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Double Commander

Free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side

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Double Commander is a free, cross-platform, open-source file manager that presents files in two side-by-side panels, inspired by Total Commander. It is designed for navigating and managing files, including archives, which are handled like subdirectories so files can be copied to and from them. Supported archive types include ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, 7Z, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR and ZIPX.

The application includes an internal text editor with syntax highlighting, a built-in file viewer for hex, binary and text formats, and an extended search function with full text search. It supports Total Commander WCX, WDX, WFX and WLX plug-ins, Unicode, background operations, and the FTP, FTPS, FTPES, SSH+SCP and SFTP protocols. Other capabilities include a configurable button bar, a multi-rename tool, a tabbed interface, custom columns and file operations logging.

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