What is Far Manager?
Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:
* viewing files and directories;
* editing, copying and renaming files;
* and many other actions.
* viewing files and directories;
* editing, copying and renaming files;
* and many other actions.
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Said about Far Manager as an alternative
At first glance the interface looks identical.
It actually looks like the original Norton Commander.
Text mode, but rich of features, with command line and rich of plugins.
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File Management • OS & UtilitiesTags
- console
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Open/Free soft must have • Windows Apps • Filemanager, File Management, File Utility • win32Far Manager
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Far Manager, and it has gotten 162 likes
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Because it's a TUI (Text User Interface) program, it's much faster than many other file managers out there. It's also keyboard-driven, and once you learn the shortcuts and download the necessary plugins, it becomes indispensable. Use it together with ConEmu (install to a Far folder) for better Unicode support and prettier color palette. Great amount of features, and it's still free!
I've quickly become a huge fan of far manager. What really makes far manager is the plugins. Two examples of really great plugins are the winscp plugin that allows your to do sftp/scp from within far, and the user manager. The one neat feature of the user manager is it allows you require a user to change their password at next login in windows xp home edition. The xp home edition ui hides this feature normally.