Fman

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fman
Developer(s) Michael Herrmann
Initial releaseJuly 18, 2016
Platform Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
Type File manager
License Proprietary
Website fman.io

fman is a dual-pane file manager for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is extensible, supporting custom plug-ins for customization. [1] The developer gave an "open-source promise", meaning, should he stop development of the app, he will open-source the source code. [2] Nevertheless, this promise got removed in the meantime and no new releases nor the source code were published since that. Thus, it may be considered as broken.

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Reception

Softpedia rated fman as 3 out of 5 stars, describing the app as extensible via plugins but "minimalistic". [3]

TechRepublic highlighted fman's focus on keyboard shortcuts and described it as "intriguing and worthy of continued use". [4]

During its launch, fman appeared in the top 10 of Product Hunt. [5] The CTO of Product Hunt expressed his happiness about the project. [6] Other people criticised that fman is not open source and pointed to free alternatives such as Midnight Commander and Far Manager. [7]

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References

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  2. "fman is Cross-Platform Dual Pane File Manager - OMG! Ubuntu!". 27 March 2017.
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  6. "The speed and efficiency of Norton Commander[1] was amazing". news.ycombinator.com.
  7. "Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers - Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com.