PCMan File Manager

Short description: File manager

PCMan File Manager

PCMan File Manager 1.2.4 in Russian

Developer(s)| Hong Jen Yee (PCMan), Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger)
Stable release|

1.3.2 (GTK) / February 5, 2021; 5 years ago (2021-02-05)[1]

Preview release|

1.1.0 (Qt) / April 15, 2022; 4 years ago (2022-04-15)[2]

Written in| C (GTK), C++ (Qt)
Operating system| Unix-like
Type| File Manager
License| GPL-2.0-or-later
Website| wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM

PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application, developed by Hong Jen Yee (Chinese: 洪任諭; pinyin: Hóng Rènyù) from Taiwan, which is meant to be a replacement for GNOME Files, Dolphin and Thunar.[3][4] PCManFM is the standard file manager in LXDE, also developed by the same author in conjunction with other developers. Since 2010, PCManFM has undergone a complete rewrite from scratch; build instructions, setup and configuration have changed in the process.

Released under the GNU General Public License, PCManFM is free software. It follows the specifications given by Freedesktop.org for interoperability.

Dissatisfied with GTK3, Hong Jen Yee experimented with Qt in early 2013[5] and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on 2013.[6] He clarified, though, that does not indicate any departure from GTK in LXDE, saying: "The GTK and Qt versions will coexist". The new PCManFM-Qt is a core component of LXQt. In 2020 the Arch Linux community ported PCManFM to GTK 3.[7]

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Features

PCManFM's features include:

* Full GVfs support with seamless access to remote file systems (able to handle sftp://, dav://, smb://, etc. when related back-ends of gvfs are installed.)
* Twin panel
* Thumbnails for pictures
* Desktop management - shows wallpaper and desktop icons
* Bookmarks
* Multilingual
* Tabbed browsing (similar to a web browser)
* Volume management (mount/unmount/eject, requires gvfs)
* Drag & drop support
* Files can be dragged among tabs
* File association (Default application)
* Provides the following views: icon, compact, detailed list, thumbnail, and tree on the left sidebar

## See also

* Comparison of file managers
* LXDE
* LXQt
* Thunar
* SpaceFM

## References

1. ↑ "Activity for PCMan File Manager". https://sourceforge.net/p/pcmanfm/activity/?page=0&limit=100#6022bd21d7dfc9d56386eeef.
2. ↑ "PCManFM Qt releases". github.com/lxqt. https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/releases.
3. ↑ Craciun, Dan. "PCMan File Manager 0.4.5 Review". Linux Today. http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2008071702135RVSW.
4. ↑ Georgiadis, Panos. "PCMan – An Alternative File Manager". Unixmen. http://www.unixmen.com/pcman-an-alternative-file-manager/.
5. ↑ "LXDE - PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt?". Blog.lxde.org. 1999-02-22. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966.
6. ↑ "LXDE - PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released". Blog.lxde.org. 2013-03-27. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990.
7. ↑ "Arch Linux LXDE". https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDE.

## External links

* PCMan File Manager on SourceForge.net

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* t
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File managers (comparison)

Unix-like|

* emelFM2
* Dolphin
* gentoo
* GNOME Commander
* GNOME Files
* Konqueror
* Krusader
* Nemo
* nnn
* PCManFM
* ranger
* SpaceFM
* Thunar
* Xfe

DOS|

* DOS Navigator
* DOS Shell
* Norton Commander
* PathMinder
* PC Shell
* ViewMAX
* Volkov Commander
* XTree

OS/2 etc.|

* DOS Navigator
* Norton Commander

Windows|

| Official|

* File Manager
* File Explorer / Windows Explorer

|

Unofficial|

* Altap Salamander
* Directory Opus
* DOS Navigator
* Explorer++
* Far Manager
* Norton Commander
* PowerDesk
* STDU Explorer
* Total Commander
* WinSCP
* xplorer²
* XTree
* XYplorer
* ZTreeWin

Macintosh OSs|

| Classic Mac OS|

* Finder

|

macOS|

* Commander One
* CRAX Commander
* Finder
* ForkLift
* Path Finder
* Xfile

BeOS etc.|

* OpenTracker
* Tracker

Cross-platform|

* Dired
* Double Commander
* File Commander
* fman
* Graphics Environment Manager
* Midnight Commander
* MuCommander

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