File Managers

WCM Commander – mimicking the look-n-feel of Far Manager

The aim of WCM Commander is to create a multi-platform open source file manager mimicking the look-n-feel of Far Manager.

This software is based on Wal Commander by Valery Goryachev.

WCM Commander runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and on OS X using XQuartz.

Key Features

  • Fast user interface.
  • Mimics look-n-feel (including editor and shortcuts) of Far Manager.
  • Built-in terminal emulator.
  • Built-in text editor with syntax highlighting (c/c++, java, pascal, latex, glsl, perl, php, python, sh, sql, xml).
  • Built-in text viewer.
  • Virtual file system (smb, ftp, sftp).
  • File associations.
  • File highlighting.
  • Hotkeys.
  • Copy multiple selected file names to the clipboard.

Website: github.com/sagpant/WCMCommander
Support:
Developer: Sergey Kosarevsky and contributors
License: MIT License

WCM Commander

WCM Commander is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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