Dolphin (file manager)

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Dolphin (file manager)
Original author(s) Peter Penz [1]
Developer(s) KDE
Initial release2006;19 years ago (2006)
Stable release
24.12.1 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 5 January 2025
Preview release 24.01.85 (December 20, 2023;15 months ago (2023-12-20) [3] ) [±]
Repository
Written in C++ (Qt)
Operating system Unix-like, macOS, Windows
Type File browser
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website apps.kde.org/dolphin/
KDE mascot Konqi managing files. KDE mascot Konqi for search and archives.png
KDE mascot Konqi managing files.

Dolphin is a free and open source file manager included in the KDE Applications bundle. Dolphin became the default file manager of the KDE Plasma desktop environments in the fourth iteration, termed KDE Software Compilation 4. [4] It can also be optionally installed on K Desktop Environment 3. It replaces Konqueror as the default file manager for KDE SC 4, but Konqueror can still be used as an alternative file manager.

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History

Under previous K Desktop Environment versions, Konqueror had served both as the default file manager and web browser. However, for many years users had been critical of Konqueror as being too complex for simple file navigation. As a response, the two functions were divided into two separate applications. Under KDE SC 4, Dolphin was streamlined for browsing files, while sharing as much code as possible with Konqueror. Konqueror continues to be developed primarily as a web browser. [5]

In 2014, work started on porting Dolphin to KDE Frameworks 5. [6] This is now complete and a Frameworks 5-based version was released as part of KDE Applications 15.08 in August 2015. [7]

Dolphin and K Desktop Environment 3

As development of the KDE SC 4 version was underway, the K Desktop Environment 3 version of Dolphin was discontinued. However, the program continues to be unofficially available for K Desktop Environment 3 under the slightly modified name of “D3lphin”. D3lphin contains many bugfixes and a new sidebar and is maintained by the TDE project.

Features

Networking

See also

References

  1. ↑ Peter Penz (2012-06-26). "Dolphin 2.1" . Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  2. ↑ https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/tree/v24.12.1.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "KDE Gear 24.01.85 Full Log Page". KDE.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  4. ↑ "4.0 Released". KDE. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  5. ↑ "(KDE) Revision 633622". The KDE Source Repository. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "KDE SC 4.14 wird 4er-Reihe abschließen" (in German). 2014-07-10.
  7. ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 15.08.0". KDE. 2015-08-19.
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