Editing Midnight Commander (section)

{{Short description|Orthodox file manager}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox software
| logo                   =
| caption                = Midnight Commander running in a terminal window on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] Linux
| screenshot             = Midnight Commander 4.7.0.9 on Ubuntu 11.04.png
| developer              = [[Miguel de Icaza]], community
| released               = {{Start date and age|1994}}<ref name="historymc">{{cite web|url=http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/Paradigm/Ch04/mc.shtml |title= History of development of Midnight Commander |accessdate=2014-09-20 |date=2011-12-16 |first=Nikolai |last=Bezroukov |publisher=softpanorama.org}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating_system       = [[Unix-like]] including [[macOS]]; [[Windows]] <small>(unofficial)</small>
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| language count         = 51
| language footnote      = <ref>{{cite web|title=LINGUAS|url=https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/po/LINGUAS|date=March 2022|work=Midnight Commander|accessdate=25 March 2025}}</ref>
| genre                  = [[File manager]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|//midnight-commander.org}}
}}

'''GNU Midnight Commander''' (also known as '''<code>mc</code>''', the command used to start it, and as mouseless commander in older versions<ref>{{cite tweet|user=migueldeicaza|author=Miguel de Icaza|number=674691910053855232|date=9 December 2015|title=Midnight Commander was originally "Mouseless Commander", then "MouseLess commander with Mouse Support" then "Midnight Commander" via a vote.}}</ref>) is a [[free software|free]] [[cross-platform]] [[orthodox file manager]].<ref name=linuxworld>{{cite web|last1=Petreley|first1=Nicholas|title=Favorite minimalist file managers|url=http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0814.fm-p2.html |website=[[LinuxWorld.com]]|accessdate=3 May 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021028071832/http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0814.fm-p2.html|archivedate=28 October 2002|date=20 August 2002}}</ref> It was started by [[Miguel de Icaza]] in 1994<ref name=historymc /> as a [[clone (computer science)|clone]] of the then-popular [[Norton Commander]].

GNU Midnight Commander is part of the [[GNU project]] and is licensed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/mc|title = Midnight Commander}}</ref>