GNOME Commander 2.0 Released Following Rewrite In Rust & GTK4
GNOME Commander 2.0 has been released after a complete rewrite in Rust and the GTK4 toolkit. The new version includes features such as an embedded terminal, redesigned search functionality, and improved accessibility. Additionally, it offers enhanced support for Wayland and various modernization improvements.
- ▪GNOME Commander was previously written in C++ and has now transitioned to Rust.
- ▪The new version includes an embedded terminal for command output display.
- ▪Improvements have been made to search functionality and accessibility features.
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GNOME Commander 2.0 Released Following Rewrite In Rust & GTK4 Written by Michael Larabel in GNOME on 22 May 2026 at 08:24 PM EDT. Add A Comment GNOME Commander, the orthodox file manager for the GNOME desktop that was inspired by Norton Commander, has been rewritten in the Rust programming language and also now using the GTK4 toolkit. GNOME Commander was in C++ but with this week's GNOME Commander 2.0 release is now largely comprised of Rust code and also transitioning to GTK4 toolkit usage. GNOME Commander 2.0 also adds an embedded terminal to display output of commands run by GNOME Commander, the quick search functionality was redesigned, improvements to the search dialog, the internal viewer also enhanced, improved accessibility, and enhancing the keyboard shortcuts dialog.
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