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{{Short description|File manager}}

{{Infobox software

| name = PCMan File Manager

| screenshot = Screenshot of PCManFM 1.2.4 in Russian.png

| caption = PCMan File Manager 1.2.4 in Russian

| developer = Hong Jen Yee (PCMan), Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger)

| latest release version = 2.1.3.20 ([[GTKQt (software)|Qt]])

| latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|20212024|0211|05}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/pcmanfm/activity/?page=0&limit=100#6022bd21d7dfc9d56386eeef|title=Activity for PCMan File Manager|access-date=2021-02-15}}</ref>

| genre = [[File Manager]]

| latest preview version = 1.1.0 ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[GTK]]), [[C++]] ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])

| latest_preview_date = {{Release date and age|2022|04|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/releases |title=PCManFM Qt releases |publisher=github.com/lxqt |access-date=2022-08-25}}</ref>

| genre operating_system = [[File ManagerUnix-like]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[GTK]]), [[C++]] ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])

| website = https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt

| operating_system = [[Unix-like]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]

| website = {{URL|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM}}

}}

'''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 ==

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* Bookmarks

* Multilingual

* Tabbed browsing (similar to a [[Firefoxweb browser]])

* Volume management (mount/unmount/eject, requires gvfs)

* Drag & drop support