File Commander

August 7, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

File Commander is a cross-platform orthodox dual-panel file manager with plugin support. Windows is the primary target; macOS and Linux are supported, while FreeBSD is best-effort where the Linux implementation works unchanged.

CI

Windows screenshot

Download for Windows

Get the latest release. Current Windows builds are x64.

Issues

See known bugs or report an issue.

Building

The repository uses submodules. After cloning, run update_repository.bat on Windows or update_repository.sh on Linux/macOS. The same script updates the main repository and its submodules later.

Requirements: a C++23-capable compiler and Qt 6.8 or newer.

  • Windows: Visual Studio 2022 or later. Run qmake -tp vc -r to generate the solution.
  • Linux: run Qt 6's qmake -r, then make.
  • macOS: open the project in Qt Creator, or run qmake -r -spec macx-xcode for an Xcode project.

The CI workflow is the reference for supported build and test commands.