Thunar faira maneja weLinux uye mamwe maUnix-senge masisitimu, akatanga akanyorwa achishandisa GTK+ 2 toolkit uye akazoendeswa kuGTK+ 3 toolkit. Yakatanga kutumira neXfce mushanduro 4.4 RC1 uye gare gare. Thunar inogadzirwa naBenedikt Meurer, uye yakatanga kuitirwa kutsiva XFFM, Xfce's yapfuura faira maneja. Yakambonzi Filer asi yakashandurwa kuita Thunar nekuda kwekunetsana kwemazita. Thunar yakagadzirirwa kutanga nekukasira uye kuva inopindura kupfuura mamwe maLinux mafaera maneja, akadai seGNOME Mafaira uye Konqueror. Kuwanika kunoitwa uchishandisa GNOME Accessibility Toolkit. Kufanana neXfce yese, Thunar yakagadzirirwa kutevedzera zviyero, sezvakataurwa pa freedesktop.org. Thunar iri nyore uye yakareruka nedhizaini, asi mashandiro ayo anogona kuwedzerwa kuburikidza nemapulagi.