14 DAY TRIAL // Krusader, the file manager that comes bundled with KDE, is now 20 years old, but despite being launched two decades ago, it continues to be one of the best applications of its kind.
What makes Krusader so special? It all comes down to the feature lineup that makes it the best choice not only for power users, as many advertise the app, but for pretty much everybody who wants to work with files with some of the best advanced tools around.
Krusader, which the developing team itself says is similar to Total Commander, comes with an impressive feature lineup that includes everything from file content comparisons to batch renaming, an internal viewer and editor, file transfers, mounted filesystem support, and directory synchronization.
Aimed at power users, sysadmins, devs
Furthermore, if the default feature lineup still isn’t enough for you, then you can add new capabilities. Krusader comes with custom add-ons that are known as User Actions, and you can find plenty of them online.
Krusader is also prepared for the modern world with a bunch of features, including total keyboard control, which means you don’t even have to touch your mouse to run the typical file management feature. This is super-important these days when everyone wants to work on their computers as fast as possible, so once you get used to the hotkeys (or configure your own), the whole experience becomes even more straightforward.
Of course, Krusader also supports root mode and packs an advanced search engine, while the latest version comes with panel filtering and searching.
Needless to say, Krusader remains one of the best file managers in the Linux world even today, 20 years after launch. It’s the app that can turn a regular user into a power user, empowering everyone to manage file systems with some of the best features around.