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Comparison File Manager Mod1

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File manager OS Support Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost Software license
DOS Command Center Windows 95/98/2000 Daniel Pantke, WinAce circa 1992 5.1 (ceased) USD $19.99
EUR 19,00
Shareware
Windows Command Center Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Daniel Pantke circa 1990? 2.1 (1998/2004?) EUR 29,00 Shareware
Dos Navigator DOS/Windows, OS/2 Stefan Tarnukov, Dmitrii Dotsenko, Andrew Zabolotny DN I (v 0.90) released 1991 1.51 (circa 1999) Free Open source
Directory Opus Amiga (ceased '97), Windows Jonathan Potter, GPSoftware Amiga - Opus 1, Jan. 1990,
Windows - Opus 6, June 2001
8.2.2.3 AUD $85 Proprietary
Disk Order LikeMac Group February, 2004 2.3 (May 31, 2006) $22.57 USD Proprietary
EF Commander EFSoftware ? 4.51 (January 12, 2006) ? Proprietary
emelFM2 tooar March, 2000 0.1.7 April 27, 2006) Free GPL
F Duy Nguyen, Michel Normand 2000 or earlier 1.70 / 2.70 (2002) Free
FreeCommander Marek Jasinski ? 2006 beta (December 17, 2005) Free Closed source
Finder Apple Computer January, 1984 10.4.7 (Ships with 10.4.6) Part of MacOS Proprietary
Magellan Explorer Enriva 1999 or earlier (as Voyager 98) Version 3.32 / 7 October 2005 $39.95 Proprietary
Gentoo file manager Gentoo ? 0.11.55 (June 4, 2005) Free GPL
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander August, 2001 1.2.0 (May 7, 2006) Free GPL
Konqueror KDE October, 2000 3.5.3 Free GPL
Krusader Krusader Krew (July 11, 2000) 1.70.0 (February 12, 2006) Free GPL
Macintosh Explorer Macintosh Explorer (April, 2000) 4.4 (March 15, 2006) US$ 15.95 Proprietary
MeeSoft Commander MeeSoft Commander January, 2003 1.2.8 (March 26, 2006) Free Closed source
Midnight Commander mc GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.1 (July 23, 2005) Free GPL
MuCommander Maxence Bernard ? 0.8 beta2 (February 27, 2006) Free Closed source
Nautilus Eazel April 11, 2001 2.14.3 (1 August, 2006) Free GPL
Path Finder Cocoatech April, 2001 (originally called Snax) 4.1.1 (April 24, 2006) US$ 34.95 Proprietary
RageWork Softrage ? 2.6 (March 20, 2006) US$ 34 Proprietary
Servant Salamander Altap August 15, 1997 2.5 RC1 (April 28, 2006) US$ 20 Proprietary
Total Commander Christian Ghisler ? 6.55 (July 28, 2006) CHF 40 Proprietary
Turbo Navigator Marko Vodopija ? 1.47 Free Closed source
Tux Commander Tux Commander ? 0.4.101 (February 10, 2004) Free GPL
Volkov Commander Vsevolod Volkov circa 1992 4.05/4.99.08 (2000) shareware/freeware Proprietary
Windows Explorer Microsoft August 24, 1995 5.1 (server 5.2) Part of Windows Proprietary
WinSCP WinSCP ? 3.8 beta (December 12, 2005) Free GPL
xffm - Xfce File Manager Xfce ? 4.2.3.2 / 4.4 beta 1 (4.3.90.1) Free GPL
xplorer² Nikos Bozinis June 10, 2004 1.5.0.0 (February 9, 2006) US$ 25.07 Proprietary
ZTreeWin Kim Henkel 1996 1.50 (January 1, 2006) US$ 29.95 Proprietary
File manager Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost Software license

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File manager
(OS Suppor)
Features
Manager Views Network Protocol File Browse Search Extensibility Cost License
DCC
(DOS/95/98/2000)
Daniel Pantke, WinAce circa 1992 5.1 (ceased) USD $19.99
EUR 19,00
Shareware
WCC
(95/98/ME/NT/2k/XP)
Daniel Pantke circa 1990? 2.1 (1998/2004?) EUR 29,00 Shareware
Dos Navigator
(DOS/Windows, OS/2)
Stefan Tarnukov, Dmitrii Dotsenko, Andrew Zabolotny DN I (v 0.90) released 1991 1.51 (circa 1999) Free Open source
Directory Opus
(Amiga, Windows)
Jonathan Potter, GPSoftware Amiga- Jan. 1990,
Windows- June 2001
8.2.2.3 AUD $85 Proprietary
Disk Order LikeMac Group February, 2004 2.3 (May 31, 2006) $22.57 USD Proprietary
EF Commander EFSoftware ? 4.51 (January 12, 2006) ? Proprietary
emelFM2 tooar March, 2000 0.1.7 April 27, 2006) Free GPL
F Duy Nguyen, Michel Normand 2000 or earlier 1.70 / 2.70 (2002) Free
FreeCommander Marek Jasinski ? 2006 beta (December 17, 2005) Free Closed source
Finder Apple Computer January, 1984 10.4.7 (Ships with 10.4.6) Part of MacOS Proprietary
Magellan Explorer Enriva 1999 or earlier (as Voyager 98) Version 3.32 / 7 October 2005 $39.95 Proprietary
Gentoo file manager Gentoo ? 0.11.55 (June 4, 2005) Free GPL
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander August, 2001 1.2.0 (May 7, 2006) Free GPL
Konqueror KDE October, 2000 3.5.3 Free GPL
Krusader Krusader Krew (July 11, 2000) 1.70.0 (February 12, 2006) Free GPL
Macintosh Explorer Macintosh Explorer (April, 2000) 4.4 (March 15, 2006) US$ 15.95 Proprietary
MeeSoft Commander MeeSoft Commander January, 2003 1.2.8 (March 26, 2006) Free Closed source
Midnight Commander mc GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.1 (July 23, 2005) Free GPL
MuCommander Maxence Bernard ? 0.8 beta2 (February 27, 2006) Free Closed source
Nautilus Eazel April 11, 2001 2.14.3 (1 August, 2006) Free GPL
Path Finder Cocoatech April, 2001 (originally called Snax) 4.1.1 (April 24, 2006) US$ 34.95 Proprietary
RageWork Softrage ? 2.6 (March 20, 2006) US$ 34 Proprietary
Servant Salamander Altap August 15, 1997 2.5 RC1 (April 28, 2006) US$ 20 Proprietary
Total Commander Christian Ghisler ? 6.55 (July 28, 2006) CHF 40 Proprietary
Turbo Navigator Marko Vodopija ? 1.47 Free Closed source
Tux Commander Tux Commander ? 0.4.101 (February 10, 2004) Free GPL
Volkov Commander Vsevolod Volkov circa 1992 4.05/4.99.08 (2000) shareware/freeware Proprietary
Windows Explorer Microsoft August 24, 1995 5.1 (server 5.2) Part of Windows Proprietary
WinSCP WinSCP ? 3.8 beta (December 12, 2005) Free GPL
xffm - Xfce File Manager Xfce ? 4.2.3.2 / 4.4 beta 1 (4.3.90.1) Free GPL
xplorer² Nikos Bozinis June 10, 2004 1.5.0.0 (February 9, 2006) US$ 25.07 Proprietary
ZTreeWin Kim Henkel 1996 1.50 (January 1, 2006) US$ 29.95 Proprietary
File manager
(OS Suppor)
Manager Views Network Protocol File Browse Search Extensibility Cost License