Workbench (AmigaOS)

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Workbench

Developer(s)	Commodore International, Haage & Partner, Hyperion Entertainment
Initial release	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Stable release	4.1.8 / December 2014; 10 years ago (2014-12)
Written in	C
Operating system	AmigaOS
Platform	Amiga, AmigaOne, Pegasos, SAM
Type	File manager
License	Proprietary software

Workbench is the desktop environment^[1] and graphical file manager of AmigaOS developed by Commodore International for their Amiga line of computers. Workbench provides the user with a graphical interface to work with file systems and launch applications. It uses a workbench metaphor (in place of the more common desktop metaphor) for representing file system organisation.

"Workbench" was also the name originally given to the entire Amiga operating system up until version 3.1. From release 3.5 the operating system was renamed "AmigaOS" and subsequently "Workbench" refers to the native file manager only.