# Install joshuto with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust. Version 0.9.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:joshuto ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install joshuto ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install joshuto ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/joshuto/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#joshuto ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/joshuto/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:joshuto - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.9 - **Source summary:** Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - joshuto (cli) - joshuto (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.9 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: $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 ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - joshuto: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/joshuto/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - joshuto: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/joshuto/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [yazi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yazi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity, rust. - [ctpv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctpv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [far2l-tty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/far2l-tty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [fdclone](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fdclone/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [filebrowser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filebrowser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [lf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [midnight-commander](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/midnight-commander/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. - [nnn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nnn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, file-manager, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/joshuto.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/joshuto.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - 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