fpv — Fast Previewer TUI

A minimal, keyboard-first TUI file previewer for browsing directories and viewing code with syntax highlighting in the terminal.

Current release: v0.1.8

Features

• Split TUI — Directory tree on the left, file preview on the right
• Syntax highlighting — Tree-sitter–powered highlighting for many languages (see Supported file types)
• Git-aware — Tree indicators for repository status
• Inline diff preview — toggle git diff mode to see added and deleted lines inline in the highlighted preview, with change markers in the scrollbar
• ASCII image preview — render common image formats such as PNG, JPEG, and GIF as colorized shaded-block previews, scaled to the pane with a short delayed load while navigating
• Configurable — Keybindings and theme via a TOML config file
• Safe defaults — Plain-text or fallback preview for binary or unreadable files

Installation

Homebrew

brew tap digicrafts/tap
brew install fpv

From source

See Build from source below.

Usage

# Open current directory
fpv

# Open a specific path
fpv /path/to/project

# Use a custom config file
fpv /path/to/project --config ~/.config/fpv/config

**Quick tips: Press ? in the app for shortcut help.

Build from source

Prerequisites

• Rust (Rust 1.70+)

Build and run

git clone https://github.com/digicrafts/fpv.git
cd fpv
cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/fpv. Run it with:

./target/release/fpv
# or, if installed: fpv

To run without installing (e.g. for development):

cargo run -- /path/to/project
cargo run -- /path/to/project --config config/sample.user.toml

Configuration

On first run, fpv creates a default config at:

• Linux / macOS: ~/.config/fpv/config

You can override keybindings and theme there. Example config:

[mappings]
quit = "ctrl+q"
switch_focus = "ctrl+tab"

[theme]
directory_color = "yellow"
hidden_dim_enabled = true

status_display_mode = "bar"   # or "title"

Config keys under [mappings] include: move_up, move_down, expand_node, collapse_node, open_node, exit_fullscreen_preview, switch_focus, page_up, page_down, preview_scroll_up, preview_scroll_down, toggle_preview_line_numbers, toggle_preview_wrap, toggle_help, toggle_hidden, resize_preview_narrower, resize_preview_wider, quit. Use key names like up, down, enter, tab, ctrl+q, etc.

Supported file types

Syntax highlighting is supported for:

Other files are shown as plain text or with a safe fallback.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.