GopherFileManager

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What is this?

GopherFileManager is file manager for Linux with GTK3 user interface written on Golang

I wanted to create Linux file manager with "folder trumbnails" like in Dolphin file manager

Source code is so bad now. It maybe will fix it later... Look here for executable file https://github.com/SilentGopherLnx/screenshots_and_binaries/tree/master/BIN64_GopherFileManagerFileMoverGui

more screenshoots:

https://github.com/SilentGopherLnx/screenshots_and_binaries/tree/master/SCREENS_GopherFileManagerFileMoverGui

Dependencies for GOPATH (can be downloaded by "go get"):

1. Golang GTK3 lib 0.6.1 https://github.com/gotk3/gotk3 also for gtk:

sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev

sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev 2) my Framework https://github.com/SilentGopherLnx/easygolang

1. inotify wrapper for directory update events

• https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
• https://github.com/golang/sys

1. some libs for additional image trumbnails support (webp, ico, bmp ...)

• https://github.com/golang/image
• https://github.com/biessek/golang-ico
• https://github.com/jsummers/gobmp

1. correct image rotation from exif

• https://github.com/disintegration/imageorient
• https://github.com/disintegration/gift

Dependencies of PROGRAMS (download by yourself!):

1. Compiled version of my "FileMoverGui" written on golang too https://github.com/SilentGopherLnx/FileMoverGui

2. ffmpeg for video trumbnails

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

1. smbclient for getting smb folders list of one server

sudo apt-get install smbclient

programs below usualy included in linux (if you not have them, you should install it):

1. gtk, gvfs, bash - libs
2. df, lsblk, mount, ls - base commands for disks list
3. xdg-open, xdg-mime - file type system associations
4. xclip - for copy-paste clipboard
5. avahi-browse - for scanning network for samba servers
6. udevadm - for usb devices names (mtp protocol)

Status:

App is under development and looks freaky

Not all functions are implemented and realised as planned! need to do:

1. "hard-to-do":

• async file list loading by os.File.Readdir(1+) (ioutil.ReadDir() or os.File.Readdir(-1) is slow if mpt/webdav protocol)
• listing all remote pc on network, list folders of one remote pc
• searching files results
• mounting remote folders & mounting remote folders with unsaved password & mounting local (unmounted or encrypted) folders

1. easy (so, it will be done later):

• history of location ("back button" fo path)
• some small features like sorting, favorite folders editing
• hash folder automatic clear for too old preview-images
• list style show of file list
• and so on

possible futures in far-far future:

• working inside zip files like in directories
• preview for zip files content like in folders
• trash for deleted files
• 4K display support

NEW:

• 0.2.0 - added multiple select files by mouse + hotkeys (Ctrl+C,Ctrl+V,Del)
• 0.2.1 - hotkeys F2,F5,Ctrl+A; info for multiseleced files; copy folder near itself
• 0.2.2 - new cache method, exif orientation, paste into in menu, russian keyboard shortcuts fix
• 0.3.0 - async file list loading! searching files! network listing! movie files length on icon
• 0.3.1 - smb mount, path history, search results menus
• 0.3.2 - mouse selecting with Ctrl button, fixing unnecessary menu's bugs
• 0.3.3 - fixing for install and compile from source code by go get
• 0.4.0 - multi-language support(+russian), checking for new verison button, fix for latest gtk release, fixing for multi-language keyboard hotkeys (Ctrl+C,Ctrl+X,Ctrl+V),renaming gialog moved to helper app
• 0.4.1 - fix for gotk3 0.6.1 (was uncompileable in selectionData) and golang 1.17 (url parsing works differently); add: count of files on folder preview, sort files by size, option to select preview update time (always-never) and app for rename dialog
• 0.4.2 - easier smb mounting, movie height on preview, sorting by file date, folder preview error icon, more language translation

Platform & License:

Only Linux! Tested mostly on amd64 on Cinnamon desktop (Linux Mint 1920.2). GTK 3.24.20 Also tested once on Gentoo 17 (gnome 3) amd64.

Windows/MasOS support is NOT planned

License type is GPL3

Some configurations for good work:

Open "View/Options" and change if you need:

• Path to FileMoverGui app on golang
• Path to cache folder for trumbnails. Create it if not exist or choose another!
• System file manager name ("nemo" is default)
• System terminal name ("gnome-terminal" is default)