Can’t imagine using my system without this.

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    That’s because it works very well, and the main developer is super active (I’ve contributed and made some plugins so have interacted with them a fair bit)

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      I doubt that amount of stars can be achieved naturally in this short time, especially from a developer previously unknown.
      the program is certainly not used by likehappy common people, this would seem complicated and scare them away

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        To be fair this is a terminal file manager… only a certain kind of person will be interested in the first place, and those people are likely to be more inclined to leave a star on GitHub.

        Personally I believe the stars were achieved naturally but of course there’s no way to know and it never hurts to be skeptical.

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          To be fair this is a terminal file manager… only a certain kind of person will be interested in the first place,

          that’s the point

          and those people are likely to be more inclined to leave a star on GitHub.

          I don’t see that connection. But you know what, here is an example.

          Broot is a similar program. It has been there for longer, has been loved by many, yet it has fewer stars.
          If I would know more of those like this, I would probably have more examples.