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Comparison of file managers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable file managers.

General information

NameDeveloperInitial releasePlatformLatest releaseLicenseCost
VersionDateVersionDate
Altap SalamanderAltap1997-08-15Windows4.012 2019-06-11GPL-2.0No cost
Commander OneEltima Software2015-08-04macOSProprietaryUS$29.953
Directory OpusJonathan PotterGPSoftware11990-01-03AmigaOS4.1642001-07-04GPL-2.0No cost
AmigaOS5.9152015-08-30APL
AROS
MorphOS
62001-06-18Windows12.2762022-03-21ProprietaryA$49 LiteA$89 Pro
DiredIntegral part of Emacs.Part of the GNU project.~197677.17 2009-07-30GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
DolphinKDE0.52006-06-07BSD25.04.08 2025-04-10GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
DOS NavigatorRitlabs0.901991DOS1.519 1999-04-19BSD-3-ClauseNo cost
OS/2
Windows
DOS ShellMicrosoft / IBM1988DOS1998ProprietaryBundled10
Double CommanderAlexander Koblov112007BSDGPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
emelFM2tooar2003-09-06BSDGPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
Linux
Unix
Explorer++David Ercig2008-01-08Windows1.4.0 122024-01-28GPL-3.0-onlyNo cost
Far ManagerEugene RoshalFar Group1996Windows (Linux, Mac, BSD via far2l)3.0.6364 2024-08-24BSD-3-ClauseNo cost
File Explorer13Microsoft1995-08-24Windows2015-07-29ProprietaryBundled14
File ManagerMicrosoftIan Ellison-Taylor1990Windows10.4.0.015 2025-02-22MIT16Bundled17
Files (Apple)Apple Inc.2017-09-19macOSProprietaryBundled18
Files by GoogleGoogle LLC2017-12-05Android1.2263.598736326.1192024-01-21ProprietaryNo cost
GeoManagerBerkeley Softworks20Breadbox Ensemble211990GEOS2009ProprietaryBundled22
FinderApple Inc.1984-01macOS10.10.52015-08-13ProprietaryBundled23
ForkLiftBinaryNights2007-06-01macOS4.0.724 2024-01-30ProprietaryUS$29.9525
gentooEmil Brink?GPL-2.0-onlyNo cost
GNOME CommanderGNOME Commander2001-091.14.326 2022-06-18GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
GNOME Files27Eazel2001-04-1148.128 2025-04-13GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
KonquerorKDE2000-1025.04.129 2025-05-02GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
KrusaderKrusader Krew2000-07-11R14.1.130 2023-10-20GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
Midnight Commander31Miguel de IcazaGNU1994-05324.8.3333 2025-01-23GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
muCommanderMaxence Bernard2002-02-171.5.234 2024-10-18GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
NemoLinux Mint1.0.02012-076.4.535 2025-02-24GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost36
nnnArun Prakash Jana2017-04-135.137 2025-03-23BSD-2-ClauseNo cost
Nomad.NETEugene Sichkar2.2.0.537 beta2008-08-143.2.0.28902016-06-13ProprietaryNo cost
Norton CommanderPeter Norton ComputingSymantec corporation1986DOS5.511998-07-01Proprietary?
Windows2.011999-02-01
Path Finder38Cocoatech2001-04macOS9.12020-03-24ProprietaryUS$36.00
PathMinderAlbert NurickBrittain Fraley1984DOS4.111988ProprietaryUS$39.95
PCManFMHong Jen Yee2006-01-091.3.22021-02-05GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
PC ShellCentral Point Software1986Proprietary?39
rangerRoman Zimbelmann2010-06-09BSD1.9.440 2024-11-04GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
Linux
macOS
ROX-FilerThomas Leonard et al.2000-03-10GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
SpaceFMIgnorantGuru0.5.02012-01-131.0.641 2018-03-04GPL-3.0-or-laterNo cost
STDU ExplorerSTDUtility2009-03-23Windows1.0.4652012-05-24ProprietaryNo cost
TabblesYellow blue soft UAB2009-08-01Windows3.1.292016-08-12ProprietaryUS$29.9542
ThunarXfce2006-01-224.21.043 2025-03-23GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
Total Commander44Christian Ghisler1.02012-05-18Android3.5045 2024-03-27ProprietaryNo cost
1.00d1993-09-25Windows11.5146 2025-02-19CHF40, €37, US$4247
ViewMAXDigital Research / Novell1.01990DR-DOS3.01993GPL-2.0-only48Bundled49
Volkov CommanderVsevolod Volkov1992DOS4.0550 2000-06-16ProprietaryDepends51
WinSCPWinSCP2000-09-30Windows6.5.152 2025-04-30GPL-3.0-onlyNo cost
workerRalf Hoffmann1.0.01999-03-06Unix4.12.12023-03-05GPL-2.0-onlyNo cost
Xandros File ManagerXandros Corporation?4.22007-07-26ProprietaryBundled53
XfeRoland Baudin20021.46.254 2024-06-09GPLNo cost
XfileRixstep2003-03-02macOS2.1.0.102010-02-14ProprietaryUS$79.0055
XfmSimon MarlowAlbert GräfTill StraumannRobert VogelgesangJuan D. Martin19921.4.35657 2001-09-03GPL-2.0-or-laterNo cost
xplorer²Nikos Bozinis2004-06-10Windows5.4.0.22023-06-14ProprietaryUS$29.95 - 49.9558
XTreeJeffery C. Johnson1985-04-01DOS1992ProprietaryUS$39.95
1992Windows1992
XYplorerDonald Lessau1997Windows20.80.01002020-02-13ProprietaryUS$39.95 - 79.9559
ZTreeWinKim Henkel1996Windows2.2.192011-05-27ProprietaryUS$29.95 (1-4)
NameDeveloperInitial releasePlatformLatest releaseLicenseCost
VersionDateVersionDate

Operating system support

Cross-platform file managers

This table shows the operating systems that the file managers can run on, without emulation.

File managerDOSOS/2 & eCSWindowsMac OS XLinuxBSDUnixAmigaOSOpenVMS
Directory OpusNoNoYesNoNoNoNoYes60No
DiredYes61Yes62Yes63Yes64YesYesYesYes65Yes66
DolphinNoNoNeeds KDE67Yes68YesYesYesNoNo
Double CommanderNoNoYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
DOS NavigatorYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
emelFM2NoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
GNOME CommanderNoNoNoYesYesYesYesNoNo
KonquerorNoNoNeeds KDE69Yes70YesYesYesNoNo
KrusaderNoNoNoNeeds XYesYesYesNoNo
Midnight CommanderYesNoYes71Yes72YesYesYesYesNo
muCommanderNoNoYesYesYesYesYes?Yes
nnnNoNoNoYesYesYesYesNoNo
GNOME Files (Nautilus)NoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
NemoNoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
PathMinderYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
PCManFMNoNeeds POSIX-compliant platformNeeds POSIX-compliant platformNeeds POSIX-compliant platformYesYesYesNoYes
RangerNoNoNoYesYesYesYesNoNo
ROX-FilerNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
ThunarNoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
Total CommanderNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Volkov CommanderYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
workerNoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNo
Xandros File ManagerNoNoNoNoYes??NoNo
XfeNoNeeds XNeeds XNeeds XYesYesYesNeeds X73Yes
XfmNoNeeds XNeeds XNeeds XYesYesYesNoYes
Far ManagerNeeds HX DOS ExtenderNoYesYes (far2l)Yes (far2l)Yes (far2l)?NoNo
ZTreeWinNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
File managerDOSOS/2 & eCSWindowsMac OS XLinuxBSDUnixAmigaOSOpenVMS

Mac-only file managers

*nix-only file managers

Windows-only file managers

iOS-only file managers

Android-only file managers

Manager views

Information about what common file manager views are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

Note that the "Column View" does not refer to the Miller Columns browsing / visualization technique that can be applied to tree structures / folders.

File managerFamilyUIIcon viewList viewColumn viewThumbnailsDetails + ThumbsGroupingContent dependent77Twin panelFavorites / BookmarkPanel tabs
Altap SalamanderOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesPartialNo
Commander OneOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYes??No?YesYes
Demos CommanderOrthodoxText?Yes?????Yes??
Directory OpusOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
DiredDirectory editorTextYes, on GUI78Yes?Yes, on GUI79Yes, on GUI80YesYesYes, one or morePartial (bookmarks)Yes (optional tab bar) 81
DolphinNavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Double CommanderOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
DOS NavigatorOrthodoxText?Yes?????Yes??
emelFM2OrthodoxGUINoYesNoYes82?NoNoYes?No
FAR ManagerOrthodoxText83Partial84YesYesYes85Partial86YesYesYesYesPartial 87
File Manager (Windows)OrthodoxGUIYesYesNo????YesNoNo
Files (Apple)GUIYesYesYes
Files by GoogleGUI
FinderSpatial / Miller ColumnsGUIYesYesYesYesYes, with Cover FlowYesNoNoYesYes
ForkLiftOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesPartialYesNoYesYesYes
gentooOrthodoxGUI?Yes?????Yes??
GNOME CommanderOrthodoxGUINoYesNoNo?NoNoYes?Yes
KonquerorNavigational / OrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
KrusaderOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYes?NoYesYesYesYes
Midnight CommanderOrthodoxTextNoYesYes???YesYesYes?
GNOME Files (Nautilus)Navigational / SpatialGUIYesNoYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYes
NemoNavigational / SpatialGUIYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYes,press[F3]YesYes
Nomad.NETOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYes?YesPartial, ManualYesYesYes, Shared
Path FinderNavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYes
PCManFMNavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesYes?NoYesYesYes
ROX-FilerSpatialGUIYesYesNoYesYesNoNoNoYesNo
STDU ExplorerNavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Total CommanderOrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesYes In viewingYesYesYes
ThunarNavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Volkov CommanderOrthodoxText?Yes?????Yes??
Windows ExplorerNavigational / SpatialGUIYesYesYes 88YesPartial 89YesYesNoYesNo
workerOrthodoxGUINoYesNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYes
Xandros File ManagerNavigationalGUIYes?????????
XfeHybrid NavigationalGUIYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNo
XfmSpatialGUIYesNoNoNoNo??No?No
xplorer²Hybrid Navigational / OrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYes90YesYesYesYesYes
XYplorerHybrid Navigational / OrthodoxGUIYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
ZTreeWinOrthodoxTextNoYesYesNoPartialYesNoYesYesNo
File managerFamilyUIIcon viewList viewColumn viewThumbnailsDetails + ThumbsGroupingContent dependentTwin panelFavorites / BookmarkPanel tabs

Twin-panel file managers have obligatory connected panels where action in one panel results in reaction in the second. Konqueror supports multiple panels divided horizontally, vertically or both, but these panels do not act as twin panels by default (the user has to mark the panels he wants to act as twin-panels).

Network protocols

Information on what networking protocols the file managers support. Note that many of these protocols might be supported, in part or in whole, by software layers below the file manager, rather than by the file manager itself; for example, the macOS Finder doesn't implement those protocols, and the Windows Explorer doesn't implement most of them, they just make ordinary file system calls to access remote files, and Konqueror either uses ordinary file system calls or KIO slave calls to access remote files. Some functions, such as browsing for servers or shares, might be implemented in the file manager even if most functions are implemented below the file manager.

File managerSMB/CIFSWebDAVNFSAFPFTPFISH/SSH
Altap SalamanderYesNoYesNoYesYes
Commander OneYes91YesYes92Yes93YesYes
Directory OpusYesYesYesNoYesYes (SFTP & SSL94)
DiredYes95Yes96Yes97NoYesYes98
DolphinYesYesYes?YesYes
Double CommanderYes???Yes?
emelFM2????No?
Far ManagerYesPartial99Partial100NoYesYes101
File Manager??????
Files (Apple)
Files by Google
FinderYes102Yes103Yes104Yes105Partial106No
ForkLiftYesYesYesYesYesYes
GNOME CommanderYesYesYesNoYesYes
KonquerorYesYesYesYesYesYes
KrusaderYesYesYesNoYesYes
muCommanderYes?Yes?YesYes
Midnight CommanderYes107NoYesNoYesYes
GNOME Files (Nautilus)YesYesYesYesYesYes
NemoYes???YesYes
Nomad.NETYesNoNoNoYesNo
Path FinderYesYesYesYesYes (Read Access)No
PCManFMYes108?????
ROX-FilerYes109Yes110Yes111Yes112Yes113Yes114
Total CommanderYesYes115Partial116NoYesYes
ThunarYes117Yes118Yes119NoYes120Yes121
worker????Yes122?
Windows ExplorerYesYesYes123NoYesNo
Xandros File Manager??????
Xfe??????
Xfm??????
xplorer²YesYes124Partial125NoYesNo
XYplorerYesYesYes126NoYesNo
ZTreeWinYesPartial127Partial128NoPartial129Partial130
File managerSMB/CIFSWebDAVNFSAFPFTPFISH/SSH

File features

Information on what basic file features the file managers support.

File ManagerUndo/redo file operationFile compressionFile encryptionRename busy filesFile previewFile coloring filter 131File selection filterPaste clipboard as fileFile and folder reportsACL (Access control list)Mass rename 132Run executable files
Altap Salamander?YesYes?YesYesYes, multiple 133?YesYes 134YesYes
Commander One?YesYesYesYesYesYes?No???
Directory OpusYesYesPartialPartialYesYesYesYesYes?Yes?
DiredPartial 135YesYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYesYes
DolphinYesYesYesYesYes??Yes?YesYesYes
Double CommanderNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?Yes?
emelFM2?YesYesYesNo?YesNo?Yes??
FAR Manager?YesYesYesYesYesYesPartial 136YesPluginPlugin?
File Manager?Yes??NoYesYesNo?YesYesYes
Files (Apple)YesYes
Files by Google
FinderYesYesYesYesYesYes?No?YesYesYes
ForkLiftYesYesNoNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYes?
GNOME Commander?Yes??YesYes???NoYes?
KonquerorPartial 137YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes138Yes
Krusader?YesYesYesYesNoYesYes?YesYes139Yes
Midnight Commander?Yes???YesYesPartial140??YesYes
GNOME Files (Nautilus)YesYesNoYesYesNoNoPartial 141NoYesNoNo 142
NemoYesYesYes?YesYes?Yes??NoYes
Nomad.NET?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesPartial?
Path Finder?YesNo 143NoYesNoYesNoYesNoNo?
PCManFMNoYes?YesNo??????Yes
ROX-Filer?With helper applicationsYesYesNoYesNoNoNoYes?
STDU Explorer?NoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNo?
ThunarYesYes (via plugin)Yes (via plugin)?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Total Commander?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesLog fileYesYes
Windows ExplorerYesYesPartial144NoYesNoNoPartial 145NoYes 146PartialYes
worker?YesYes?YesYesYesNo?Yes?Yes
Xandros File Manager????????????
XfeYesYesNoYesNo?YesNo?YesNo?
Xfm????????????
xplorer²NoYesPartial 147PartialYesYesYesYesYesYes 148YesYes
XYplorerYesYesPartial 149YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?
ZTreeWin?YesPartial 150YesYesYesYesNoYesNoYes?
File ManagerUndo/redo file operationFile compressionFile encryptionRename busy filesFile previewFile coloring filterFile selection filterPaste clipboard as fileFile and folder reportsACL (Access control list)Mass renameRun executable files

Browsing features

File managerSymbolic linksWindows long pathsupportBrowsecompressed foldersSlideshowsShows combined size of selected directoriesBranch sizesDirectory compareSynchronizerFind as you type (Type-ahead find)Embedded/integrated terminalFor directories, size column shows:
Altap Salamander??YesNoYes?YesPartial (for remote folders)YesYesDIR
Commander OneYes?YesNoYes?NoNoYesYes, in the PRO Pack151DIR and total size including subdirectories
Directory OpusYesYesYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesDIR and total size including subdirectories
DiredYes?YesYes 152No?YesYesYesYes153Literal 154
DOS NavigatorNo?YesNoYes?Yes?Yes155YesTotal size including subdirectories
DolphinYes?YesNoYesNoNoNoYesYesNumber of entries
Double CommanderYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesDIR
emelFM2???NoYes?Yes?YesYesLiteral 156
FAR ManagerYes?YesPartial 157YesYesYesPartial 158YesYes?
Files (Apple)?
Files by Google?
Finder??NoYesYes?NoNoYesNoYes
ForkLiftYes?YesYesYes?YesYesYesYesDIR and total size including subdirectories
GNOME Commander??NoNoYesYesYesYesYesYes?
KonquerorYes?YesYesYes (with konq-plugin)YesYes (with kdiff3 plugin)Yes (with kdiff3 plugin)YesYesFolder only size (default) selectable to file count/total size
Krusader??YesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes?
Midnight CommanderYes?Yes159?Yes?YesYes160YesYes?
muCommanderNo161??????Yes?Partial, command execution only?
GNOME Files (Nautilus)??NoNoYesNoNoNoYesYes, With Plugin162163Number of entries
Nemo?????????Yes, with nemo-terminal extension
Nomad.NETYes?YesNoYesYesYesNoYesYes, via PluginDIR and total size including subdirectories
Path Finder??NoYesPartial?NoNoYesYes164Yes
PCManFM??YesNoYesYesNo?YesNo, but there is a fork attempt165Nothing
ROX-Filer??NoNoYes?No?Yes, and browsing with tab completionNoNothing
ThunarYes?NoNoYes?NoNoYesNoConfigurable
Total CommanderYes166?YesYes In pluginYesYesYesYesYesYesDIR and total size including subdirectories
Windows ExplorerPartial167PartialYesYesYes (in folder tooltips)PartialNoYesYesNo?
workerYes?YesNoYes?Yes??No
Xandros File Manager?????????No?
XfeYes?NoNoYes?Yes?NoNo?
Xfile?????????No168?
Xfm?????????No?
xplorer²YesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes169?
XYplorerYesYesYesYes170YesYesYesPartialYesYes171Contents including subs
ZTreeWin??YesNoYesYesYesNoYes?Selectable: number of entries or size (optional: including subs)
File managerSymbolic linksWindows long pathsupportBrowsecompressed foldersSlideshowsShows combined size of selected directoriesBranch sizesDirectory compareSynchronizerFind as you type (Type-ahead find)Embedded/integrated terminalFor directories, size column shows:

Search features

Information on what file searching features the file managers support. RegExp include the possibilities of nested Boolean searches, thus implicitly all file managers supporting RegExp search support also Boolean searches.

File managerFile name 172File contents 173Basic metadata search 174All metadata search 175RegExp for contentsBoolean (nesting levels)Fuzzy logic176Save searches 177Refined searches 178
Altap SalamanderYes?Yes?Yes179Yes?YesYes
Commander OneYesYesYes180Yes181YesYes?NoNo
Directory OpusYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
DiredYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes 182Yes
DolphinYes?YesYesYesYes??Yes
Double CommanderYesYesYesYesYesYes???
emelFM2Yes?YesYes???Partial?
FAR ManagerYes?YesYesYes183Yes184Yes185YesYes
Files (Apple)
Files by Google
FinderYes?YesYesNo??Yes?
ForkLiftYesPartialYesYesYesYes?NoNo
KonquerorYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
KrusaderYes?YesYesYes186NoNoYesYes
GNOME Files (Nautilus)Yes?Partial 187Partial 188???Yes?
NemoYes????????
Nomad.NETYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
Path FinderYes?YesYesNoNo?NoNo
PCManFMYes?YesNoYesNoNoNoNo
ROX-FilerYes?YesYesYesYes?No?
Total CommanderYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesPartial 189
Windows ExplorerYesNoYesNoNo??YesYes
workerYesYesYes?Yes????
Xandros File Manager?????????
XfeYesYes190YesNoNoNoNoNoNo
XfileYesNoYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
Xfm?????????
xplorer²YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
XYplorerYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes191
ZTreeWinYesYesYesPartialPartial 192YesYesYesYes
File managerFile name 193File contents 194Basic metadata search 195All metadata search 196RegExp for contentsBoolean (nesting levels)Fuzzy logic 197Save searches 198Refined searches 199

Column Definitions (D)

Entry Notes (s)

Extensibility

Information on which parts of the application can be extended by plugins.

File managerFilesystem supportAttribute columnsFile previewsMetadata indexingUnicode supportVisual themes
Altap SalamanderYesYesYes?PartialNo
Commander OneYesYesYes?YesYes
Directory OpusYesYesYesPartialYesYes
DiredYesYesYesYesYesYes
DolphinYesNoYesYesYesYes
Double CommanderYesYesYesNoYes200Partial201
emelFM2?????
Far ManagerYesYesYesPartialYes202No
Files (Apple)YesYes
Files by Google
FinderYesNoYesYesYes203Partial204
ForkLiftYesYesYesNoYesYes
KonquerorYesNoYesYesYesYes
KrusaderYesNoYesPartialYes
Midnight CommanderYesNoNoNoYesNo
GNOME Files (Nautilus)Yes?Yes?YesYes
NemoYes?YesYesYesYes
Nomad.NETYesYesYes?YesYes
Path Finder?????
PCManFMYesYesYesNoYesNo
ROX-FilerNoYesNo?
Total CommanderYesYesYesYes In search toolYes205Yes206
Windows ExplorerYesYesYesYes207YesPartial208
workerYesNoYesNoYes?
Xandros File Manager??????
XfeNoPartialNoNoPartialPartial209
Xfile??????
Xfm??????
xplorer²YesYesYes?YesYes
XYplorerYesYesYes?YesYes
ZTreeWinYesYesYes?YesNo
File managerFilesystem supportAttribute columnsFile previewsMetadata indexingUnicode supportVisual themes

Notes

References

  1. https://www.altap.cz/salamander/changelogs/40/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.altap.cz/salamander/changelogs/40/

  2. https://www.altap.cz/salamander/changelogs/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.altap.cz/salamander/changelogs/

  3. Demo, trial or lite version available at no cost.

  4. "Directory Opus 4 Research Project". http://dopus.free.fr/download.php

  5. "Dopus5". https://sourceforge.net/projects/dopus5allamigas/files/

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  8. "Files · v25.04.0 · System / Dolphin · GitLab". Retrieved 21 April 2025. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/tree/v25.04.0

  9. "Dos Navigator". https://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/dn/

  10. Part of MS-DOS/PC DOS. /wiki/MS-DOS

  11. Alexander Koblov also known as alexx2000.

  12. "Release Explorer++ 1.4.0 · derceg/explorerplusplus". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-03-07. https://github.com/derceg/explorerplusplus/releases/tag/version-1.4.0

  13. File Explorer previously known as Windows Explorer.

  14. Part of Microsoft Windows. /wiki/Microsoft_Windows

  15. "Release 10.4.0.0". 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025. https://github.com/microsoft/winfile/releases/tag/v10.4.0.0

  16. Original Windows File Manager (winfile) with enhancements: Microsoft/winfile, Microsoft, 2019-02-21, retrieved 2019-02-21 https://github.com/Microsoft/winfile

  17. Part of Microsoft Windows. /wiki/Microsoft_Windows

  18. Part of iOS. /wiki/IOS

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  20. Berkeley Softworks later renamed to GeoWorks Corporation.

  21. Breadbox Ensemble founded as Breadbox Computer Company.

  22. Part of PC/GEOS /wiki/PC/GEOS

  23. Part of macOS /wiki/MacOS

  24. "ForkLift 4.0.7 is available". 30 January 2024. https://blog.binarynights.com/2024/01/30/forklift-4-0-7-is-available/

  25. Demo, trial or lite version available at no cost.

  26. "New Release: v1.14.3". 18 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022. https://gcmd.github.io/2022/06/18/Release-v1-14-3.html

  27. GNOME Files formerly known as Nautilus.

  28. "48.1". 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/tags/48.1

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  30. "R14.1.1". Retrieved 6 January 2024. https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/krusader/tags

  31. Midnight Commander also known as mc.

  32. The exact history is unknown. This date comes from changelog entries in the src/TODO file in the Git repository (SHA1: eb6b3842a). But it is probably earlier than that. Dec 1997 was release v4.1 already.

  33. Yury V. Zaytsev (23 January 2025). "[mc] Midnight Commander 4.8.33 released". Retrieved 10 February 2025. https://lists.midnight-commander.org/pipermail/mc/2025-January/005798.html

  34. "1.5.2". 18 October 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025. https://github.com/mucommander/mucommander/releases/tag/1.5.2-1

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  36. Nemo is part of the Cinnamon (Desktop Environment). /wiki/Cinnamon_(Desktop_Environment)

  37. "Release 5.1". 23 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025. https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/tag/v5.1

  38. Path Finder originally known as SNAX.

  39. Part of PC Tools for DOS. /wiki/PC_Tools_(software)

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  41. "Release 1.0.6". 4 March 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018. https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/releases/tag/1.0.6

  42. Demo, trial or lite version available at no cost.

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  44. Total Commander originally known as Windows Commander.

  45. "history2.txt". Retrieved 7 April 2024. https://www.totalcommander.ch/android/history2.txt

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  47. Demo, trial or lite version available at no cost.

  48. ViewMAX was originally proprietary.

  49. Part of DR-DOS /wiki/DR-DOS

  50. "News". 16 June 2000. Archived from the original on 19 July 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070719145354/http://egner-online.de/vc/en/news.shtml

  51. Shareware / Freeware

  52. "6.5.1: Overlapping controls". 30 April 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025. https://github.com/winscp/winscp/releases/tag/6.5.1

  53. Part of Xandros Desktop

  54. . 9 June 2024 http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/. Retrieved 9 October 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/

  55. With 80+ other applications.

  56. "Xfm - The X File Manager". Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505071543/http://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-mainz.de/~ag/xfm/

  57. "Changelog". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054255/http://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-mainz.de/~ag/xfm/ChangeLog

  58. US$29.95 Pro, US$49.95 Ultimate.[a]

  59. US$39.95 Standard License Pro, US$79.95 Lifetime License Pro.[a][32]

  60. Directory Opus 5.82 Magellan II is the last commercial version available for Amiga. Full and registered version has been released for free with the AmiKit distribution. Directory Opus 4 is maintained separately under an open source license. /wiki/AmiKit

  61. "Info Node: (emacs)Dired". cmu.edu. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(emacs)Dired

  62. "Emacs 20.6 under OS/2". Home.snafu.de. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://home.snafu.de/ohei/emacs/emacs206-os2.html

  63. "Emacs FAQ for MS Windows". Free Software Foundation. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-12-30. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

  64. "Carbon Emacs Package". Archived from the original on 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2009-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20060125015159/http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html

  65. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) https://archive.today/20120715172435/http://de5.aminet.net/util/gnu/em1934src.readme

  66. AaronHawley (2010-05-28). "Emacs On VMS". EmacsWiki. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsOnVMS

  67. "Projects/KDE on Windows/Installation - KDE TechBase". Techbase.kde.org. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation

  68. "The MacPorts Project - Available Ports". MacPorts. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=kde4

  69. "Projects/KDE on Windows/Installation - KDE TechBase". Techbase.kde.org. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation

  70. "The MacPorts Project - Available Ports". MacPorts. Retrieved 2013-12-30. http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=category&substr=kde4

  71. Cygwin or Win32 Native /wiki/Cygwin

  72. Runs in text mode inside Terminal window

  73. "Der Schwan-Clan". http://www.schwan-clan.de/index.php?lang=en&fr0=AmigaFrameNav.php%3Flang%3Den%26sub%3D0&fr1=amiga%2FAmiCygnix.php%3Flang%3Den

  74. Directory Opus 5.82 Magellan II is the last commercial version available for Amiga. Full and registered version has been released for free with the AmiKit distribution. Directory Opus 4 is maintained separately under an open source license. /wiki/AmiKit

  75. Windows 95 and later /wiki/Windows_95

  76. Windows Mobile /wiki/Windows_Mobile

  77. Content Dependent (System) refers to a system which attempts to detect the dominant type of files in that folder and then select the most appropriate view mode for you automatically.

  78. Activating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Image_002dDired.html

  79. Activating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Image_002dDired.html

  80. Activating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Image_002dDired.html

  81. Tab-bar mode can be activated to show the tab-bar (else it will be hidden). http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TabBarMode

  82. Optional image thumbnailer plugin since v0.3.4 (24/5/2007)

  83. The text interface, which can be partially graphical with some plugins, such as embedded image/video viewers, for example. But the text interface is only emulated with the ConEmu mod - it is graphical and TrueColor in reality.

  84. With the ConEmu mod or plugins.

  85. With ConEmu Far Manager plugin conemu-maximus5 https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/

  86. With the ConEmu mod or plugins.

  87. Via multi-panel plugins or the ConEmu mod.

  88. Column view is called Details view in Windows Explorer

  89. Windows 7 introduces a Content view which shows details as well as thumbnails /wiki/Windows_7

  90. Via "Mirrored Browsing" feature.

  91. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  92. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  93. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  94. Requires an additional licence (purchased separately)

  95. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  96. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  97. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  98. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  99. WebDAV support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive. /wiki/NetDrive

  100. NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX. /wiki/Services_for_UNIX

  101. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  102. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  103. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  104. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  105. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  106. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  107. From version 4.8.28 support for Samba will be removed. "Coming soon: 4.8.28; what's new". https://midnight-commander.org/wiki/NEWS-4.8.28

  108. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  109. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  110. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  111. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  112. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  113. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  114. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  115. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  116. NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX. /wiki/Services_for_UNIX

  117. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  118. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  119. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  120. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  121. Support is provided by GVfs /wiki/GVfs

  122. Support is provided by AVfs /w/index.php?title=AVfs&action=edit&redlink=1

  123. NFS support requires either the freely downloadable Windows Services for UNIX or is built-in starting with Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions as Subsystem for Unix-based applications (SUA). /wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

  124. WebDAV is supported via Microsoft Windows' built-in Network Places/Mapped Drive functionality.

  125. NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX. /wiki/Services_for_UNIX

  126. NFS support requires either the freely downloadable Windows Services for UNIX or is built-in starting with Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions as Subsystem for Unix-based applications (SUA). /wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

  127. FTP support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive. /wiki/NetDrive

  128. NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX. /wiki/Services_for_UNIX

  129. FTP support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive. /wiki/NetDrive

  130. SSH support in these file managers requires the installation of SftpDrive or WebDrive. /wiki/SftpDrive

  131. Files matching certain user defined criteria (e.g. name pattern, attributes) are displayed in another color. Example: Since Windows 2000, the UI guide requires NTFS compressed files and folders displayed in blue, whereas uncompressed ones are black.

  132. Mass Rename is a feature to rename large number of files in a convenient way and including a preview, see the screenshot for an example. Common options are subdirectory inclusion, wildcards, manual mode (offering to edit names as text files in editors), counters, time related fields (e.g. "date created"), path related fields (e.g. "parent directory name"), regular expressions, etc. See also: Batch renaming. /wiki/Batch_renaming

  133. Altap Salamander offers to show only selected files and hide unselected ones, also in picture viewer, etc. For selection, the usual wildcards and add/subtract/intersect with 1...N stored selections are offered.

  134. ACL is dependent on the type and version of file- and operating system. Altap Salamander offers quick access to owner, auditing and permission settings in WinXP with NTFS 5.

  135. Only actions operating on filesystem data (filename, path, timestamps, acls, etc.); file contents have separate and independent per-file undo/redo. Filesystem actions that modify file contents (deleting, overwriting, truncating, &c.) can be undone/redone with optional integrated use of automatic trash/backup/auto-save/version-control features. /wiki/Access_Control_List

  136. With plug-ins, or this can be implemented as a macros

  137. Konqueror can undo, not redo.

  138. Needs KRename, an application that integrates into Konqueror and Krusader. /wiki/KRename

  139. Needs KRename, an application that integrates into Konqueror and Krusader. /wiki/KRename

  140. Create new file with desired name, then paste contents.

  141. Only text which is dragged from another program and dropped into a folder in GNOME Files (Nautilus) can be pasted as a new file.

  142. Removed in version 3.29.

  143. Path Finder apparently integrates with Knox Archived 2011-06-19 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, an encryption utility. http://www.knoxformac.com/

  144. The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user-transparent filesystem-level encryption feature for NTFS. The file manager merely enables or disables it.

  145. Supported up to Windows XP only. Document scraps are not supported in Windows Vista and later.

  146. Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only. Must be enabled manually Archived 2007-05-28 at the Wayback Machine in Windows versions prior to Server 2003. http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/acls1.shtml

  147. The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user-transparent filesystem-level encryption feature for NTFS. The file manager merely enables or disables it.

  148. Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only.

  149. The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user-transparent filesystem-level encryption feature for NTFS. The file manager merely enables or disables it.

  150. Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file

  151. "Dual-pane file manager for Mac - Commander One". mac.eltima.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html

  152. via image-mode, GUI only

  153. "Shell Commands in Dired". www.gnu.org. Retrieved 12 May 2016. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Shell-Commands-in-Dired.html

  154. Literal - meaning the size of the directory file itself, not the number or sizes of the files it points to (commonly called its "contents"). Typically a few kilobytes.

  155. Press and release Alt

  156. Literal - meaning the size of the directory file itself, not the number or sizes of the files it points to (commonly called its "contents"). Typically a few kilobytes.

  157. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  158. Via plugins, or manual with helping of the embedded Advanced Compare.

  159. Extensible via compression plugins, supported formats list depends on distribution package maintainer

  160. Can be done in two steps

  161. "Two-pane file manager for Windows with symlink and large file support". stackexchange.com. http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/17628/two-pane-file-manager-for-windows-with-symlink-and-large-file-support

  162. "Flogisoft - Nautilus Terminal". Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://projects.flogisoft.com/nautilus-terminal/

  163. "Launchpad - Nautilus Terminal". 7 September 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2016. https://launchpad.net/nautilus-terminal

  164. "Path Finder 7 by Cocoatech". www.cocoatech.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130529085350/http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/

  165. "LXDE.org Forum - Try PCManFM with a tabbed terminal included". forum.lxde.org. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?t=487&f=22

  166. "Two-pane file manager for Windows with symlink and large file support". stackexchange.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/17628/two-pane-file-manager-for-windows-with-symlink-and-large-file-support#comment29304_17628

  167. Copying directory junctions across drives creates an empty directory in the target

  168. "Xfile: The Standard Setter - Features". rixstep.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://rixstep.com/4/0/xfile/features.shtml

  169. "xplorer² tour#6: external command console". zabkat.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://zabkat.com/tour5.htm

  170. via XYplorer script- SlideShow http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?p=87537#p87537

  171. "XYplorer - 9.90 Released". www.xyplorer.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016. http://www.xyplorer.com/release_9.90.php#customCLI

  172. using wildcards, subfolders

  173. using wildcards, case match, whole word match

  174. size, date, time, attributes (read only, hidden, archivable, etc.

  175. [clarification needed] what/where is additional metadata? /wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify

  176. [clarification needed] what is fuzzy logic and how is it useful? /wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify

  177. Ability to save templates containing all search settings (file filter, metadata requirements etc.). Results of saves searches are always live, so not the results but the search conditions are saved.

  178. Also known as iterative searches. For example the ability to finish one search and then perform a new search a) only within these results (intersect the two result sets / the requirements of both searches have to be met), 2) adding to these results (combine both result sets to a bigger set) or 3) subtract from those results (original result set reduced by intersection of result sets).

  179. Altap Salamander Search offers RegExp for defining the file content.

  180. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  181. Support is provided by the underlying operating system.

  182. Part of Emacs. /wiki/Emacs

  183. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  184. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  185. Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

  186. "Krusader - Twin panel file management for your desktop". krusader.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2008-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20081003022657/http://www.krusader.org/text.php?t=krusader-2.0.0-beta1.changelog

  187. Can integrate with Beagle to provide more searching functionality. /wiki/Beagle_(software)

  188. Can integrate with Beagle to provide more searching functionality. /wiki/Beagle_(software)

  189. Search intersection

  190. One can search for file contents using the Text Contains field in the search window.

  191. After searching results, user can apply advanced visual filters to narrow down results.

  192. ZTreeWin provides several context specific search syntaxes that are not pure regex

  193. using wildcards, subfolders

  194. using wildcards, case match, whole word match

  195. size, date, time, attributes (read only, hidden, archivable, etc.

  196. [clarification needed] what/where is additional metadata? /wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify

  197. [clarification needed] what is fuzzy logic and how is it useful? /wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify

  198. Ability to save templates containing all search settings (file filter, metadata requirements etc.). Results of saves searches are always live, so not the results but the search conditions are saved.

  199. Also known as iterative searches. For example the ability to finish one search and then perform a new search a) only within these results (intersect the two result sets / the requirements of both searches have to be met), 2) adding to these results (combine both result sets to a bigger set) or 3) subtract from those results (original result set reduced by intersection of result sets).

  200. Main change in Total Commander 7.50

  201. User can change toolbar icons

  202. In Far 2.0 & Far 3.0+

  203. Unicode support depends on Mac OS version. Mac OS X's Finder includes full Unicode support, while Mac OS 8 and earlier does not. May be supported in >=8.1 and <=9.2 if using Unicode filesystems.

  204. File and folder icons customizable on OS level and via folder properties

  205. Main change in Total Commander 7.50

  206. User can manually change icon themes including toolbar, file and folder icons. User can also change the color scheme to a pre-defined one or manually pick a color for each element in preferences.

  207. IFilters /wiki/IFilters

  208. File and folder icons customizable on OS level and via folder properties

  209. User can change icon themes in preferences, which change the toolbar, file and folder icons. User can also change the color scheme to a pre-defined one or manually pick a color for each element (in preferences).