PCManFM

Nice Linux file manager

You can add custom actions to the right-click menu (context menu). To define them, create a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/.

NB: these are also compatible with the Nautilus file manager.

Open directory or file/s in batch renaming tool GPRename:

GPRename.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Action
Profiles=open
Name=Batch rename...
Icon=gprename
 
[X-Action-Profile open]
MimeTypes=all/all
Exec=gprename %f

• https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-extend-pcmanfm-with-custom-actions
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCManFM#Adding_custom_items_to_the_context_menu
• https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=PCmanFM-Qt#Creating_Custom_Actions
• https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=7248
• qkzoo/pcmanfm-custom-actions
• madebits/linux-pcmanfm-actions
• paius1/pcmanfm-actions
• stefonarch/custom-actions

: Probably a proper name for these, I just made this up.

You can also set custom commands to launch for specific files via

right-click > 'Open With…' 'Custom Command Line', and then entering commands and giving it a name.

You could also do this with § Custom Actions.

I have one to mount .iso files, which is really handy:

udisksctl loop-setup -f %f

Found that here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/537352/gui-to-mount-disk-images-iso-etc-in-xubuntu

• cmrd-senya/pcmanfm-image-size-module - Image dimensions in status bar.
• dionysio/recently_modified - Python, adds recently modified projects as bookmarks.
• alessandro-g89/pcmanfm-statusbar-pdf-pages
• livanh/pcmanfm-statusbar-ffmpeg-info
• ksharindam/pcmanfm-modules
• alessandro-g89/libfm-taglib-columns - audio tag columns.
• alessandro-g89/gtk-column-group
• https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/media-tags

Like Thunar, and I think other GTK file managers, you can add support for generating thumbnails for additional kinds of files using Tumbler (not Tumblr!; dunno why not Thumbler). To add custom things to Tumbler you just put a little text file in /usr/share/thunmbnailers, which is similar to to a .desktop file. I haven't tested if ~/.local/share/thumbnailers works.

My favourite thing to add is support for generating folder icons for directories of music and films, based on folder.jpg found inside. This is a thing Windows does by default, and it's nice to have it back. You just need an additional script to tell it how to get the images.

• tumbler
• tumbler-extra-thumbnailers (comes setup to use folder.*, cover.*)
• tumbler-folder-thumbnailer (comes setup to use .folder.jpg, .folder.png, .folder.svg)
• https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/available_plugins

• https://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM