Saladin is an open source dual-pane file manager for Windows which merges the capabilities of Windows Explorer with the well known and easy to use orthodox user interface. Saladin supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

Main features:

  • Dual pane user interface makes working with files much easier and faster
  • Full Windows Shell integration for icons, contextual menus, drag and drop and file operations
  • Integrated file viewer which can display text files using any encoding, binary files and most common image formats
  • Support for ZIP archives which can be browsed just like regular directories
  • Basic support for FTP connections which allows to connect to an FTP server
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Saladin 0.3 released

Version 0.3 of Saladin was released today. The internal file viewer was slightly improved and loads files asynchronously, so it works better with very large files and slow media like CD drives or network folders. It is also possible to configure the font used in the binary view and the text view. A new compatibility method of creating folders was added just in case the standard method doesn't work. Finally, the Brazilian Portuguese translation was added.

Even though the major version number is "zero", after using it constantly for 1,5 years I consider it stable and completely sufficient for everyday use. I'm planning to keep improving it and adding small features, but it will remain a simple and lightweight file manager. I don't intend to make it a heavy duty all-purpose tool like many similar shareware applications.