# MidnightCommander/mc-old

Midnight Commander's repository

Repository: https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc-old
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mc-old
Homepage: http://www.midnight-commander.org
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: console, file-manager, c, terminal-based
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-28T17:36:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 9, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5407, "days_push": 551, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2628, forks 510 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:05.453740+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: file-system, cli, terminal-ui, editor
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: file-manager, dual-pane, ncurses, text-mode, archived-repository, legacy, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- MidnightCommander/mc-old (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.453740+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:19:41.903168+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc-old (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.453740+00:00, sha 8293c74b8805)
  - homepage: http://www.midnight-commander.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:31.088003+00:00, sha 7c114137f1b2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.