emelFM2
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The facts
Each one read from emelFM2's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archive limits
- The unpack plugin supports listed archive formats including tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar, zip, 7z, rar, arj, and zoo; compressed single files are not supported by that plugin.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Archive support
- The unpack plugin supports .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar, .zip, .7z, .rar, .arj, and .zoo archives.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Batch rename
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Command execution
- Commands can be started from the built-in command line, toolbar buttons, or assigned keys.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Commands
- Commands can be started from a built-in command line, toolbar buttons, or assigned keys.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The user guide says most of the interface can be changed and configuration is saved between sessions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The user guide says most aspects of the interface can be changed through the configuration dialog.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The listed requirements include Gtk+ 2.6 or later and the shell commands grep and sed; compiling also requires libmagic development files and GCC 3.2 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dual-pane view
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- File finding
- A find plugin can search for items across locations and by multiple attributes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interface
- Its window has two directory panes and a third pane that displays command output; panes can be resized or hidden.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Latest listed source release
- The homepage lists emelfm2-0.9.1.tar.bz2, dated 2014-02-18, as the latest source-code release.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- The user guide describes optional plugins, including tools for access-control lists, finding files, comparing directories, and packing or unpacking archives.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- emelFM2 is a file manager for UNIX-like operating systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release
- The site lists emelfm2-0.9.1.tar.bz2 as the latest source release, dated 2014-02-18.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security-related limit
- The user guide says the crypt plugin requires each file to fit in available memory, and compression roughly doubles the memory requirement, so it is unsuitable for large files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to report bugs through its ticket system and also provides a mailing list.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The site lists FreeBSD, NetBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Gentoo, Slackware, Arch Linux, and other systems as known to run emelFM2.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tabbed interface
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- Text tools
- The user guide describes an included basic text editor with find, replace, cut, copy, paste, undo, save, and save-as functions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Text viewer
- The application includes a text-file viewer that handles several line-ending formats and attempts character-encoding conversion.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform requirements
- The site says emelFM2 should run on UNIX-like systems that support Gtk+2 or Gtk+3, subject to optional dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux and other UNIX-like systemschecked 24 Sep 2026
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