Far Manager Plugins [top] Jun 2026

Far Manager 3.0 (the current stable branch) introduced a modernized plugin API with better Unicode support, 64-bit compatibility, and asynchronous operations. Old plugins from Far 1.x (16-bit era) no longer work, but almost all active plugins have been ported.

Far Manager uses a modular structure where plugins are typically that export specific functions to interact with the main application. far manager plugins

: When a plugin is initiated, Far Manager calls the OpenPlugin function (acting as the entry point) and uses GetPluginInfo to retrieve metadata about the module. Far Manager 3

Writing a plugin involves:

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