Middle Manager
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The facts
Each one read from Middle Manager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archive support
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Authentication security
- For Azure DevOps, the README says a pasted personal access token is securely stored in macOS Keychain or Linux keyring; it also documents browser OAuth and an environment-variable option.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Availability and maturity
- The README describes the project as being in early development and invites users to report bugs or request features through GitHub issues.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Azure credentials
- Azure DevOps authentication supports a personal access token stored in the macOS Keychain or Linux keyring, browser OAuth, or an environment variable for CI and headless use.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Built-in tools
- It includes a shell panel, a Claude Code panel, a hex editor, a text editor, and a Parquet viewer.checked 8 Oct 2026
- CI integrations
- The CI panel supports GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, including check status, step logs, and failure extraction.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud compatibility
- The README names MinIO, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, and DigitalOcean Spaces as S3-compatible options.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Dual-pane layout
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Editor
- The built-in text editor provides Tree-sitter syntax highlighting for Rust, Java, Python, JavaScript and TypeScript, JSON, Go, C, Bash, and TOML.checked 9 Oct 2026
- File operations
- The file manager supports copy, move, rename, create directory, delete, archive, fuzzy file search, and content search.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Git integration
- Git integration displays file status, branch name, remote ahead and behind counts, and GitHub pull request status.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The README documents Homebrew installation on macOS and a shell installer plus Debian and Fedora packages on Linux.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Large files
- Its hex and text editors use sliding buffers and lazy scanning, and the project says opening a 10 GB log file is instant.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License and development
- The project is licensed under Apache License 2.0, and its README describes it as being in early development.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Parquet
- The Parquet viewer displays file metadata, schema, row groups, column statistics, and a lazy-loaded table view.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Remote file access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Remote storage
- Experimental connectivity supports SSH, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, S3-compatible storage, GCS, Azure Blob Storage, and NFS.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Search
- It offers fuzzy recursive file search and ripgrep-powered file-content search with filters and regex support.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- London and New Yorkchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Install platforms
- The README gives Homebrew installation instructions for macOS and a shell installer plus Debian and Fedora package instructions for Linux; it also links to releases for platform packages and tarballs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Linux support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- macOS support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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