Double Commander (file manager)

[hikohan]

All Platforms support

• https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd/releases

Written in Pascal. Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features new ideas.

Features

1. Internal text editor (F4) with syntax hightlighting
2. Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
3. Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, 7Z and also RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR, ZIPX
4. Extended search function with full text search in any files
5. Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
6. Total Commander WCX, WDX, WFX and WLX plug-ins support
7. Locale Language support.

[geo_c]

This looks really nice!

I haven't tested and run anything, but downloaded portable gtk2, qt6, and appimages and booted up portable gtk2 on KLV-airedale!

It looks like a nice cross between Xfe and midnight commander, and running gtk2 uses the system theme. The top bar has all my loaded KL layers in it. I'm not sure how those come up by default, but it's pretty cool. I'll have get to know this manager, as I never used it before.

[geo_c]

Been using this for a day or so now, and it's very nice.

It's a great combination of many of the features of some of my favorite file managers. Like a cross between Midnight Commander, Xfe, Ranger, pcmanfm.

It's tabbed, does file previews, uses function key operation, highly customizeable both in look and operations, has a really nice built-in editor, and I'm starting to get around it pretty well. It's windows keybinding oriented, which is not a problem, very logical.

I've been using the portable gtk2 version, and I think I'll unzip the portable QT version and try it. The gtk2 doesn't play well with my current gtk theme in that the checkbox colors hide the checkbox contents, changing gtk themes solves that issue. Of course I can probably just change the internal color settings, as everything is configurable in this file manager, the file list columns, fonts for every dialog and window, etc. I'll try the QT version and see about customizing the theme.

I still need to upgrade my Xfe version to 2.0, but I'm swimming in strong customized file managers now, mc, ranger, clifm, pcmanfm, thunar, rox, xfe, and double commander.