Reviews of Far Manager

1. 
   Artem S. Tashkinov

   Reviewing 2.0.1420 (Mar 12, 2010)

   Version 2.0 introduced native UTF-8/UTF-16 support, alas, many other parts of the application have been rewritten and become buggy, e.g. search in a file "misses" existing information.
2. 
   Reverb

   Reviewing 2.0.1263 (Jan 9, 2010)

   Truly the best Norton Commander clone for the Windows console. Lots of plugs-in available (FTP, Archiving, file splitting/combining, process list, etc.). It is console only which may turn off some users but the benefit is the low resource and memory usage compared to other file managers (tops out about 6 MB with several plug-ins running vs.Total Commander (30MB) or Speed Commander (28 MB)). Far Commander can't view graphics files either, it relies on whatever viewer is installed on your system
   
   If you were a heavy user of Norton Commander in the DOS era (as I was) you will find FAR easy to use and configure. Unfortunately there are other alternatives that mimic NC such as Total Commander, Speed Commander in addition to good freeware such as Free Commander and Double Commander.
   
   It is portable however and therefore has a place on a flash drive and since it is console it would work when booting into safe mode command prompt for deleting stubborn malware.
   
   Highly recommended as an addition (but not replacement) to your primary file manager.
3. 
   guti

   Reviewing 1.80 Alpha 1 Build 300 (Oct 29, 2007)

   Well, it is not a DOS application, but a Windows console one.
   There is also a Windows x64 executable available.
4. 
   Diam0nd

   Reviewing 1.80 Alpha 1 Build 300 (Oct 29, 2007)

   Best DOS clone out there. But who needs that if there is Total Commander? I don't.
5. 
   grimpr

   Reviewing 1.70 (Jun 27, 2007)

   The Best Norton Commander Clone file manager on the windows platform, in the world of file managers many paradigms have emerged but the classic orthodox dual panel display still reigns king for speed and ease, FAR is above and beyond in the orthodox category with its configurability,speed and vast array of plugins that extend the program to beyond like an internal ftp client,email client,process explorer,audio player,remote control etc etc... If you're a keyboard user and missed the good old days of Norton Commander, FAR is simply a godsend. In my opinion nothing beats file management through the use of a keyboard and a classic dual panel file manager like FAR and Total Commander.
   
   Very highly recommended.

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