# Install superfile with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Modern and pretty fancy file manager for the terminal. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#superfile.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:superfile
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install superfile
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install superfile
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#superfile
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S superfile
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: superfile from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/superfile
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/superfile.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id yorukot.superfile -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: yorukot.superfile from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:superfile
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Source summary:** Modern and pretty fancy file manager for the terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://superfile.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/yorukot/superfile>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:48+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- spf (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6.0
## Project history and usage

superfile is a Go-based terminal file manager with a TUI interface, distributed as the `spf` executable.

### Project history

The official repository was created in March 2024. The README presents superfile as a modern terminal file manager with demos, themes, plugins, hotkeys, and cross-platform installation paths.

### Adoption history

The project is available through script installers, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and Winget according to the package input, while the official README documents shell, Winget, and Scoop installation methods.

### How it is used

Users start the application with `spf`, then perform file-management tasks from a terminal interface. The README points users to tutorial, plugin, theme, hotkey, configuration, troubleshooting, and uninstall documentation.

### Why package nerds care

superfile is significant to package-manager users because terminal file managers live or die by easy installation across platforms, and this project is explicitly packaged for macOS, Linux, and Windows ecosystems.

### Timeline

- 2024: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2026: v1.6.0 release published.

### Related projects

- Related tooling includes Go, Bubble Tea-style TUI development from the repository topics, Homebrew, Winget, Scoop, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch packaging.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/yorukot/superfile>
- <https://github.com/yorukot/superfile/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yorukot/superfile/main/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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

- Linux: ~/.config/superfile/config.toml, ~/.config/superfile/hotkeys.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/superfile/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/superfile/hotkeys.toml
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%/superfile/config.toml, %LOCALAPPDATA%/superfile/hotkeys.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - superfile: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/su/superfile/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - superfile - 1.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: superfile from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager | https://superfile.netlify.app/
- MacPorts - superfile: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/superfile/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/superfile: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/superfile.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - yorukot.superfile: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: yorukot.superfile from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/superfile.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/superfile.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