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Midnight Commander vs Krusader: catalog facts
Midnight Commander	Krusader
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Works over any terminal, including a plain SSH session on a server Browses archives and remote filesystems as if they were local folders	Directory synchronisation and file content comparison Built-in archive handling and SFTP/FTP transfers
Text interface with function-key bindings takes getting used to Windows needs Cygwin or WSL	Built on KDE libraries, which adds dependencies on other desktops Dense interface with many options to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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