PCMan File Manager is a file manager with a tabbed interface.
The goal of this application is to be slim and useful, but not to have any feature bloat. It is meant to be a replacement for Nautilus, Konqueror and Thunar.
It can be modified to take the appearance of Microsoft Windows, helping beginners migrate from Windows to Linux.
The author has recently announced that PCMan File Manager will undergo a total redesign, but will not lose sight of the software’s basic objective of minimising memory usage.
Key Features
- Extremely fast and lightweight.
- Can be started in one second on a standard machine.
- Tabbed browsing (similar to Firefox).
- Drag & Drop support.
- Files can be dragged among tabs.
- Load large directories in reasonable time.
- File association support (Default application).
- Basic thumbnail support.
- Bookmarks support.
- Handles non-UTF-8 encoded filenames correctly.
- Provide icon view and detailed list view.
- Mounting and unmounting the disks are supported through HAL.
- Standard compliant (Follows FreeDesktop.org).
- Clean and user-friendly interface (GTK+ 2).
Website: github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt
Support:
Developer: Hong Je Yee and other contributors
License: GNU General Public License
PCMan File Manager is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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| PCManFM-Qt | Lightweight Qt-based file manager which uses GLib |
| PCManFM | Default file manager for LXDE |
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| GTK File Managers | |
|---|---|
| Double Commander | File manager with two panels side by side |
| PCManFM | Slim and useful, but not to have any feature bloat |
| Files | File browser designed for elementary OS; loose fork of GNOME Files |
| GNOME Files | Simple file manager for GNOME |
| GNOME Commander | Two-panel graphical file manager |
| 4Pane | Multi-pane, detailed-list file manager |
| Sunflower | Small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager |
| Thunar | xfce’s file manager |
| Tux Commander | Windowed file manager with two panels side by side |
| A couple of GNOME Files forks are also worth mentioning. | |
| Nemo | File manager for the Cinnamon desktop environment |
| Caja | File manager for the MATE desktop |
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