Worker (file manager)

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Worker
Worker main window, v.4.11.0
Developer	Ralf Hoffmann
Initial release	March 6, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-03-06)
Stable release	5.3.1[1]  / 15 November 2025
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like
Available in	English, German, Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Dutch, Spanish, French
Type	File manager
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/index.html

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.^[2]

Buttons in Worker can be configured to run commands^[3]

• Comparison of file managers

• Official website