Far Manager Plugins [exclusive] May 2026

Introduction

1. Far Manager SDK: The official SDK provides documentation, headers, and libraries necessary for plugin development.
2. Programming skills: Familiarity with C++, Delphi, or C# is required, depending on the chosen development language.
3. Plugin framework: Far Manager's plugin framework provides a set of APIs and interfaces for interacting with the application.

The Future of Far Plugins (Far 3.0 and Beyond)

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 plugins

Impact: Allows administrators to manage processes and registry without opening MMC consoles. Introduction

Imagine these scenarios: