# 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. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#joshuto. ## 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 - **Version:** 0.9.9 - **Source summary:** Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - joshuto (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.9.9 ## 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 ## 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 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/joshuto.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/joshuto.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph