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What is it ?
X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X Window (Linux or BSD systems).
It is written using the FOX toolkit and it is based on X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov.
Xfe is developed since 2002 by Roland Baudin.
Xfe aims to be the best choice for people who are looking for a fast and light graphical file manager on Unix systems.
Yet another file manager?
Xfe is fast (thanks to the FOX toolkit) and light, with a small memory footprint. It is desktop independent: you always get the same look and feel whatever the desktop you use. Xfe's UI is highly customisable: you can change its colors and select among several icon themes. Xfe is powerful: it features a fast search dialog, a bulk rename dialog, custom scripts, root mode, disk usage, customisable key bindings, etc.
Xfe comes with a set of integrated tools:
- X File Write (Xfw), a text editor
- X File Image (Xfi), an image viewer
- X File Archive (Xfa), an archive viewer and extractor
- X File Package (Xfp), a package viewer and installer
Latest Xfe version can be installed without any dependency by just running an installer. It will work on any (not too old) Linux platform.
News
03/08/2026 - Version 2.1.11 released
This release fixes a minor regression introduced in version 2.1.7.
Many translations need to be updated! Please send me your po files.
01/08/2026 - Version 2.1.10 released
This release fixes a crash that happened when moving a big file located on a different file system to trash can. Window positioning has also been fixed and scripts menu is now automatically refreshed when the contents of the scripts folder change.
25/07/2026 - Version 2.1.9 released
This release fixes a bug with the file list displayed columns. A new georgian translation has been added.
14/07/2026 - Version 2.1.8 released
This release fixes a minor bug. German and czech translations have also been updated.
23/05/2026 - Version 2.1.7 released
This release fixes the issue with text input broken and composed characters patch not working anymore with libx11 >= 1.8.10.