# doublecmd

**Repository Path**: eking-chen/doublecmd

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: doublecmd
- **Description**: A twin panel (side by side) cross platform open source file manager.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-05
- **Last Updated**: 2021-11-02

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

**Note!**

 Since most of the updates are integrated from the upstream repository, this repository is occasionally rebased.

## [Download](https://github.com/double-commander/doublecmd/releases)

# Double commander ![logo](https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/site/images/logo.png "Double commander")  

**A twin panel (side by side) cross platform open source file manager.**  

This Double commander on github is fork of the [official double commander project at github](https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd).  
It is inspired by [Total Commander](http://www.ghisler.com/) and features some new ideas.  

The goal of this fork is to relief this project from the constraints of archaic development methotodloies by facilitating github capabilities to achieve a better collaboration and attract developers to improve this software to be the best it can.  

Key Features
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* Unicode support.  
* Background file operations.  
* Multi-rename tool.  
* Tabbed interface.  
* Configurable file panel columns.  
* Internal file viewer and text editor.  
* Folder like bahviour of many archive file types.  
* Advanced search (in files).  
* Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands.  
* Total Commander plugins compatibility WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support.  
* File operations logging.  
* Fully configurable key mappings.  

Build
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**Building the project on windows.**  

1. Download [Lazarus](http://www.lazarus-ide.org/) version 1.8 or higher and install to c:\lazarus  
2. Clone this repository using "git clone https://github.com/double-commander/doublecmd.git" or fork the project and clone your repository.  
3. Run build.bat  

Opening new issues
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* Prior opening a new issue please review the [current issues](../../issues) to make sure an identical issue isn't already exists.   
* Test your issue using one of the [lastest builds](../../releases) to make sure it's still relevant   
* Bugs should use this [template](../../wiki/Open-a-bug-template)  

Work flow
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Since currently changes are slim, the 'master' branch in this repository is being rebased every week on top of the master branch in the upstream repository.
Once a fair amount of developers will use this repository, a rebase will not occur, but a normal 
merge.