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Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander (also known as mc, the command used to start it, and as mouseless commander in older versions) is a free cross-platform orthodox file manager. It was started by Miguel de Icaza in 1994 as a clone of the then-popular Norton Commander.

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Available in
51 languages
Developers
Andrew Borodin and Yury V. Zaytsev
License
GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system
Unix-like including macOS; Windows (unofficial)
Original author
Miguel de Icaza
Release
1994; 32 years ago (1994)

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Midnight Commander

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Midnight Commander

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related to Design · 18
Midnight Commander → ASCII, Configuration, Don't, F4, File, FISH, FTP, GNOME Terminal, GPM, Later, Menu, Midnight Commander's, RPM, Such, The, Use Internal Edit, Users, When
related to External links · 4
Midnight Commander → Commander, Official, SourceForge, Windows
related to Unicode support · 4
Midnight Commander → As, Native, Unicode, UTF-8
Available in · 1
Midnight Commander → 51 languages
Developers · 1
Midnight Commander → Andrew Borodin and Yury V. Zaytsev
License · 1
Midnight Commander → GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system · 1
Midnight Commander → Unix-like including macOS; Windows (unofficial)
Original author · 1
Midnight Commander → Miguel de Icaza
Release · 1
Midnight Commander → 1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Repository · 1
Midnight Commander → github.com/MidnightCommander/mc.git

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commander midnight file also support files versions terminal mc manager unicode user interface using gnu mouse available miguel de icaza

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Midnight CommanderAvailable in51 languages1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderDevelopersAndrew Borodin and Yury V. Zaytsev1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderLicenseGPL-3.0-or-later1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderOperating systemUnix-like including macOS; Windows (unofficial)1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderOriginal authorMiguel de Icaza1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderRelease1994; 32 years ago (1994)1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderRepositorygithub.com/MidnightCommander/mc.git1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderStable release4.8.33 / 23 January 20251.00infobox
Midnight CommanderTypeFile manager1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderWebsitemidnight-commander.org1.00infobox
Midnight CommanderWritten inC1.00infobox
Midnight Commanderpart ofthe GNU project and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License0.85text

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