Multi Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager that is a reliable alternative to the standard Windows Explorer.

It uses a trendy and efficient dual-panel layout. Multi Commander has everything you need in your daily work with files to make your work fast and efficient.

Multi Commander has all the standard file manager features, like copy, move, rename, and view. But Multi Commander's greatest strength is the unique features that allow you to do advanced tasks easily. Like Auto-unpacking, Auto-sorting, Browsing inside archives, Workspace support, Scripting, Searching, and much more. And it allows you to do everything from the keyboard.

Multi Commander Features:

Tabs allow you to have multiple folders open.

Caching that enables fast file browsing.

Background work for all tasks that takes time to finish, allowing you to continue to work without interruptions.

Customize the layout and colors to fit your styling needs.

Extensions and plugins will increase Multi Commander's functionality.

FTP, Registry, Zip, 7-Zip, Rar, Tar, GZ, Bz2, Jar Support.

View and Change file permissions, Take ownership of files.

Picture tools like Convert / Rotate Pictures, View/Remove EXIF tags, Adjust EXIF Date of pictures.

Show Movie information from IMDB/Rotten tomato as extra columns on your video files.

Audio tools like View Audio file properties and View/Edit MP3 Tags.

Open API for developers to create extensions and plugins.

Remember selections when you return from another location when browsing the filesystem.

Use mouse and drag and drop or use quick keyboard command for all the tasks.

FileOperations plugins can automatically sort/unpack files when moved or copied.

File viewer lets you view files of any size, such as ASCII/Unicode/UTF8/Binary and Hex.

Both 32bit and 64bit versions available.

Handle folders with thousands of files easily, And use powerful filters to limit what you want to view.
Compare folders and select the different files and folders, the same, and many other options.

Powerfull script engine allowing you to create scripts that automate tasks.

Portable. It can be installed and run from a portable (USB) device. It will not write any settings/session info on a host computer.

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