ROX-Filer

Authors: Thomas Leonard and the Rox Community.
Last version supporting GTK 2.0: 2.1.3
Last version supporting GTK 2.2: 2.2.0
Current stable version: 2.4 (GTK 2.4 or later)
Current testing version: 2.4.1 (GTK 2.4 or later)

Introduction

ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager for the X Window System.

You can use it as a small and fast filer within your current desktop...

...or get it to manage your pinboard, panels and applications (see below for more screenshots).

You might also like to read some of the User Comments people have made about the filer.

Downloading and installing the filer

There are many ways to get the filer:

Zero Install injector (web install)

On normal Linux x86 PCs, you can use the web installer. ROX-Filer is also available as part of the ROX-All package.

Packages and tarballs

If you don't want to use Zero Install, read the instructions on the Help Installing pages, or Install From Source.

Problems

Please read the Rox Faq before reporting problems on the Mailing Lists. Thanks.

On-line copy of the manual

ROX-Filer's manual is also available on-line.

Features

• Fast scanning of directories (in the background),
• Uncluttered display (popup menus are used throughout),
• Background file operations (copy, move, link, delete, permissions, find),
• Powerful expression-based find feature with on-line quick reference (eg 'mtime after 2 days ago and size > 10Mb' finds files based on their modification time and size)
• Mounts and unmounts filesystems (just Shift-Click on the mount point),
• Supports the XDND protocol, which provides for drag-and-drop file loading, and the new XDS extension which allows drag-and-drop saving,
• VfS support allows browsing around inside zip files (and other types of archive),
• Fully configurable from the Options dialog box,
• User-defined key bindings for all menu entries,
• A pop-up minibuffer allows navigating the filesystem using shell-style tab completion,
• The minibuffer can also be used for quickly entering shell commands,
• Full manual provided (HTML format),

Screenshots

See the Screenshots page for some more pictures, or ROX-Filer screenshots on Lynucs.org.

ROX-Filer crashes when using the "List view" display style with GTK >= 2.8.9

Solution: Upgrade to version 2.4.1.