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GNOME Commander
Developer(s)The GNOME Commander team
Stable release
1.2.3 / December 11, 2006
Repository
Operating systemLinux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems, and also Microsoft Windows (via Cygwin)
TypeFile manager
LicenseGPL
Websitewww.nongnu.org/gcmd

GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands.

Features

  • Gnome MIME types.
  • FTP support.
  • SAMBA access.
  • Right click mouse menu.
  • User defined context menu.
  • Quick device access buttons with automatic mounting and unmounting.
  • Latest accessed folder history.
  • Folder bookmarks.
  • Plugin support.
  • Fast file viewer for text and images.
  • Meta data support for Exif, IPTC and ID3 tags.
  • Tools for advanced renaming of files, searching, quick file name search in current dir, symlinking, comparing directories.
  • Integrated command line.
  • Support for over 30 languages.

User interface

The user interface is based on Norton Commander. The idea is to manipulate files from active to inactive panel or within active panel. Only the keyboard is required to do this, which makes the process much faster. Using the mouse is still an option.

Platforms

GNOME Commander is developed for the Linux platform.

See also