Worker (file manager)

{{Short description|File manager for Unix-like operating systems}}

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| name = worker

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| screenshot = Worker-main-cc0-licensed.png

| caption = worker main window, v.4.11.0

| screenshot size = 250px

| screenshot alt = worker main window displaying unarchived directory contents in one tab and on the other pane VFS archive contents, v.3.2.1

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| developer = Ralf Hoffmann

| released = {{Start date and age|1999|03|06}}

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| latest release version = 5.1.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|07|13}}

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| programming language = C

| operating system = BSD, Linux and other Unix-like operating systems

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| genre = File manager

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later

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| website = {{URL|http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/index.html}}

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Worker is an orthodox file manager, with many advanced features and extendable from configuration and Lua (programming language) scripting designed after Amiga Directory Opus. Dependencies are minimal for X11 on Unix-like operating systems.{{cite magazine |last1=Günther |first1=Karsten |date=2021 |title=Workhorse |magazine=Linux Magazine |issue=253 |url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/253/Worker |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=en}}

Buttons in worker can be configured to run commands{{cite web |last1=Kenlon |first1=Seth |title=How the Linux Worker file manager can work for you |url=https://opensource.com/article/22/12/linux-file-manager-worker |website=opensource |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=en |date=December 6, 2022}}