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lusingander/stu
TUI explorer application for Amazon S3 (AWS S3) 🪣
STU is a terminal UI for browsing and downloading S3 buckets, built in Rust with ratatui. It handles the common workflow of navigating bucket/object hierarchies, previewing files with syntax highlighting, and downloading — without leaving the terminal. Aimed at developers who live in the CLI and are tired of the AWS console loading spinners.
S3-compatible endpoint support via --endpoint-url means it works with MinIO, Localstack, or any S3-compatible store out of the box. Object version browsing is genuinely useful and most TUI S3 tools skip it. Inline image preview in the terminal is a nice touch — not something you expect from a TUI tool. Customizable keybindings with a TOML config keeps it usable for people who can't stand vi-style navigation.
No upload support mentioned anywhere in the README — this is a read/download-only tool, which limits how useful it is as a daily driver. 880 stars and 29 forks suggests a small community; you should assume bugs stay open for a while. No multi-select for batch operations on object lists, which becomes annoying fast on buckets with many files. Rust compile times mean first install is slow, and cross-platform binary distribution via cargo install isn't great for teams.