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 Krusader twin panel file manager | |
| Developer(s) | Krusader Krew |
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| Stable release | R14.1.1[1]  / 20 October 2023 |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | File browser |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | krusader |
Krusader is an advancedorthodox file manager forKDE and other desktops in the Unix world. It is similar to theconsole-basedGNUMidnight Commander,GNOME Commander for theGNOME desktop environment, orTotal Commander[2] forWindows, all of which can trace their paradigmatic features to the originalNorton Commander forDOS. It supports extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support,FTP, advanced search, viewer/editor, directory synchronisation, file content comparisons, batch renaming, etc.[3][4]
It supports the following archive formats:tar,ZIP,bzip2,gzip,RAR, ace,ARJ,LHA,7z andRPM and can handle otherKIO Slaves such as smb or fish.
Krusader is published underGNU GPL-2.0-or-later.
Krusader'suser interface is based on theorthodox file manager (OFM) principle, also known as Commander-like file managers, the family offile managers based on the oldNorton Commanderinterface. The orthodox file manager has two windows called panels where one is active and the other inactive. The idea is to manipulate files from active to inactive panel or within the active panel. Only the keyboard is required to do this, which makes the process much faster. Using the mouse is still an option. Krusader's deep integration intoKDE (e.g.KParts,KIO) allows it to provide several additional services.
One of the many tools that Krusader provides is the viewer-editor. Using theKPartsobject model, Krusader executes components that are capable of viewing (and sometimes editing) specificfiletypes and embeds their client area directly into a new Krusader window. This makes it possible (for example) to view an office document directly from within Krusader. Any application that implements theKParts model correctly can be embedded in this fashion.
Krusader is primarily developed for theLinuxplatform, but it is available for some other platforms. These includeBSD andApple Mac OS X. A Windows port is in beta (as of January 9, 2015).
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