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Borg Commander

A two-panel file manager with your shell built in.
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Browse files, preview code, inspect Git changes, and open container or remote sessions without leaving your terminal. Borg runs on macOS and Linux, with Bash, zsh, and fish.

Why Borg

There have always been good terminals and good file managers. Programs that are both are rare: two file panels with your shell running underneath, one Ctrl-O away. Norton Commander made that layout famous on DOS. Volkov Commander, DOS Navigator, FAR Manager and Midnight Commander kept it going, but most of them stayed in the DOS and Windows console era.

Borg Commander is a direct continuation of those projects for current macOS and Linux. It keeps the keys you remember: F3 views, F4 edits, F5 copies, F6 moves, and Ctrl-O switches between the panels and your bash, zsh or fish. On top of that it brings Git, Docker, remote sessions and access for Claude and other agents into the same two panels.

What it looks like

Borg file panels in the Classic blue theme, with a file preview and embedded command line.
Files & your shell
Contents search results for TODO, with Borg's editor open at the selected match in the other panel.
Edit beside your results
Typing cd ~/projects/ lists its subfolders and a pinned folder above the command line.
Jump to any folder
A size tree of a project, largest folders first, beside a panel of measured folder sizes.
Find what takes space
Container list, live resource statistics, and a container file panel in Borg.
Docker, built in
Borg activity monitor showing sample processes and their memory use.
See what's running
Borg network screen with sample processes ranked by traffic, a chart of the selected one, and its connections.
See who uses the network

Screenshots use the English interface and fictional sample data.

Start with what you need

Get up and running

Install Borg, learn the keys, and use the embedded console. F10 quits; Ctrl-O switches between panels and the shell.

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Work with your files

Preview and copy files, search recursively, save collections, and measure folder sizes.

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Containers, servers, and agents

Browse Docker containers, open remote Borg sessions, and connect Claude or another agent through MCP.

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Make it yours

Choose a theme and icon style, adjust settings, or build and contribute.

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Themes

Six built-in themes, from familiar blue panels to a quiet paper palette. Switch themes in F9 → Options → Theme.

Borg file panels in the Midnight theme.
Midnight
Borg file panels in the Aurora theme.
Aurora
Borg file panels in the Neon theme.
Neon
Borg file panels in the Classic theme.
Classic
Borg file panels in the Paper theme.
Paper
Borg file panels in the Ember theme.
Ember

Set up fonts and icons →

This guide follows the main branch · Borg 0.11.0 · 1f6bce6
The latest release may not have everything described here. Release notes