Software:Double Commander

Short description: Orthodox file manager

Double Commander

Screenshot of Double Commander v0.7.2 running on Ubuntu 16.04
Developer(s)	Alexander Koblov and others
Initial release	first alpha December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26)
Written in	Object Pascal (Free Pascal/Lazarus)
Operating system	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, BSD
Size	8.2 to 11.5 MB
Type	File manager
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	doublecmd.sourceforge.net

Double Commander is a free and open-source multi-platform two-panel orthodox file manager that is inspired by the Microsoft Windows-only Total Commander.

Features

• Directories (all or only selected) can be compared and synchronized both symmetrically (two-way) and asymmetrically (one-way). This feature shows differences between two locations by directory and subdirectory, and can make a fully automatic backup of files that have been added, changed or deleted.

• Two similar panels with an optional tree view panel, synchronized with the others. Navigation through folders in the tree view panel is reflected (in real time) in the active standard panel and vice versa. Panels can be duplicated from one side to the other. Panels can represent original directories compared to copied or backed-up ones. These can then be matched in more detail in the synchronize directory feature.

• Tabbed navigation: Tabs are for directories. Sets of tabs can be saved to files that can be reloaded to produce the same two panels and their tabs that one set up and saved. Tabs can be configured to allow no changes to them, or to open subdirectories in new tabs, so that the original tab remains intact and available.

• Bookmarks.
• Brief or full view of files.
• Flat view, which is a list of files in subfolders of any level.
• Images can also be viewed as thumbnails of user-defined sizes.
• Several sort options.
• Archive support (zip, 7z, tar, bz2, tbz, gz, tgz, lzma, tlz).
• Files (and folders) in archives are handled as if they were in an ordinary disk partition. All decompression and compression processes work in the background.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• Multi-rename tool, that supports regular expressions and flat view, which allows renaming files in subfolders
• Various search options include regular expressions and search for duplicates.
• Checksum generation and verification.
• Visual file comparison/diff. While comparing, both files can be edited and saved, also in a binary mode.
• Built in file viewer to view files in a text, binary, hex, or decimal format.
• Built in text editor with syntax highlighting.
• HTML files are displayed in a simple offline browser, provided by an attached plugin.
• A mechanism for creating, maintaining and displaying file comments (4DOS descript.ion).
• Files can be wiped securely.
• All operations can be queued in the background.
• Unicode support.
• Supports Total Commander WCX, WDX, WFX and WLX Windows plug-ins.
• Officially released portable versions for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.

See also

• Comparison of file managers
• Comparison of FTP client software