Directory Opus

Directory Opus has evolved since its first release in 1990 as a basic two-panel file manager. The interface has evolved significantly due to feedback given by its users. Some of the features include:

• Single or dual-panel exploring.{{cite magazine|last=Mendelson|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Mendelson|date=2004-06-08|title=File Managers|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=23|number=10|page=132}}
• Folder tree (either shared or separate for dual-display).
• Tabbed explorer panels.
• Ability to maintain date created/modified timestamps for both files and folders.{{cite magazine|last=Rubenking|first=Neil J.|date=2006-04-11|title=Incredibly useful utilities, Directory Opus 8|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=25|number=6|page= |pages=98–99}}
• Internal handling of ZIP, RAR, 7Zip and other archive formats (browse them like folders).
• Internal FTP handling,{{cite magazine|last=Mendelson|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Mendelson|date=2005-02-08|title=Replace Windows Explorer|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=24|number=2|page=46}} including (for a small extra fee) advanced FTP and SSH (browse these like folders also).
• Internal MTP handling for portable devices like phones and cameras.
• Flat-file display, where you can flatten a folder tree and even hide the folders themselves.{{cite news|last=Harac|first=Ian|date=2014-03-31|title=Directory Opus 11 review: The premier file manager for power users|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137351/directory-opus-11-review-the-premier-file-manager-for-power-users.html|newspaper=PCWorld|access-date=2017-05-16}}
• Powerful file selection and renaming tools, with advanced regex.
• User-definable toolbars, menus, filetypes and filetype groups.{{cite magazine|last=Mendelson|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Mendelson|date=2005-05-24|title=File Managers|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=24|number=9|page= |pages=92–93}}
• Preview panel, with preview of thumbnails (including animated avi thumbnails).
• File collections. These are like virtual folders that contain links to the original files (unlike shortcuts, these actually deal with the files directly).

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• Opus 1: January 1990
• Opus 2: February 1991
• Opus 3: 1991-12-01
• Opus 4: 1992-12-04
• Opus 5: 1995-04-12
• Opus 5.5: 1996-08-01
• Opus Magellan (5.6): 1997-05-17
• Opus Magellan II (5.8): 1998-11-01
• Opus Magellan II GPL (5.90): 2014-05-11

Versions 1 and 2 were only available direct from the author. Versions 3 and 4{{cite magazine|last=Holborn|first=Jason|date=April 1993|title=Directory Opus 4|magazine=Amiga Format|publisher=Future Publishing|issn=0957-4867|issue=45|page=135}} were published by Inovatronics. Versions since 5 have been published by GPSoftware (German versions were published by Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe). The full version of Magellan II is included for free with AmiKit package.

• Opus 6: 2001-06-18
• Opus 8: 2004-10-04
• Opus 9: 2007-04-27{{cite press release|url=http://resource.dopus.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4526|title=Directory Opus 9 release announcement}}
• Opus 10: 2011-04-30{{cite press release|url=http://resource.dopus.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13940|title=Directory Opus 10 release announcement}}
• Opus 11: 2014-03-03{{cite press release|url=http://blog.dopus.com/2014/03/directory-opus-11-is-now-available.html|title=Directory Opus 11 release announcement}}
• Opus 12: 2016-09-05{{cite press release|url=http://blog.dopus.com/2016/09/directory-opus-12-is-now-available.html|title=Directory Opus 12 release announcement}}
• Opus 13: 2024-01-23{{cite web | url=https://resource.dopus.com/t/directory-opus-13-now-available/48103 | title=Directory Opus 13 Now Available! | date=23 January 2024 }}

All Windows versions published by GPSoftware. (German versions published by Haage & Partner Computer GmbH.)

• GPSoftware released the older Amiga Directory Opus 4 source code in 2000 as open-source under the GNU General Public License.{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/story/00/01/30/007250/amiga-directoryopus-4-released-under-gpl|title=Amiga DirectoryOpus 4 Released Under GPL|date=31 January 2000 }} AmigaOS4, AROS and MorphOS ports of this version were made available. Magellan II was released as open source under the AROS Public License in December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/p/dopus5allamigas/code/66/tree/README.txt|title=Dopus5 – Directory Opus 5 (OpenSource)}}

The open source Worker (file manager) is heavily inspired by the Directory Opus 4 series.{{cite web|url=http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/|title=Worker file manager|website=boomerangsworld.de|author=Ralf Hoffman}}

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{{Reflist}}

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• [http://dopus.free.fr Directory Opus 4 Research Project]
• [http://resource.dopus.com Opus Resource Centre Forum]
• [http://www.pretentiousname.com/opus/index.html Getting to know Directory Opus (Guide)]
• {{sourceforge|diropus4}}
• {{sourceforge|dopus5allamigas|Directory Opus 5.8 (Magellan II) for all Amigas (AOS3, AOS4, MOS and AROS)}}

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