About Newt
Newt is a keyboard-first, two-pane file manager for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It combines two directory panes with a multi-tab terminal and uses the same file operations across local disks, remote machines, object storage, and archives.
Newt is currently under active development. Documentation follows the current development snapshots and may describe behavior that changes before a versioned release.
The basic model
Section titled “The basic model”Each pane shows an independent location. Press Tab to switch the active pane, navigate to the source and destination, then use the function-key commands shown along the bottom of the window:
- F3 views the focused file.
- F4 edits it.
- F5 copies selected files to the other pane.
- F6 moves them.
- F7 creates a directory.
- F8 deletes them.
The terminal panel sits below the panes and can contain multiple terminal tabs. Its working directory follows the active file location where that location can be represented by the shell.
Locations
Section titled “Locations”The local filesystem is always available. Additional locations can be mounted into a pane:
- S3 and S3-compatible object storage
- SFTP servers
- ZIP, TAR, compressed TAR, and disc images
- Recursive search results
- Filesystems reached through SSH, containers, Kubernetes pods, or custom commands
- The client machine’s local files while working in a remote session
An SSH connection can also open as a complete session. In that mode, both panes, the terminals, file operations, and mounted filesystems run on the remote host.