mgunyho/tere

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1801 stars · 38 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

tere is a minimal terminal file explorer written in Rust that provides a TUI for quickly navigating to a folder. On exit it prints the chosen folder path, which your shell can cd to, making it a fast alternative to typing cd and ls.

Use cases

• navigate folders in the terminal faster than cd and ls
• jump to a deeply nested directory with few keystrokes
• browse the filesystem with type-ahead search in a TUI
• integrate a folder picker into shell workflows via a shell function
• quickly change directories from bash, zsh, fish, nushell, or PowerShell

When to choose

• you mostly navigate directories in the terminal and want speed and minimalism
• you want a lightweight TUI folder navigator rather than a full file manager
• you want a fast, cross-platform tool written in Rust

When to avoid

• you need to create, rename, move, or delete files and folders
• you want a full-featured file manager with previews and file operations
• you need a GUI file browser

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli file-system terminal-ui developer-tools files windows cross-platform cli tui file-explorer rust directory-navigation cd-alternative command-line linux macos

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