Changes in version 1.2.0

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Alexander Koblov edited this page Jul 15, 2026 · 18 revisions

Backward incompatible changes

Directory hotlist is stored in the localconfig.xml now.
Secure password store format had changed (file pwd.ini). The old format is converted on first use, new file format cannot be used with previous Double Commander versions. New format uses Argon2 key derivation function.

New features and changes

New GIF-viewer engine
YAML syntax highlighter
Speed-up tarballs handling
GTK 3 support (Lazarus 5.0)
New calculate checksum dialog
Calculate and verify XXH128 hash
Speed-up BLAKE3 using NEON (aarch64)
Speed-up SHA256 using ARM64CE (aarch64)
Speed-up SHA3, SHA512 using AVX2 (x86_64)
Better High-DPI support (Cocoa, Qt6 + Wayland)
Create separate checksum file for each directory
New supported archive types: BR, TAR.BR (BROTLI)
JPEG XL image format support (via libjxl library)
Option to display free space label at the drive bar
Multi-rename - replace also in file extensions option
Wfx-plugins - FsExtractCustomIcon function support (root path only)
SevenZip plugin that supports same archive types as 7-Zip application (Linux)
Inplace rename: rename and switch to previous/next file using up/down arrows

macOS

iCloud Drive supported
Cloud Drive supported (DropBox / Yandex / One Drive / Box / Amazon S3 / Alibaba OSS / Tencent COS / Huawei OBS / Qiniu KODO / Upyun USS / S3 Compatible etc. )
Smart Folder supported for browsing
Finder Tag supported
Share files supported
clone files supported (on APFS)
more modern UI