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{{Short description|Dual-pane file manager for KDE desktop environment}}
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| developer              = Krusader Krew
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| programming language   = [[C++]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
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| genre                  = [[File browser]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|https://krusader.org}}
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[[File:Debian Sarge Gnome krusader1-51 0.png|thumb|250px|Krusader on Debian Sarge with the Gnome desktop environment]]
[[File:Krusader-1.60.0-kde3.41 mac osX.png|thumb|250px|Krusader-1.60.0 / KDE 3.41 on Apple Mac OS X]]

'''Krusader''' is an advanced [[orthodox file manager]] for [[KDE]] and other desktops in the Unix world. It is similar to the [[Virtual console|console]]-based [[GNU Project|GNU]] [[Midnight Commander]], [[GNOME Commander]] for the [[GNOME]] desktop environment, or [[Total Commander]]<ref name=TotalcmdWiki>{{cite web |title=Total Commander for Linux |url=https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Total_Commander_for_Linux |publisher=TotalcmdWiki |access-date=2 January 2024 |language=En |date=2021-03-21}}</ref> for [[Windows]], all of which can trace their paradigmatic features to the original [[Norton Commander]] for [[MS-DOS]]. It supports extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]], advanced search, viewer/editor, directory synchronisation, file content comparisons, batch renaming, etc.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Popov |first1=Dmitri |title=File Juggling with Krusader |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/file-juggling-krusader |website=Linux Journal |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Both |first1=David |title=Getting started with the Krusader file manager |url=https://opensource.com/life/16/2/getting-started-krusader-file-manager |website=opensource.com |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

It supports the following archive formats: [[tar (file format)|tar]], [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]], [[bzip2]], [[gzip]], [[RAR (file format)|RAR]], ace, [[ARJ]], [[LHA (file format)|LHA]], [[7z]] and [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] and can handle other [[KIO]] Slaves such as smb or fish.

Krusader is published under [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL-2.0-or-later]].

== User interface ==
Krusader's [[user interface]] is based on the [[orthodox file manager]] (OFM) principle, also known as Commander-like file managers, the family of [[file manager]]s based on the old [[Norton Commander]] [[user interface|interface]]. The orthodox file manager has two windows called panels where one is active and the other inactive. The idea is to manipulate files from active to inactive panel or within the active panel. Only the keyboard is required to do this, which makes the process much faster. Using the mouse is still an option. Krusader's deep integration into [[KDE]] (e.g. [[KParts]], [[KIO]]) allows it to provide several additional services.

== File viewer-editor ==
One of the many tools that Krusader provides is the viewer-editor. Using the [[KParts]] [[object model]], Krusader executes components that are capable of viewing (and sometimes editing) specific [[filetype]]s and embeds their client area directly into a new Krusader window. This makes it possible (for example) to view an office document directly from within Krusader. Any application that implements the [[KParts]] model correctly can be embedded in this fashion.

== Platforms ==
Krusader is primarily developed for the [[Linux]] [[system platform|platform]], but it is available for some other platforms. These include [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] and [[Mac OS X|Apple Mac OS X]]. A Windows port is in beta (as of January 9, 2015).

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of file managers]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://krusader.org/}}

{{KDE}}
{{File managers}}

[[Category:Extragear]]
[[Category:Free file managers]]
[[Category:KDE Applications]]
[[Category:Orthodox file managers]]