MidnightCommander/mc-old

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2628 stars · 510 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

GNU Midnight Commander (mc) is a visual, dual-pane, text-mode file manager written in C, featuring an internal viewer, editor, and diff viewer. This specific repository is the archived legacy mirror of the project, preserved as it was before the maintainers moved issue tracking and development to the new MidnightCommander/mc repository in February 2025.

Use cases

• manage files on a remote server over ssh
• copy and move directory trees in a terminal
• browse archives and edit files without leaving the console
• search for files in a text-mode interface
• view diffs from the command line
• use a Norton Commander-style file manager on Linux

When to choose

• you need a full-screen terminal file manager that works over ssh and remote shells
• you want an internal editor, viewer, and diff viewer in one console tool
• you prefer keyboard-driven dual-pane file operations

When to avoid

• you want active development or to file issues - use the new MidnightCommander/mc repository instead
• you need a graphical file manager
• you want to contribute patches to the current codebase

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

file-system cli terminal-ui editor developer-tools files windows bsd cli cross-platform file-manager dual-pane ncurses text-mode archived-repository legacy command-line linux macos

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