{"slug": "double-commander", "name": "Double Commander", "category": "files", "category_name": "Files, sync and backup", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.218, "rising": 3.0, "first": "2026-09-04", "latest": "2026-10-17", "why": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Double Commander"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 802108816, "item_id": 50131801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131801", "by": "majkinetor", "date": "2026-10-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source.", "excerpt": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source. I was very active in TC community until I switched to DC.", "context": "former active Total Commander community member", "use_case": "file manager", "switched_from": "Total Commander", "story": "The history of development of Norton Commander (2011)"}, {"id": 793077152, "item_id": 49567322, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567322", "by": "nilslindemann", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Yes, this seems to be a valid alternative to Total Commander. It has what I need, including script buttons, very nice.", "excerpt": "> It's packaged in Debian and Ubuntu as \"doublecmd-qt\" and \"doublecmd-gtk\" Ah, I found it now. I must have misspelled it, just saw the language files earlier. Yes, this seems to be a valid alternative to Total Commander. It has what I need, including script buttons, very nice. There are still a few bugs, like the buttons are currently all light grey. I will see if I can resolve that. Thanks for this tip.", "context": "Linux Mint user", "use_case": "file manager on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 793055249, "item_id": 49565953, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565953", "by": "orbital-decay", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DoubleCommander is a near-direct replacement", "excerpt": "AHK is a pretty Windows ecosystem-specific crutch and everything it does is done in different ways in other systems. TC can be run on Wine absolutely everywhere, I used to do this on Linux for a number of years and it's perfect including plugins, although there are plenty of good FMs out there (e.g. DoubleCommander is a near-direct replacement) so feel free to try them if you just need a way to manage your files and ", "context": "", "use_case": "file management", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "majkinetor", "context": "former active Total Commander community member", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131801", "date": "2026-10-17"}, {"by": "nilslindemann", "context": "Linux Mint user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567322", "date": "2026-09-04"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["file manager", "two-pane file management", "file manager on linux", "file management"], "compared": [{"slug": "total-commander", "name": "Total Commander", "co": 3, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50115354", "title": "The history of development of Norton Commander (2011)", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49562895", "title": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 802108816, "item_id": 50131801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131801", "by": "majkinetor", "date": "2026-10-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source.", "excerpt": "I suggest its clone, Double Commander. Does everything as TC, supports its plugins and is cross platform and open source. I was very active in TC community until I switched to DC.", "context": "former active Total Commander community member", "use_case": "file manager", "switched_from": "Total Commander", "story": "The history of development of Norton Commander (2011)"}, {"id": 802101330, "item_id": 50131333, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131333", "by": "falsaberN1", "date": "2026-10-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Nowadays I mostly use clones like Midnight Commander, Krusader and Double Commander", "excerpt": "I owe Norton a lot of joy for bringing orthodox file managers (the ones with two panes) and I can't live without them. They make file managing so comfortable compared to stuff like Windows Explorer or Nautilus (not saying they are bad though, I just prefer two panes). Nowadays I mostly use clones like Midnight Commander, Krusader and Double Commander, and I used Worker (a clone of a clone, this time a clone of Direct", "context": "", "use_case": "two-pane file management", "switched_from": "", "story": "The history of development of Norton Commander (2011)"}, {"id": 793077152, "item_id": 49567322, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567322", "by": "nilslindemann", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Yes, this seems to be a valid alternative to Total Commander. It has what I need, including script buttons, very nice.", "excerpt": "> It's packaged in Debian and Ubuntu as \"doublecmd-qt\" and \"doublecmd-gtk\" Ah, I found it now. I must have misspelled it, just saw the language files earlier. Yes, this seems to be a valid alternative to Total Commander. It has what I need, including script buttons, very nice. There are still a few bugs, like the buttons are currently all light grey. I will see if I can resolve that. Thanks for this tip.", "context": "Linux Mint user", "use_case": "file manager on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}, {"id": 793055249, "item_id": 49565953, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565953", "by": "orbital-decay", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DoubleCommander is a near-direct replacement", "excerpt": "AHK is a pretty Windows ecosystem-specific crutch and everything it does is done in different ways in other systems. TC can be run on Wine absolutely everywhere, I used to do this on Linux for a number of years and it's perfect including plugins, although there are plenty of good FMs out there (e.g. DoubleCommander is a near-direct replacement) so feel free to try them if you just need a way to manage your files and ", "context": "", "use_case": "file management", "switched_from": "", "story": "O&O ShutUp10 \u2013 The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11"}]}