Thunar

This article is about the file manager. For the god after which the program is named, see Thor.

Thunar

Thunar 1.6.2 screenshot
Developer(s)	Xfce and Benedikt Meurer

Stable release	1.6.10^[1] / 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
Repository	git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	File manager
License	GPL
Website	docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start

Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ 2 toolkit, and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager. It was initially called Filer but was changed to Thunar due to a name clash.^[2]

The main goal of the Thunar project is to create a file manager that is fast, clean, and easy to use.^[3]^[4] It is designed to start up faster and be more responsive than some other Linux file managers, such as Nautilus and Konqueror.^[5] Accessibility, another goal of the project, is accomplished using GNOME Accessibility Toolkit. Like the rest of Xfce, Thunar is designed to comply with standards, such as those stated at freedesktop.org. Thunar is simple and lightweight by design, but its functionality can be extended through plugins.

Thunar is the Old Saxon name of god of thunder in Norse mythology, and uses Mjölnir, Thor's hammer, as its icon.

Interface

The Thunar interface was developed prior to the coding of its core. A minimally functional software mockup was built in Python. Features were added and UI elements changed iteratively to react to test user input.

API

Thunar provides an API for third-party developers:

The "thunar-vfs" is a cross-platform API for high-level file system operations. This is deprecated for the 1.2.0 release in favor of the native GVfs.
The "thunarx" is a library for building extensions to the file manager itself.

Thunar can also be extended by writing scripts to be placed in the context menu for various file types.

Thunar's About screen logo

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thunar.

Official website

File managers (comparison)

Unix-like	Dolphin emelFM2 gentoo GNOME Commander GNOME Files (Nautilus) Konqueror Krusader Nemo PCMan File Manager ranger ROX-Filer Thunar Xfe SpaceFM

DOS	DOS Navigator DOS Shell Norton Commander PathMinder PC Shell ViewMAX Volkov Commander XTree

OS/2 etc.	DOS Navigator Norton Commander for OS/2

Windows	Altap Salamander Directory Opus DOS Navigator Explorer++ Far Manager File Manager Norton Commander for Windows PowerDesk STDU Explorer Total Commander File Explorer Windows Explorer WinSCP xplorer² XTree for Windows XYplorer ZTreeWin

Classic Mac OS	Finder

macOS	Commander One CRAX Commander Finder Path Finder Xfile

BeOS etc.	OpenTracker Tracker

Cross-platform	Dired Double Commander Graphics Environment Manager Midnight Commander MuCommander

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