Although FAR2L itself is a TUI application, it can run in GUI or TTY backends modes. There is also new NetRocks plugin implementing network connections via FTP, SFTP, SCP, SMB, NFS and WebDAV.įar2l also supports "terminal extensions".
Among ported and working plugins are Colorer, MultiArc and TmpPanel. As of February 2021, the port successfully builds and the most common functions work. Linux and MacOS version įar2l project develops Linux and MacOS ports of Far Manager. Plugins can be developed using the native C/Pascal API, or using wrappers which permit plugin development in other platforms and languages, such as. Wrappers are available which allow using some Total Commander plugins with Far Manager, and vice versa. Some popular plugins include regular expression search and replace (both in the text editor and across multiple files), syntax highlighting and auto-completion for the text editor, SFTP/ SCP and Windows Registry virtual file systems, 7-zip integration, a hex editor and a picture viewer (which overlays a DirectX surface over Far's console window).
Third-party plugins are available from the PlugRing repository and plugin announcement forum. Standard plugins installed by default include FTP, Windows network, extensible archive file support and temporary panel (sandbox) virtual file systems, a process list, print manager, filename case converter, and several editor plugins to format, wrap, and otherwise alter text. The file panels and the command prompt are both active at the same time (they are interacted with using different keys), and most features can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts (the key bar at the bottom displays the function key actions for the currently held down modifier keys).įar's standard functionality can be greatly extended with macros (written in Lua scripting language, primarily used to record keypress sequences) and plugins. The file panels support wildcard selection, advanced filtering, sorting and highlighting. Panels may be fully customized as to which columns are shown and in which order, and operations may be done to and from either panel. Its standard functionality can be expanded with macros (which allow scripting) and plugins.įar Manager's default interface combines two file panels with a command prompt.
Far Manager features an internal viewer and editor, customizable user menus, tree views, file search, compare, integrated help, and a task switcher for its tools.
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