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Total Commander
Orthodox file manager

Total Commander is an orthodox file manager featuring two file list panels accessible via the tab key and a command line. It supports multiple tabs for each panel, enhancing multitasking. Developed by Christian Ghisler, it is available as shareware or freeware, depending on the platform. Originally named Windows Commander, it was created using the programming environment Delphi. Presently, 32-bit Windows versions continue to be developed in Delphi, while 64-bit versions use Lazarus.

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Features

  • archive file format support: 7zip, ace, arj, cab, gz, lzh, rar, tar, uc2, zip, and more via plugins
  • file compare
  • file encode / decode: mime, uue, xxe
  • file filter
  • file rename (including multi-file rename with wildcard and regex support)
  • file search (with full text search), duplicate file search
  • file split / combine
  • file transfer protocol (FTP) client
  • file tree operations: copy, delete, move, rename
  • file viewer: any size in hex, bin, text with ASCII (DOS) or ANSI (Windows) character set
  • quick view panel with image and video display
  • synchronize folders
  • thumbnails view

Total Commander supports extensibility via plugins,12 and it can bind external programs for viewing or editing files. Many plugins are freely available, e.g. different packer formats or file viewer for special file formats. The Android version has plugins for direct access to external servers, which it presents as if they were simply local SD cards, making file copying from phone<>server trivial - currently Google Drive, Windows OneDrive, TotalDrip, LAN, SFTP and WebDAV are supported. It also has an integrated media player that works both foreground and background - video and audio. Supporting most, if not all, file formats. Many functions not available by default are supported and can be assigned to icons. For example it supports device->device file transfer over WI-FI using an associated app.3

Platforms

Total Commander is for the most part compatible with Linux using Wine.6

History

From 1993 until 2002, Total Commander was called Windows Commander. The name was changed in 2002 after Microsoft pointed out that the word "Windows" was their trademark.7

See also

References

  1. "List of 64-bit plugins and addons". Total Commander Wiki. Retrieved 14 September 2018. https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_64-bit_plugins_and_addons ↩

  2. "Total Commander - Addons". ghisler.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018. https://www.ghisler.com/addons.htm ↩

  3. "Total Commander - Support area". www.ghisler.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018. https://www.ghisler.com/faq.htm ↩

  4. "Total Commander - WinCE/PocketPC". https://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm ↩

  5. "Total Commander - WinCE/PocketPC". https://www.ghisler.com/ce2.htm ↩

  6. Total Commander (a.k.a. Windows Commander) WineHQ app db https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=614 ↩

  7. "Total Commander - Name change". windowscommander.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018. http://www.windowscommander.com/ ↩