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PCMan File Manager

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PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application, developed by Hong Jen Yee from Taiwan, which is meant to be a replacement for GNOME Files, Dolphin and Thunar. PCManFM is the standard file manager in LXDE, also developed by the same author in conjunction with other...

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  • Free • Open Source

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Country of Origin

  • TW flagTaiwan

Platforms

  • Linux
  • LXDE
  • GTK
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  • Developed by

    TW flagLXDE

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5

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    45 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  184 Stars
  •  33 Forks
  •  10 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 30, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about PCMan File Manager, and it has gotten 58 likes

PCMan File Manager was added to AlternativeTo by 3F1 on Sep 8, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 8, 2025. PCMan File Manager is sometimes referred to as PCManFM.

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Fast, simple and lightweight file manager.

What is PCMan File Manager?

PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application, developed by Hong Jen Yee from Taiwan, which is meant to be a replacement for GNOME Files, Dolphin and Thunar. PCManFM is the standard file manager in LXDE, also developed by the same author in conjunction with other developers. Since 2010, PCManFM has undergone a complete rewrite from scratch; build instructions, setup and configuration have changed in the process.

Released under the GNU General Public License, PCManFM is free software. It follows the specifications given by Freedesktop.org for interoperability.

Dissatisfied with GTK3, Hong Jen Yee experimented with Qt in early 2013[3] and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on March 26, 2013. He clarified, though, that does not indicate any departure from GTK in LXDE, saying: "The GTK and Qt versions will coexist". The new PCManFM-Qt is a core component of LXQt. In 2020 the Arch Linux community ported PCManFM to GTK 3.

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