Comparison of file managers

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Comparison of file managers

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file manager
File manager

A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, file viewer, computer printer, streaming media, rename, move, file copying, file deletion, attributes, properties, search/find, and permissions....
s.

le class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;">

File Manager

Creator

First public release date

Latest stable version

Cost

Software license

B.G.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Comparison of file managers'

Start a new discussion about 'Comparison of file managers'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

General information

Basic general information about the managers: creator/company etc.

File Manager	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost	Software license
	B.G. Miller	2001	2.52		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party.... Freeware
Altap Salamander	Altap	1997-08-15	v2.51 (2008-03-19)	US$ United States dollar The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver .... 30	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
	Piotr Pszczolkowski, http://www.beesoft.pl	2005-11-28	4.1.0 (2008-09-19)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Dos Navigator Dos Navigator Dos Navigator is a free software orthodox File Manager for DOS and Windows....	RITLabs	v0.90 (1991)	v1.51 (1999)		open source
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....	Jonathan Potter, GPSoftware	Amiga Amiga The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer.... : v1 (1990-01-03) Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces .... : v6 (2001-06-18)	v9.1.1.0 (2008-09-06)	€ 49.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Dired Dired Dired is the name of the first visual directory editor, shown here as implemented for the Emacs text editor. Dired runs on any Emacs platform. Its commands are generally more modal than most Emacs commands since Dired is a specialized major mode in and of itself....	integral part of Emacs Emacs Emacs is a class of feature-rich text editors, usually characterized by their extensibility. Emacs has, perhaps, more editing commands than any other editor or word processor, numbering over 1,000.... , part of the GNU project GNU Project The GNU Project is a free software, mass collaboration project, announced on September 27 1983 by Richard Stallman. It initiated the GNU operating system, software development for which began in January 1984....	1978?			GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....	LikeMac Group	2004-02	v2.3 (2006-05-31)	$22.57 USD	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....	KDE KDE KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....		1.1 (2008-07-29) KDE 4.1		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...	tooar	2003-09-06	v0.4.1 (2008-05-22)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
	David Erceg	2008-01-06	Alpha 2 (2008-08-10)		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
F	Duy Nguyen & Michel Normand	2000 or earlier	v1.70 / 2.70 (2002)
FAR Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....	Eugene Roshal (originally), FAR Group	1996	v1.70 (2006-03-29)		open source Open source Open source is an approach to design, development, and distribution offering practical accessibility to a product's source . Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical Strategy element of their business operations....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....	Brian Havard	199x	v2.30 (2008-10-07)	$25.00 USD	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
File Manager Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....	Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....	1990?	v3.1	Part of Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....	Apple Inc.	1984-01	v10.5.3 (2008-02-11)	Part of Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
ForkLift	binarynights.com	2007-03-24	v1.6 (2009-01-09)	$44.95 USD	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....	Marek Jasinski	2004	v2008.06 (2008-06-15)		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Gentoo file manager	Gentoo		v0.11.55 (2005-06-04)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....	GNOME Commander	2001-08	v1.2.7 (2008-07-28)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
KFM Kae's File Manager KFM is a navigational file manager designed for use within a content management system. The file manager can be installed on any web server which uses the PHP language, specifically PHP5.2 or higher....	Kae Verens	2006-07	v1.3.1 (2008-10-13)		BSD
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....	KDE KDE KDE is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as tools and documentation for developers to write stand-alone applications for the system....	October, 2000	v3.5.7 (2007-05-22)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....	Krusader Krew	2000-07-11	v1.80.0 (2007-07-21)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Magellan Explorer Magellan Explorer Magellan Explorer is a dual pane Microsoft Windows file manager that can be used as a Windows Explorer replacement. The application contains a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, as well as an archive manager that supports formats such as ZIP , RAR, ACE and Unix formats....	Enriva	1999 or earlier (as Voyager 98)	v3.32 (2005-10-07)	$39.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface.... mc	GNU Midnight Commander		v4.6.1 (2005-07-23)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
muCommander MuCommander muCommander is a cross-platform file manager that will run on any operating system which supports Java. It features a Norton Commander style interface to allow easy manipulation of files with many keyboard shortcuts....	Maxence Bernard	2002-02-17	v0.8.2 (2008-04-16)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Nautilus Nautilus (file manager) Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the animal shell of a nautilus to represent an shell ....	Eazel Eazel Eazel was a software company based in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California from 1999 to 2001.The enterprise was staffed with former employees of Apple Computer, Netscape Communications Corporation, Be Inc., Linuxcare, Microsoft, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems, among others....	2001-04-11	v2.18.0.1 (2007-03-12)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Nexusfile	JungHoon Noh		v5.1.2 (2008-11-30)		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Norton Commander Norton Commander Norton Commander was a prototypical orthodox file manager , written by John Socha and released by Peter Norton Computing . NC is a file manager which essentially acts as the text user interface for DOS....	Peter Norton Computing Peter Norton Computing Peter Norton Computing, Inc., was a software company founded by Peter Norton. One of the most notable software packages it produced is Norton Utilities.... , later Symantec Symantec Symantec Corporation , founded in 1982, is an international corporation which sells computer software, particularly in the realms of Computer security and information management.... corporation	1986	DOS DOS DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is a shorthand term for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me.... : v5.51 (1998-07-01) Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces .... : v2.01 (1999-02-01)	?	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones.... (originally called SNAX)	Cocoatech	2001-04	v4.8 (2007-10-02)	US$ 34.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
PathMinder PathMinder PathMinder is file manager software, or DOS shell originally designed for use under Microsoft's MS-DOS disk operating system. Published by Westlake Data Corporation of Austin, Texas, and designed by Albert Nurick and Brittain Fraley, it was first released on 30 September 1984 and became fairly popular....	Albert Nurick and Brittain Fraley	1984	v4.11 (1988)	US$ 39.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
PowerDesk	VCOM		v6.04	US$ $39.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....	Thomas Leonard et al	Before 2000-03-10	v2.5 (2006-07-07)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....	SpeedProject	1993-05	v12.21 (2008-07-04)	€ 37.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Thunar Thunar Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager....	Xfce Xfce Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use....	2006-01-22	v1.0.0 (2009-02-26)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....	Christian Ghisler	1993-09-29	v7.04a (2008-08-08)	CHF Swiss franc The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian Enclave and exclave Campione d'Italia.... 40 / € 26	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
UltraExplorer	Jim Kueneman	2006-12-17	v1.5.0.3 (2007-12-26)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Unreal Commander	Max Diesel	2006	v0.95 (2009-01-03)
Volkov Commander Volkov Commander Volkov Commander is an old Orthodox File Manager for DOS. Like other OFMs, Volkov Commander is also a dual-pane file manager in the close tradition of Norton Commander....	Vsevolod Volkov	circa 1992	v4.05/4.99.08 (2000)	shareware/freeware	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....	Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....	1995-08-24	v6.0	Part of Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
WinSCP WinSCP WinSCP is an open source SSH file transfer protocol and File Transfer Protocol client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer....	WinSCP WinSCP WinSCP is an open source SSH file transfer protocol and File Transfer Protocol client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer....		v4.1.5 (2008-07-12)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
	Ralf Hoffmann	1999-03-06	v2.17.1 (2008-12-18)		GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
Xfile Xfile Xfile is a file manager developed by Rixstep, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. Its features are mostly congruent with those accessible by generic Unix systems....	Rixstep	2003-03-02	v1.8.0 (2007-02-19)	US$ 79.00 (with 80+ other apps)	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....	Nikos Bozinis	2004-06-10	v1.7.1.4 (2008-07-03)	US$ United States dollar The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver .... 29.95 (lite is free)	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
XYplorer XYplorer XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....	Donald Lessau	1997	v7.90.0120 (2009-02-12)	US$ United States dollar The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver .... 24.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....	Kim Henkel	1996	v1.74 (2008-10-10)	US$ United States dollar The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver .... 29.95	Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
bugFile BugFile bugFile is a file manager written in the PHP programming language. It is intended to be used by web hosts, and is available under a freeware license....	1Scripts	2006-08	v2.0 (2007-06)		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
FileAnt	Will Wheelahan	1998	20080003 (2008-06)		Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....

Operating system support

Cross-platform file managers

The operating system

Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
s the file managers can run on without emulation.

File manager	DOS DOS DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is a shorthand term for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me....	Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....	Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....	Linux Linux Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...	BSD	Unix Unix Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....	AmigaOS AmigaOS AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000....	OS/2 OS/2 OS/2 is a computer operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2," because it was introduced as part of the same generation change release as IBM's "IBM Personal System/2 " line of second-generation personal computers.... & eCS EComStation eComStation is a PC operating system based on OS/2, published by Serenity Systems, USA. It includes several additions and accompanying software....

Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Dos Navigator Dos Navigator Dos Navigator is a free software orthodox File Manager for DOS and Windows....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...

F
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....
KFM Kae's File Manager KFM is a navigational file manager designed for use within a content management system. The file manager can be installed on any web server which uses the PHP language, specifically PHP5.2 or higher....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Magellan Explorer Magellan Explorer Magellan Explorer is a dual pane Microsoft Windows file manager that can be used as a Windows Explorer replacement. The application contains a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, as well as an archive manager that supports formats such as ZIP , RAR, ACE and Unix formats....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface....
muCommander MuCommander muCommander is a cross-platform file manager that will run on any operating system which supports Java. It features a Norton Commander style interface to allow easy manipulation of files with many keyboard shortcuts....
Nautilus
PathMinder PathMinder PathMinder is file manager software, or DOS shell originally designed for use under Microsoft's MS-DOS disk operating system. Published by Westlake Data Corporation of Austin, Texas, and designed by Albert Nurick and Brittain Fraley, it was first released on 30 September 1984 and became fairly popular....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
Thunar Thunar Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager....
Volkov Commander Volkov Commander Volkov Commander is an old Orthodox File Manager for DOS. Like other OFMs, Volkov Commander is also a dual-pane file manager in the close tradition of Norton Commander....
bugFile BugFile bugFile is a file manager written in the PHP programming language. It is intended to be used by web hosts, and is available under a freeware license.... (web-based)
ZTreeWin/ZTreeBold ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....

Mac-only file managers

Disk Order
Disk Order

Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....
ForkLift
Macintosh Explorer
Finder
Macintosh Finder

The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
Path Finder
Path Finder

Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....
Xfile
Xfile

Xfile is a file manager developed by Rixstep, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. Its features are mostly congruent with those accessible by generic Unix systems....

Windows-only file managers

Altap Salamander
Directory Opus
Directory Opus

Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Explorer++
ExplorerXP
FAR Manager
FAR Manager

FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
File Manager
FreeCommander
FreeCommander

FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
SE-Explorer
SE-Explorer

SE-Explorer is a free portable Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows which can be used as alternative to Windows_explorer. It is sharply different from FAR Manager and Norton Commander because it is GUI based application with tabbed interface which made it possible to manipulate more than one directory or file view at the time and it ha...
SpeedCommander
SpeedCommander

SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander
Total Commander

Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....
Unreal Commander
Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
XPlorer
Xplorer

Xplorer may refer to* xplorer?, a Windows file manager* Xplorer Motorhomes, a builder of recreational vehicles...
xplorer²
Xplorer²

xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
XYplorer
XYplorer

XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....
NexusFile

Web-based file managers

Manager views

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

File manager	UI User interface The user interface is the aggregate of means by which people—the User s—Interaction with the system—a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tools....	Details + Thumbs	Content dependent	Twin panel	Panel tabs
Altap Salamander	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Dos Navigator Dos Navigator Dos Navigator is a free software orthodox File Manager for DOS and Windows....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
FAR Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
File Manager	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....	, with Cover Flow
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
KFM Kae's File Manager KFM is a navigational file manager designed for use within a content management system. The file manager can be installed on any web server which uses the PHP language, specifically PHP5.2 or higher....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....			*
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
Nautilus	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
PowerDesk	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....		In viewing
Thunar Thunar Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
UltraExplorer	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
Volkov Commander Volkov Commander Volkov Commander is an old Orthodox File Manager for DOS. Like other OFMs, Volkov Commander is also a dual-pane file manager in the close tradition of Norton Commander....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....				, with optional plugin
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
XYplorer XYplorer XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....	Text Text user interface TUI short for: Text User Interface or Textual User Interface , is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from Text-based user interfaces....
NexusFile	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....
bugFile BugFile bugFile is a file manager written in the PHP programming language. It is intended to be used by web hosts, and is available under a freeware license....	GUI Graphical user interface A graphical user interface is a type of user interface which allows people to human-computer interaction such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment....

Via multi-panel plugins.

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 Mac OS X 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

KIO

KIO is part of the KDE architecture. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent Application programming interface....
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 manager	FTP File Transfer Protocol File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet.FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging and manipulating files over a Transmission Control Protocol computer network....	FISH/SSH Secure Shell Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. Used primarily on Linux and Unix based systems to access shell accounts, SSH was designed as a replacement for TELNET and other Computer security remote Shell s, which send information, notably passwords, in...
Altap Salamander
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....		(SFTP & SSL)
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....		(FTPS & SFTP)
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...
Far Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....
KFM Kae's File Manager KFM is a navigational file manager designed for use within a content management system. The file manager can be installed on any web server which uses the PHP language, specifically PHP5.2 or higher....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface....
Nautilus
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....	(Read Access)
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....
Ultimate Commander
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....
NexusFile

Support is provided by the underlying operating system.
NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX.
FTP support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive

NetDrive

Novell NetDrive is a drive mapping utility based on Webdrive technology developed by South River Technololgies and licensed by Novell for distribution with Novell NetWare servers....
or Webdrive

WebDrive

WebDrive is an File Transfer Protocol developed by South River Technologies. The latest version of the software is 8.20 build 2075. Webdrive integrates WebDAV, FTP, Amazon S3 or SFTP so that linked server resources function as a local hard drive....
.
SSH support in these file managers requires the installation of SftpDrive

SftpDrive

SftpDrive is a Network file system for Microsoft Windows that facilitates mapping of virtual drive letters to any Secure Shell/SSH file transfer protocol server the user can access, thus allowing any Windows application to read, write, and manage remote files as if they were stored locally....
or Webdrive

WebDrive

WebDrive is an File Transfer Protocol developed by South River Technologies. The latest version of the software is 8.20 build 2075. Webdrive integrates WebDAV, FTP, Amazon S3 or SFTP so that linked server resources function as a local hard drive....
.
WebDAV support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive

NetDrive

Novell NetDrive is a drive mapping utility based on Webdrive technology developed by South River Technololgies and licensed by Novell for distribution with Novell NetWare servers....
or Webdrive

WebDrive

WebDrive is an File Transfer Protocol developed by South River Technologies. The latest version of the software is 8.20 build 2075. Webdrive integrates WebDAV, FTP, Amazon S3 or SFTP so that linked server resources function as a local hard drive....
.
WebDAV is supported via Microsoft's Network Places.
Support is provided via a free 3rd-party plugin.

File features

Information on what basic file features the file managers support.

File Manager	File compression	File selection filter
Altap Salamander		, multiple
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...
FAR Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Nautilus
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....	With helper apps
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
XYplorer XYplorer XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....
NexusFile

Browsing features

File manager	Slideshows	Directory Sizes	Synchronizer	Find as you type (Type-ahead find)
Altap Salamander			(for remote folders)
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....
Dos Navigator Dos Navigator Dos Navigator is a free software orthodox File Manager for DOS and Windows.... / NDN
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...
FAR Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander GNOME Commander is a 'two pane' graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....		(with konq-plugin)
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface....
Nautilus
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....				, and browsing with tab completion
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....	In plugin
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
XYplorer XYplorer XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....

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 manager	File name/content search	Basic metadata search	All metadata search	RegExp Regular expression In computing, regular expressions provide a concise and flexible means for identifying strings of text of interest, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters....	Boolean (nesting levels)	Fuzzy logic	Save searches	Refined searches
Altap Salamander
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...
FAR Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
File Commander File Commander File Commander is a text user interface orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 systems created and maintained by Brian Havard. It is a greatly-enhanced clone of Norton Commander....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Nautilus
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....

xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
XYplorer XYplorer XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is a shareware file manager for Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista. XYplorer is a hybrid file manager that combines features found in navigational file manager and orthodox file manager file managers....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....

Can integrate with Beagle

Beagle (software)

Beagle is a desktop search for Linux and other such modern Unix-like systems, enabling the user to search documents, chat logs, email and contact lists in a similar way to Spotlight in Mac OS X, and Windows Search or Google Desktop under Microsoft Windows....
to provide more searching functionality.
Via plugins
Search intersection

Extensibility

What parts of the application can be extended by plugins?

File manager	Metadata indexing	Unicode support
Altap Salamander
Directory Opus Directory Opus Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the Microsoft Windows operating system by ....
Disk Order Disk Order Disk Order is a shareware 'Norton Commander' like file manager for Mac OS X....
Dolphin Dolphin (software) Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power user....
emelFM2 EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ for X Window System on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate...
Far Manager FAR Manager FAR Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of Norton Commander. FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard-oriented user interface ....
Finder Macintosh Finder The Finder is the default application software program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications....
FreeCommander FreeCommander FreeCommander is a freeware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows . Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, archive file navigation, folder comparison / synchronization, and a multi-rename tool....
Konqueror Konqueror Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the KDE. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems....
Krusader Krusader Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to GNOME Commander or Midnight Commander , or Total Commander ....
Midnight Commander Midnight Commander GNU Midnight Commander is a free software cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface....
Nautilus
Path Finder Path Finder Path Finder is a file browser developed by Cocoatech, built as a Macintosh Finder replacement for the Mac OS X operating system. It has a large amount of features ranging from the basic browsing of the local file system and Disk sharing, to less common ones....
ROX-Filer ROX-Filer ROX-Filer is a graphical file manager for the X Window System. It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop, a graphical desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems....
SpeedCommander SpeedCommander SpeedCommander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Its predominant marketplace is Germany and is thus relatively unknown to the worldwide user community....
Total Commander Total Commander Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows. Some features include a built-in File Transfer Protocol client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool....	In search tool	By unicode fonts
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
xplorer² Xplorer² xplorer? is a dual-pane file manager for all 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. It offers the functionality of File manager#Orthodox file manager through an interface similar to the familiar Windows Explorer....
ZTreeWin ZTreeWin ZTreeWin is an orthodox file manager file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone of XTree. Like Xtree, it logs filenames and attributes into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast, but makes use of the large memories of modern computers to allow the logging of millions of files....

In an early alpha version 1.80 as of Feb 2008 in beta version v2.0.136 as of Dec 16 2008

Comparison of file managers

General information

Operating system support

Cross-platform file managers

Mac-only file managers

Windows-only file managers

Web-based file managers

Manager views

Network protocols

File features

Browsing features

Search features

Extensibility

External links