Altap Salamander
{{Infobox Software
| logo = ServantSalamanderLogo.png
| name = Altap Salamander
| screenshot =
| caption = Screenshot of Altap Salamander 2.5
| developer = ALTAP
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3509597|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3509597|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3509597|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3509597|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating system = Microsoft Windows
| genre = Orthodox file manager
| license = GPL-2.0{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander/blob/main/LICENSE |title=LICENSE |work=OpenSalamander/salamander repo |via=GitHub |publisher=Altap |date=4 December 2024}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.altap.cz}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander}}
}}
Altap Salamander (formerly known as Servant Salamander) is a freeware orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows, originally inspired by Norton Commander. In contrast to several other file managers, it has a context aware user interface hiding complexity – for instance, the bottom function list changes on press of modifier keys, just showing the currently available hotkey function set.{{cite web|last1=Hoffman|first1=J. K.|title=Altap Salamander|url=http://www.ryumaou.com/hoffman/netgeek/2014/05/altap-salamander/|website=Diary of a network geek|accessdate=21 January 2017|date=6 May 2014|quote=You can also use the context-sensitive menu to rename and delete files or directories, create directories, edit files or use the built-in viewer to preview files, all with the touch of a function key.}}
Release history
Servant Salamander 1.0 development was started in 1996 as a hobby project by Petr Šolín (from Czech Republic) during his studies at university and released as freeware in 1997. It was originally written in Watcom C++, later in Visual C++ 6.0.
Altap Salamander 2.0 the first shareware version was released in 2001 by a newly established company Altap. Salamander 2.0 included support for viewer and archiver plugins. During the development of 2.5 version the plugin architecture was expanded to support file system plugins to support FTP and other protocols.
Altap Salamander 2.5 plugin SDK allows plugin developers to create new viewer plugins (for file previews), archiver plugins (for browsing, unpacking, or packing archive files), file system plugins (for custom directory listing) and tools (like multi-rename or file compare). Custom column plugins known from Total Commander are not supported, neither yet non-latin alphabets of the Unicode.
Altap Salamander 3.x version series newly supports the Windows 7 and higher, two binaries are available, for users' choice: 32-bit and 64-bit.
Altap Salamander 4.0 was released are freeware in 2019 in the aftermath of Altap's acquisition by Fine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altap.cz/news/fine-acquired-altap/|title=Altap Salamander is now a freeware|website=www.altap.cz|access-date=2019-09-11}} however active development has been indefinitely suspended as of July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=37006&start=45#p68135|title=Is Salamander dead? - Page 4 - Altap Salamander Support Forums|website=forum.altap.cz|access-date=2019-09-11}}
Open Salamander 5.0. as open source code was released on December 4, 2023{{Cite web|url=https://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=73473#p73473|title=Open Salamander is now released and we look forward to its further development on GitHub|website=forum.altap.cz}} under the GPL-2.0 license, no packages "releases" are yet published.{{cite web |title=OpenSalamander/salamander: Open Salamander |url=https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander |website=GitHub |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919190440/https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander |archive-date=19 September 2024}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.altap.cz}}
- [https://www.altap.cz/salamander/changelogs/ Release Notes]
{{File managers}}
Category:Orthodox file managers
Category:Windows-only shareware
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