4Pane
The facts below are what the maker publishes about 4Pane, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From 4Pane's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 4Pane | Free | Linux desktop file manager · binary packages and source available |
The facts
Each one read from 4Pane's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archive handling
- It can create and extract tar and zip archives, and browse and alter the contents of most archive types without opening them separately.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Archives
- It can create and extract tar and zip archives, and browse and alter the contents of most archive types without opening them separately.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Archive support
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Batch rename
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Customization
- Users can configure most of the application and add their own user-defined tools.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Design
- The maker describes it as fully featured without bloat and says it aims for speed rather than visual effects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker offers binary packages for many major Linux distributions, source tarballs, and access to the latest changes through Git.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The maker offers binary packages, a source tarball, and access to the latest changes and fixes through Git.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dual-pane view
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- File operations
- It supports multiple renaming or duplication using prefixes, suffixes, increments, or regular expressions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Layout
- Its usual display has two pairs of panes, each with a directory tree and a detailed file list, and the layout is configurable.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Navigation
- It offers directory trees and detailed file lists in configurable panes, plus bookmarks, user-defined GoTo buttons, and recently visited directories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Network mounts
- It can help mount and unmount NFS, sshfs, and Samba shares, but users must set up the required services and utilities themselves.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Not a network client
- The FAQ says 4Pane is a file manager, not an FTP client or web browser.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Not included
- The maker's feature page says 4Pane is not a web browser, FTP client, or CD burner.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package signing
- The maker says current packages are signed with an updated key described as more secure than the original DSA key.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- 4Pane is a multi-pane, detailed-list file manager for Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker welcomes bug reports through the SourceForge bug tracker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tabbed interface
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Terminal limitation
- Its built-in terminal emulator is not a full terminal: it does not support official escape sequences or most Bash features such as variables and Ctrl-R.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device mounting
- 4Pane can mount devices such as DVD-ROMs and USB drives when the distribution does not mount them automatically.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Linux distribution support
- The maker says 4Pane has been built and tested on the main Linux distributions and is not tied to a particular desktop environment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linuxchecked 24 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
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