Norton Commander Inspired Software
There are several programs that follow the style of Norton Commander. Examples are:
- A2Command for Apple //e, Apple //c, Apple IIgs
- Altap Salamander for Windows (formerly known as Servant Salamander)
- Beesoft Commander for Linux
- CBM-Command for Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore Plus/4
- Demos Commander for Unix and Linux
- Directory Opus for Amiga (1990) and Windows (2001) - GUI based from first release
- Dos Command Center for DOS
- Dos Navigator for DOS
- Double Commander for Linux and Windows
- Eie-manager cross platform Java based with web interface
- FAR Manager for Windows
- File Commander for Windows and OS/2
- Foltyn Commander for DOS
- FreeCommander for Windows
- GNOME Commander for Linux (Best used with GNOME) and other Unix-like systems
- Krusader for Linux (Best used with KDE) and other Unix-like systems
- Midnight Commander primarily for Unix-like systems, but also works on Windows and Mac OS X
- muCommander cross platform Java based
- Music On Console, a music player for Unix-like operating systems, has an interface modelled on Norton Commander.
- Speed Commander for Windows
- Total Commander for Windows, formerly Windows Commander
- Tux Commander for Unix and Linux
- Volkov Commander for DOS
There are also other non-OFM software inspired by NC's look and feel, such as archivers, viewers, hexadecimal editors and more. Mostly these are DOS tools. Examples are:
- Commandline ACE archiver for DOS and Windows, and is the only existing OFM compressor that supports LFN
- Hiew hexadecimal editor
- Pksmart EXE packer for DOS
- RAR archiver for DOS and Windows
- The Star Commander DOS shell that can handle the image file formats of C64 emulators
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