Krusader
A twin-panel commander-style file manager for KDE Plasma and other Linux and Unix desktops.
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About Krusader
Krusader is a twin-panel file manager in the style of Midnight Commander and Total Commander. Besides the usual file operations it offers extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, SFTP and FTP transfers, an advanced search module, copy and move queues, an internal viewer and editor, directory synchronisation, file content comparison and batch renaming.
It can use KIO slaves such as smb and fish and is almost completely customizable. It suits people on KDE Plasma or other Unix-like desktops who want a keyboard-friendly two-pane file manager.
Strengths
- Directory synchronisation and file content comparison
- Built-in archive handling and SFTP/FTP transfers
- Batch renaming and copy/move queues
- Highly customizable
Limitations
- Built on KDE libraries, which adds dependencies on other desktops
- Dense interface with many options to learn
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later.
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Developer
- Krusader Krew
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- KDE and Linux users who want a Total Commander style two-pane file manager
- Categories
- File transfer, File managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Krusader
Compare allSoftware that can replace Krusader for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Double Commander
A free dual-pane file manager in the Total Commander tradition, running on Linux and macOS too.
Double Commander is a GPL-2.0 dual-pane manager that also runs on Windows and macOS, without KDE library dependencies.
Midnight Commander
Two-panel file manager for the terminal, with an editor and remote access.
Midnight Commander brings the two-panel workflow to the terminal, working over plain SSH sessions with an editor.
muCommander
An open-source, cross-platform dual-pane file manager with remote filesystem, cloud storage and archive support.
muCommander is a Java cross-platform dual-pane manager with FTP, SFTP, SMB, S3 and cloud storage, with large downloads.
Xfe
A fast, lightweight file manager for X on Linux and Unix with Explorer- and Commander-style layouts.
Xfe is a lighter Linux manager with a dual-pane Commander layout, editor and SSH access, with a plainer interface.
Nemo
Cinnamon's file manager, a Nautilus fork with more built-in options.
Nemo is the Cinnamon file manager with dual panes and extensions, lacking Krusader's sync and comparison tools.
Konqueror
KDE's combined web browser and file manager, using Qt WebEngine for pages.
Konqueror is KDE's combined web browser and file manager with FTP and SFTP, but single-purpose commander features are not documented.
Total Commander
The dual-pane Windows file manager people have been using since 1993, still updated, still shareware.
Total Commander is the paid, closed-source Windows original with a large plugin ecosystem, not available on Linux.
Krusader as an alternative
Listings that name Krusader as an alternative.
Caja
The file manager of the MATE desktop, used to browse files and manage the desktop on Linux.
Krusader switches to a two-pane commander layout with sync and SFTP, but it is built on KDE libraries and has a dense interface.
COSMIC Files
The Rust-based file manager of System76's COSMIC desktop environment for Linux.
Krusader provides a twin-panel commander layout with sync, archives and SFTP, built on KDE libraries that add dependencies elsewhere.
PCManFM
A lightweight, tabbed GTK file manager from the LXDE desktop project for Linux.
Krusader is a feature-rich KDE twin-panel manager with synchronisation and SFTP, adding KDE dependencies that are heavier than PCManFM.
PCManFM-Qt
A Qt-based file manager and desktop icon manager, the default file manager of the LXQt desktop.
Krusader is a Qt and KDE-based twin-panel commander with synchronisation, archive handling and SFTP, with a denser interface and more dependencies.
termscp
Move files between local and remote systems in a terminal interface.
Krusader is a graphical twin-panel file manager for Linux built on KDE libraries, with SFTP and FTP transfers, directory synchronisation and archive handling.
Thunar
The lightweight default file manager of the Xfce desktop environment for Linux.
Krusader offers a twin-panel commander layout with directory sync, archives and SFTP transfers, but depends on KDE libraries and has a denser interface.
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RnR
A command-line tool that batch renames files and directories using regular expressions.
