Where to Find Vifm Documentation, Downloads, and Support

The official Vifm site (vifm.info) is the starting point for all of these needs. Its top navigation links directly to News, Documentation, Cheatsheets, Downloads, Themes, Screenshots, Contact, Q&A, Wiki, and Mailing List. Use Documentation and Cheatsheets for reference, Downloads for the program itself, and Q&A, Wiki, or the Mailing List when you need help or want to report something.

Documentation and quick reference

• Documentation — the main reference for Vifm's behavior and configuration.
• Cheatsheets — condensed command and keybinding references, useful once you know the basics and want to look things up quickly.
• Wiki — community-written material that goes beyond the official docs.

The site's own framing is helpful here: Vifm is a curses-interface file manager that provides a Vim-like environment for managing files, extended with ideas from mutt. If you already use vi, the documentation will feel familiar — as one quoted user puts it, "If you don't know how to do it, don't look at the docs, just think how you would do it in vi."

Downloads and release information

The Downloads page is the place to get Vifm. Before installing, check News for the current release; the site lists Vifm v0.14.5 dated 20 October 2026. Vifm is cross-platform (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Windows, Mac OS) and UTF-8 aware, so confirm you are picking the build for your system.

Seeing what it looks like before you commit

Two pages help you evaluate Vifm without installing it:

• Screenshots — the interface and pane layouts.
• Themes — color schemes, which the feature list notes can also be applied to specific sub-trees.

These are worth a look if you are deciding whether the curses interface and Vim-style workflow suit you.

Getting help and giving feedback

The site separates channels by purpose:

The site explicitly asks that general usage questions go to the Q&A site rather than other channels, so start there for "how do I…" questions and reserve bug reports and feature requests for the appropriate contact route.

A practical first pass

If you are new to Vifm, a sensible order is: read the short description on the homepage, skim Screenshots and Themes to see whether the interface fits your habits, download the current release from Downloads, then keep Cheatsheets open while you work and turn to Documentation or the Q&A site when something is unclear. Users who rely on it daily describe it as highly configurable and central to their file navigation, which is a reasonable sign that the documentation and community channels are worth learning to use early.