The Best F2 Alternatives in 2026

Browse and print file contents with bat, a command-line cat alternative documented in this repository.

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

mat2 removes metadata from commonly used file formats and is written in Python, according to its repository description.

fd provides a simple alternative to the find command, according to its project description.

SCP, SFTP, FTP, S3, SMB, and WebDAV transfers are supported by termscp, a terminal file utility.

fselect finds files using SQL-like queries, according to its project description.

Flut Renamer batch-renames files on Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, and macOS, according to its project description.

Select and format fields from text with tuc, a command-line alternative to cut.

PeaZip is a cross-platform archive manager for opening and extracting ZIP and RAR files, with additional archive features.

Umi-OCR processes screenshots, image batches, and PDF documents offline, with OCR support for multiple languages.

Szyszka renames files in bulk, with rules for replacing, trimming, adding, numbering, and removing text; the project lists Linux, Mac, and Windows support.

lsd provides a modern alternative to the ls command, according to its repository description.

Deark analyzes file formats and metadata, extracts data, decompresses content, and decodes image formats through a command-line utility.

IPFS Desktop is an application for Windows, Mac, and Linux that provides a desktop interface for IPFS.

The Rclone-based desktop app REM browses, organizes, and transfers files across cloud storage services.

sist2 indexes files and provides search tools, with its project page noting that development is in an early stage.

Unison synchronizes files, according to the project title and its file synchronization documentation.

TextShot takes a screenshot and copies its text to the clipboard using Python, on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

BasicSync is an Android app for running Syncthing, according to its repository description.

copyparty serves files with resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, TFTP, and media indexing.

Picocrypt-NG encrypts files, with its project describing the tool as small and simple.

Metadata Remover removes metadata in the browser using WebAssembly, with files processed locally and not uploaded, according to its repository.

Encrypt files with age, a tool and Go library that uses small explicit keys and avoids configuration options.

MediaPeek reads technical metadata from video, audio, image, and subtitle files in the browser, fetching only needed bytes from URLs.