The file panels support wildcard selection, advanced filtering, sorting and highlighting. Panels may be fully customized as to which columns are shown and in which order, and operations may be done to and from either panel. Its standard functionality can be expanded with macros (which allow scripting) and plugins.įar Manager's default interface combines two file panels with a command prompt. Features įar Manager features an internal viewer and editor, customizable user menus, tree views, file search, compare, integrated help, and a task switcher for its tools. Far Manager is often viewed as a very customizable file manager and text editor, and a free alternative to Total Commander.

All branches are available as 32- and 64-bit builds. The project's Unicode branches (2.0 and 3.0) are open-source (under the BSD-3-Clause license). Far Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface (although limited mouse operation, including drag-and-drop, is possible).įar Manager was created by Eugene Roshal, and has been under development by the Far Group since 2000. Microsoft Windows, BSD Unix, OSX, Linux port Įnglish, Russian, Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish, Slovak, Italian, Ukrainian, Belarusianįar Manager (short for File and ARchive Manager) is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and is a clone of Norton Commander.

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