# Introduction

&krusader; Logo
&krusader; Logo

&krusader; is an advanced, twin-panel, "commander"-style file-manager for &kde; (similar to &mc; or &tcmd;) but with many extras. &krusader; offers all the file-management features you could possibly want, and more!

Plus: extensive Archive handling, mounted Filesystem support, &FTP;, advanced Search module, viewer/Editor, directory Synchronization, file content Comparisons, powerful batch Renaming and much, much more. Supports archive formats: ace, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar and zip. Handles other &kioslaves1_url; such as smb:// or fish://.

Almost completely customizable, &krusader; is very user friendly, facile, and looks great on your desktop! :-)

Give &krusader; a try.

&krusader; screenshot
&krusader; screenshot

&krusader; screenshot

More &kru_screenshots_url; can be viewed online.

# Features

The most important features are listed here, but it would make this list too long if we were to display all the features and improvements. You will discover even more features in this documentation and in the &changelog_url; file.

- Configurable &main_toolbar_lnk; and key-bindings.

- Supported &archives_lnk; : ace, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar and zip.

- Advanced search module that can search in archives.

- Directory comparison and filtering.

- (Pre)View and Tree panels.

- &remote_connections_lnk; &eg; &FTP;/SAMBA with SFTP/SCP support.

- Open a Terminal &eg; &konsole;, defaults to the browsed path.

- Built-in &termemu_lnk;.

- A &cmdline_lnk; capable of running something in a terminal with a single click of a button.

- Bookmark-Manager.

- Easy editing of file permissions and ownership.

- Shows the effective permissions for the current user.

- Calculates occupied space by marked files and folders.

- Internal viewer and configurable editor.

- Completely supports drag'n'drop: drag from &konqueror; straight into a .tar.gz file, from &krusader;'s panel into the trash-bin, the desktop or into &konqueror;!

- Packs (or unpacks) files into a single archive of your choice without typing a single command.

- Tests the integrity of archives.

- Compare files by content (via external diff program such as &kompare;, &kdiff3_url; or &xxdiff_url;).

- Fully mimetype-aware (with or without "magic"!).

- Built-in Mount-Manager &mountman_lnk;.

- Krename support, a very powerful external batch renamer for &kde;, seamlessly integrated.

- &foldertabs_lnk;

## New features since version 1.40

- &rootmode_lnk;

- File splitter & &combinefiles_lnk;.

- &syncdirs_lnk;

- New &quick_search_lnk;

- New Konfigurator

- &locate_lnk;

- Folder History

- Color support

- Quickmode for MountMan

## New features since version 1.50

- &useractions_lnk;

- &sync_browsing_lnk;

- &popup_panel_lnk;

- &panel_profiles_lnk;

## New features in version 1.60

- &diskusage_lnk;

- Import/export Color schemes

- Import/export Keybindings

- Searcher: Feed to listbox (with virtual folders).

- Actions Toolbar for user actions and bookmarks.

- &selection_modes_lnk;

- Popular &URL;s.

- &bookmarks_lnk; can be placed into toolbars.

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