeline

2018-07: The kamiyaa/joshuto repository was created on GitHub.
2018-07: Release 0.2.0 was published.
2020-11: Release 0.9.2 noted crates.io publication.
2025-05: Release v0.9.9 was published.

Related projects

Joshuto is explicitly related to ranger, and it sits near other terminal file managers such as lf, vifm, Midnight Commander, and Yazi. Its optional integrations with fzf, zoxide, clipboard helpers, image preview tooling, and devicons tie it into the broader modern terminal workflow stack.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $JOSHUTO_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto.toml$JOSHUTO_CONFIG_HOME/keymap.toml$JOSHUTO_CONFIG_HOME/mimetype.toml$JOSHUTO_CONFIG_HOME/theme.toml$JOSHUTO_CONFIG_HOME/icons.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto/joshuto.toml~/.config/joshuto/joshuto.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto/keymap.toml~/.config/joshuto/keymap.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto/mimetype.toml~/.config/joshuto/mimetype.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto/theme.toml~/.config/joshuto/theme.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/joshuto/icons.toml~/.config/joshuto/icons.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`joshuto`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.9.9

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.9.9

https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:joshuto
Version	0.9.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/joshuto
Homepage	https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto
Repository	https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto
Upstream docs	https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto#readme
License	LGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.9.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	joshuto
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

joshuto

nix profile install nixpkgs#joshuto

normalized package name match
Matched by: Joshuto

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/joshuto/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

joshuto

sudo port install joshuto

normalized package name match
Matched by: Joshuto

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/joshuto/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/joshuto.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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