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Far Manager vs Norton Commander

A side-by-side look at Far Manager and Norton Commander. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Far Manager

Far Manager

File Management

Far Manager is a free and open-source file manager for Microsoft Windows. It provides a dual-pane interface for easy file navigation, with features like multiple tabs, powerful search and replace, built-in editor and viewer, plugins and customizations.

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Norton Commander

Norton Commander

File Management

Norton Commander is a file manager program for DOS that was released in 1986. It uses a two-pane interface to allow basic file operations like copying, renaming, deleting files and launching applications.

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