Show HN: Portable Giant File Viewer

 (github.com)

35 points | by sunny41 6 days ago

6 comments

  • zemlyansky 3 days ago
    A browser-based alternative made with JS and streams: https://statsim.com/preview/
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    • sunny41 2 days ago
      I was excited to hear about this and had a try. It seems it is not possible to jump to the end of the file.
  • quyse 3 days ago
    As an alternative, on Windows I've always been using Far Manager [1], it supports viewing files of arbitrary size without loading them in RAM. Supports encodings, search, doesn't explode on binary files, etc.

    [1] https://www.farmanager.com/

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    • knowitnone 3 days ago
      Everything that is viewed is loaded in RAM or am I wrong? Perhaps it can load partial file? This looks like midnight commander.
  • cmiller1 3 days ago
    The linked page appears to be down, I get an "Access to this site has been restricted" error.
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  • sunny41 6 days ago
    As AI is hot recently, there is also some AI in this tool -- the app icon is made using AI.
  • knowitnone 3 days ago
    Less can be downloaded but I apprecaite you for this tool
  • atmanactive 6 days ago
    What about the colors? Dark mode? Is that hard-coded or adjustable?
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    • sunny41 6 days ago
      Dark mode will be available in a week. The colors are hard-coded currently, but I can make it adjustable.