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'''PCMan File Manager''' ('''PCManFM''') is a [[file manager]] application, developed by Hong Jen Yee ({{zh|t=洪任諭|p=Hóng Rènyù}}) from [[Taiwan]], which is meant to be a replacement for [[GNOME Files]], [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]] and [[Thunar]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Craciun|first=Dan|title=PCMan File Manager 0.4.5 Review|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2008071702135RVSW|publisher=Linux Today|access-date=20 February 2013|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630074608/https://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2008071702135RVSW|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Georgiadis|first=Panos|title=PCMan – An Alternative File Manager|url=http://www.unixmen.com/pcman-an-alternative-file-manager/|publisher=Unixmen|access-date=20 February 2013}}</ref> PCManFM iswas the standard file manager in [[LXDE]], alsountil developedit bywas thediscontinued, sameand authorit inremains conjunctionthe withstandard otherfile developersmanager for [[LXQt]]. Since 2010, PCManFM has undergone a complete rewrite from scratch; build instructions, setup and configuration have changed in the process.

Released under the [[GNU General Public License]], PCManFM is free software. It follows the specifications given by [[Freedesktop.org]] for [[interoperability]].

Dissatisfied with [[GTK|GTK3]], Hong Jen Yee experimented with [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] in early 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966 |title=LXDE - PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2013-04-27}}</ref> and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on {{dts|2013|03|26}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 |title=LXDE - PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2013-03-27 |access-date=2013-04-27}}</ref> HeThe clarified,new though,PCManFM-Qt thathas doessince notreplaced indicatethe anyoriginal departure from GTK in LXDE, saying: "The GTKversion and Qt versions will coexist". The new PCManFM-Qt is a core component of [[the LXQt]]. In 2020 the [[Archdesktop Linuxenvironment]] community ported PCManFM to GTK 3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDE|title=Arch Linux LXDE|website=wiki.archlinux.org}}</ref>

== Features ==