Midnight Commander
| Midnight Commander | |
|---|---|
Midnight Commander running in a terminal window on Ubuntu Linux | |
| Developer(s) | Miguel de Icaza, community |
| Initial release | 1994 |
| Stable release | 4.8.33
/ 23 January 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like including macOS; Windows (unofficial) |
| Available in | 51 languages |
| Type | File manager |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | midnight-commander |
GNU Midnight Commander (also known as mc, the command used to start it, and as mouseless commander in older versions) is a free cross-platform orthodox file manager. It was started by Miguel de Icaza in 1994 as a clone of the then-popular Norton Commander.
GNU Midnight Commander is part of the GNU project and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.