PCMan File Manager

Updated on Nov 01, 2023

Edit

Comment

Written in C (GTK+), C++ (Qt)		Operating system Unix-like

Developer(s) Hong Jen Yee (PCMan), Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger) Stable release 1.2.5 (GTK+) / December 12, 2016; 3 months ago (2016-12-12) Preview release 0.11.3 (Qt) / January 14, 2017; 2 months ago (2017-01-14) Repository git.lxde.org/git/lxde/pcmanfm

PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application developed by Hong Jen Yee from Taiwan which is meant to be a replacement for Nautilus, Dolphin and Thunar. 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 and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on 000000002013-03-26-0000March 26, 2013. He clarified, though, that this means no departure from GTK in LXDE, saying “The Gtk+ and Qt versions will coexist”.

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 Firefox)

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

References

PCMan File Manager Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA