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Double Commander 0.8.0 Beta

Double Commander

Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas. Double Commander uses Total Commander plugin API, so under Microsoft Windows you can use plugins from Total Commander. Double Commander can be run on several platforms and operating systems. It supports 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

Double Commander key features:

  • Unicode support
  • All operations working in background
  • Multi-rename tool
  • Tabbed interface
  • Custom columns
  • Internal text editor (F4) with syntax hightlighting
  • Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
  • Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR GZ, TGZ, LZMA and also BZ2, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR.
  • Extended search function with full text search in any files
  • Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
  • Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support
  • File operations logging
  • And more...

Changes in version 0.8.0:

Backward incompatible changes

  • Secure password store format has changed (file pwd.ini). The old format is converted on first use, new file format cannot be used with old DC version anymore. Password store uses AES-256 + Blowfish-448 encryption with key generated using scrypt key derivation function.

New features and changes

  • Tree view menu
  • Multiple search instances
  • Audio info content plugin
  • Verify data integrity after copy/move
  • Better High-DPI support (with Lazarus 1.8)
  • User defined syntax highlighting in Editor
  • Support paths longer than 259 chars (Windows)
  • WebP image format support via libwebp (Linux)
  • Calculate and verify SHA-224 hash
  • Calculate and verify SHA-3 (224, 256, 384, 512) hash
  • Selectable default descript.ion encoding
  • SFTP protocol support in FTP plugin (requires libssh2 library)
  • Display info from content plugins in the file properties dialog (Posix)
  • Advanced Lua scripting. Double Commander can execute Lua scripts via cm_ExecuteScript command. Lua scripts can execute internal Double Commander commands.

Download: Double Commander 0.8.0 Beta 32-bit | Portable | ~10.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Double Commander 0.8.0 Beta 64-bit | Portable
Links: Double Commander Home Page | Other Operating Systems

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