Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software.

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gnu midnight commander is a visual file manager, licensed under gnu general public license and therefore qualifies as free software. its a feature rich fullscreen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files and run commands in the subshell. internal viewer and editor are included.

midnight commander is based on versatile text interfaces, such as ncurses or slang, which allows it to work on a regular console, inside an x window terminal, over ssh connections and all kinds of remote shells.

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Minimalistic Lightweight Dual pane support File compression Support for FTP Support for SFTP SSH Console based Mounting drives

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Total Commander

Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows. Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool with regular expression support.

Commercial Windows Android Android Tablet Windows Mobile

Portable Built in player Multiple languages Directory sync Dual pane support File compression Copy files Support for FTP Function Key Shortcuts Search in Archives Support for Unicode
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FreeCommander

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Free Windows

Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots File sync Directory sync Dual pane support Batch rename files File search Explorer like Comparing folders
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Customizable Portable Drag n drop Split screen view
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XYplorer

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Portable Dual pane support Scriptable Batch rename files Photo Organization Batch processing Duplicate Files Finder Scripting language Flat view
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muCommander

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Free Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Integrated Search
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Free Windows

Portable Integrated Search Tabbed interface File compression Destroy files Secure Copy (SCP)
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Portable Copy files File search

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Midnight Commander

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