He kaiwhakahaere konae a Thunar mo Linux me etahi atu punaha rite-Unix, i tuhia i te tuatahi ma te whakamahi i te kete taputapu GTK+ 2 katahi ka tukuna ki te kete taputapu GTK+ 3. I timata ki te tuku me Xfce i te putanga 4.4 RC1 me muri mai. I whakawhanakehia a Thunar e Benedikt Meurer, a ko te tikanga mo te whakakapi i te XFFM, te kaiwhakahaere konae o mua o Xfce. I te tuatahi i kiia ko Filer engari i hurihia ki a Thunar na te tukinga ingoa. I hoahoatia a Thunar kia tere ake te tiimata me te whakautu ake i etahi atu kaiwhakahaere konae Linux, penei i nga Kōnae GNOME me te Konqueror. Ka tutuki te urunga ma te whakamahi i te kete Utauta Whakaaetanga GNOME. Pērā i te toenga o Xfce, i hangaia a Thunar ki te whai i nga paerewa, penei i nga korero i freedesktop.org. He maamaa, he maamaa hoki a Thunar ma te hoahoa, engari ka taea te whakaroa atu ma te whakaurunga.