Software · Development

elio

Snappy, batteries-included terminal file manager.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by GitHub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), GitHub
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: GitHub, Unspecified source · macOS: GitHub, Unspecified source · Windows: GitHub
Publisher: elio-fm
Latest activity: 9 November 2026
Source code: github.com/elio-fm/elio

Overview

Features described on its official website and in its GitHub repository: command-line use and Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Snappy terminal file manager (TUI) with three-pane layout, inline previews, rich previews, keyboard-first workflows, and trash support.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Images, PDFs, ebooks, comics, media, archives, Markdown, text, code, and more.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

elio is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub elio-fm/elio (MIT)

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