Comparison of file managers
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable file managers.
General information
[edit]| Name | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | Version | Date | |||||
| Altap Salamander | Altap | 1997-08-15 | Windows | 4.0[1][2]  | 2019-06-11 | GPL-2.0 | No cost | |
| Commander One | Eltima Software | 2015-08-04 | macOS | Proprietary | US$29.95[a] | |||
| Directory Opus | Jonathan Potter GPSoftware | 1 | 1990-01-03 | AmigaOS | 4.16[3] | 2001-07-04 | GPL-2.0 | No cost |
| AmigaOS | 5.91[4] | 2015-08-30 | APL | |||||
| AROS | ||||||||
| MorphOS | ||||||||
| 6 | 2001-06-18 | Windows | 12.27[5] | 2022-03-21 | Proprietary | A$49 Lite A$89 Pro | ||
| Dired | Integral part of Emacs. Part of the GNU project. | ~1976[6] | 7.17 | 2009-07-30 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Dolphin | KDE | 0.5 | 2006-06-07 | BSD | 25.04.0[7] | 2025-04-10 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
| Linux | ||||||||
| macOS | ||||||||
| Unix | ||||||||
| Windows | ||||||||
| DOS Navigator | Ritlabs | 0.90 | 1991 | DOS | 1.51[8] | 1999-04-19 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
| OS/2 | ||||||||
| Windows | ||||||||
| DOS Shell | Microsoft / IBM | 1988 | DOS | 1998 | Proprietary | Bundled[b] | ||
| Double Commander | Alexander Koblov[c] | 2007 | BSD | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | |||
| Linux | ||||||||
| macOS | ||||||||
| Unix | ||||||||
| Windows | ||||||||
| emelFM2 | tooar | 2003-09-06 | BSD | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | |||
| Linux | ||||||||
| Unix | ||||||||
| Explorer++ | David Ercig | 2008-01-08 | Windows | 1.4.0 [9] | 2024-01-28 | GPL-3.0-only | No cost | |
| Far Manager | Eugene Roshal Far Group | 1996 | Windows (Linux, Mac, BSD via far2l) | 3.0.6364 | 2024-08-24 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost | |
| File Explorer[d] | Microsoft | 1995-08-24 | Windows | 2015-07-29 | Proprietary | Bundled[e] | ||
| File Manager | Microsoft Ian Ellison-Taylor | 1990 | Windows | 10.4.0.0[10] | 2025-02-22 | MIT[11] | Bundled[e] | |
| Files (Apple) | Apple Inc. | 2017-09-19 | macOS | Proprietary | Bundled[f] | |||
| Files by Google | Google LLC | 2017-12-05 | Android | 1.2263.598736326.1[12] | 2024-01-21 | Proprietary | No cost | |
| GeoManager | Berkeley Softworks[g] Breadbox Ensemble[h] | 1990 | GEOS | 2009 | Proprietary | Bundled[i] | ||
| Finder | Apple Inc. | 1984-01 | macOS | 10.10.5 | 2015-08-13 | Proprietary | Bundled[j] | |
| ForkLift | BinaryNights | 2007-06-01 | macOS | 4.0.7[13] | 2024-01-30 | Proprietary | US$29.95[a] | |
| gentoo | Emil Brink | ? | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | ||||
| GNOME Commander | GNOME Commander | 2001-09 | 1.14.3[14] | 2022-06-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| GNOME Files[k] | Eazel | 2001-04-11 | 48.1[15] | 2025-04-13 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Konqueror | KDE | 2000-10 | 24.12.1[16] | 2025-01-07 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Krusader | Krusader Krew | 2000-07-11 | R14.1.1[17] | 2023-10-20 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Midnight Commander[l] | Miguel de Icaza GNU | 1994-05[m] | 4.8.33[18] | 2025-01-23 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| muCommander | Maxence Bernard | 2002-02-17 | 1.5.2[19] | 2024-10-18 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Nemo | Linux Mint | 1.0.0 | 2012-07 | 6.4.5[20] | 2025-02-24 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost[n] | |
| nnn | Arun Prakash Jana | 2017-04-13 | 5.1[21] | 2025-03-23 | BSD-2-Clause | No cost | ||
| Nomad.NET | Eugene Sichkar | 2.2.0.537 beta | 2008-08-14 | 3.2.0.2890 | 2016-06-13 | Proprietary | No cost | |
| Norton Commander | Peter Norton Computing Symantec corporation | 1986 | DOS | 5.51 | 1998-07-01 | Proprietary | ? | |
| Windows | 2.01 | 1999-02-01 | ||||||
| Path Finder[o] | Cocoatech | 2001-04 | macOS | 9.1 | 2020-03-24 | Proprietary | US$36.00 | |
| PathMinder | Albert Nurick Brittain Fraley | 1984 | DOS | 4.11 | 1988 | Proprietary | US$39.95 | |
| PCManFM | Hong Jen Yee | 2006-01-09 | 1.3.2 | 2021-02-05 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| PC Shell | Central Point Software | 1986 | Proprietary | ?[p] | ||||
| ranger | Roman Zimbelmann | 2010-06-09 | BSD | 1.9.4[22] | 2024-11-04 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | |
| Linux | ||||||||
| macOS | ||||||||
| ROX-Filer | Thomas Leonard et al. | 2000-03-10 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||||
| SpaceFM | IgnorantGuru | 0.5.0 | 2012-01-13 | 1.0.6[23] | 2018-03-04 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost | |
| STDU Explorer | STDUtility | 2009-03-23 | Windows | 1.0.465 | 2012-05-24 | Proprietary | No cost | |
| Tabbles | Yellow blue soft UAB | 2009-08-01 | Windows | 3.1.29 | 2016-08-12 | Proprietary | US$29.95[a] | |
| Thunar | Xfce | 2006-01-22 | 4.21.0[24] | 2025-03-23 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| Total Commander[q] | Christian Ghisler | 1.0 | 2012-05-18 | Android | 3.50[25] | 2024-03-27 | Proprietary | No cost |
| 1.00d | 1993-09-25 | Windows | 11.51[26] | 2025-02-19 | CHF40, €37, US$42[a] | |||
| ViewMAX | Digital Research / Novell | 1.0 | 1990 | DR-DOS | 3.0 | 1993 | GPL-2.0-only[r] | Bundled[s] |
| Volkov Commander | Vsevolod Volkov | 1992 | DOS | 4.05[27] | 2000-06-16 | Proprietary | Depends[t] | |
| WinSCP | WinSCP | 2000-09-30 | Windows | 6.5[28] | 2025-03-31 | GPL-3.0-only | No cost | |
| worker | Ralf Hoffmann | 1.0.0 | 1999-03-06 | Unix | 4.12.1 | 2023-03-05 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
| Xandros File Manager | Xandros Corporation | ? | 4.2 | 2007-07-26 | Proprietary | Bundled[u] | ||
| Xfe | Roland Baudin | 2002 | 1.46.2[29] | 2024-06-09 | GPL | No cost | ||
| Xfile | Rixstep | 2003-03-02 | macOS | 2.1.0.10 | 2010-02-14 | Proprietary | US$79.00[v] | |
| Xfm | Simon Marlow Albert Gräf Till Straumann Robert Vogelgesang Juan D. Martin | 1992 | 1.4.3[30][31] | 2001-09-03 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost | ||
| xplorer² | Nikos Bozinis | 2004-06-10 | Windows | 5.4.0.2 | 2023-06-14 | Proprietary | US$29.95 - 49.95[w] | |
| XTree | Jeffery C. Johnson | 1985-04-01 | DOS | 1992 | Proprietary | US$39.95 | ||
| 1992 | Windows | 1992 | ||||||
| XYplorer | Donald Lessau | 1997 | Windows | 20.80.0100 | 2020-02-13 | Proprietary | US$39.95 - 79.95[x] | |
| ZTreeWin | Kim Henkel | 1996 | Windows | 2.2.19 | 2011-05-27 | Proprietary | US$29.95 (1-4) | |
| Name | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | ||
| Version | Date | Version | Date | |||||
- ^ abcdefDemo, trial or lite version available at no cost.
- ^Part of MS-DOS/PC DOS.
- ^Alexander Koblov also known as alexx2000.
- ^File Explorer previously known as Windows Explorer.
- ^ abPart of Microsoft Windows.
- ^Part of iOS.
- ^Berkeley Softworks later renamed to GeoWorks Corporation.
- ^Breadbox Ensemble founded as Breadbox Computer Company.
- ^Part of PC/GEOS
- ^Part of macOS
- ^GNOME Files formerly known as Nautilus.
- ^Midnight Commander also known as mc.
- ^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.
- ^Nemo is part of the Cinnamon (Desktop Environment).
- ^Path Finder originally known as SNAX.
- ^Part of PC Tools for DOS.
- ^Total Commander originally known as Windows Commander.
- ^ViewMAX was originally proprietary.
- ^Part of DR-DOS
- ^Shareware / Freeware
- ^Part of Xandros Desktop
- ^With 80+ other applications.
- ^US$29.95 Pro, US$49.95 Ultimate.[a]
- ^US$39.95 Standard License Pro, US$79.95 Lifetime License Pro.[a][32]
Operating system support
[edit]Cross-platform file managers
[edit]This table shows the operating systems that the file managers can run on, without emulation.
| File manager | DOS | OS/2 & eCS | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | OpenVMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Opus | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes[33] | No |
| Dired | Yes[34] | Yes[35] | Yes[36] | Yes[37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[38] | Yes[39] |
| Dolphin | No | No | Needs KDE[40] | Yes[41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Double Commander | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| DOS Navigator | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| emelFM2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GNOME Commander | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Konqueror | No | No | Needs KDE[40] | Yes[41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Krusader | No | No | No | Needs X | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Midnight Commander | Yes | No | Yes[42] | Yes[43] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| muCommander | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| nnn | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Nemo | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| PathMinder | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PCManFM | No | Needs POSIX-compliant platform | Needs POSIX-compliant platform | Needs POSIX-compliant platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ranger | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ROX-Filer | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
| Thunar | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Total Commander | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Volkov Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| worker | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Xandros File Manager | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | No |
| Xfe | No | Needs X | Needs X | Needs X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Needs X[44] | Yes |
| Xfm | No | Needs X | Needs X | Needs X | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Far Manager | Needs HX DOS Extender | No | Yes | Yes (far2l) | Yes (far2l) | Yes (far2l) | ? | No | No |
| ZTreeWin | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| File manager | DOS | OS/2 & eCS | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | OpenVMS |
Mac-only file managers
[edit]*nix-only file managers
[edit]- Demos Commander
- emelFM2
- Gentoo file manager
- Konqueror
- Krusader
- nnn
- Nautilus
- Nemo
- PCMan File Manager
- Ranger
- ROX-Filer
- Thunar
- SpaceFM
- worker
Windows-only file managers
[edit]- Altap Salamander
- Directory Opus[33]
- Explorer++
- File Manager (Windows)
- Nomad.NET
- STDU Explorer
- Total Commander[45][46]
- File Explorer
- xplorer²
- XYplorer
- ZTreeWin
iOS-only file managers
[edit]Android-only file managers
[edit]- Files by Google
- Ghost Commander
Manager views
[edit]
Icon views represent files and folders as large icons.
Details + thumbnails views and favs-panel (bottom left)
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 manager | Family | UI | Icon view | List view | Column view | Thumbnails | Details + Thumbs | Grouping | Content dependent[m 1] | Twin panel | Favorites / Bookmark | Panel tabs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | No |
| Commander One | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Demos Commander | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Directory Opus | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Directory editor | Text | Yes, on GUI[47] | Yes | ? | Yes, on GUI[47] | Yes, on GUI[47] | Yes | Yes | Yes, one or more | Partial (bookmarks) | Yes (optional tab bar) [48] |
| Dolphin | Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double Commander | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DOS Navigator | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| emelFM2 | Orthodox | GUI | No | Yes | No | Yes[m 2] | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | No |
| FAR Manager | Orthodox | Text[m 3] | Partial[m 4] | Yes | Yes | Yes[49] | Partial[m 4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [m 5] |
| File Manager (Windows) | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[citation needed] | No | No |
| Files (Apple) | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Files by Google | GUI | |||||||||||
| Finder | Spatial / Miller Columns | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, with Cover Flow | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| ForkLift | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| gentoo | Orthodox | GUI | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| GNOME Commander | Orthodox | GUI | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Konqueror | Navigational / Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Krusader | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Midnight Commander | Orthodox | Text | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Navigational / Spatial | GUI | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Nemo | Navigational / Spatial | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes,press[F3] | Yes | Yes |
| Nomad.NET | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial, Manual | Yes | Yes | Yes, Shared |
| Path Finder | Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PCManFM | Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ROX-Filer | Spatial | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| STDU Explorer | Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Total Commander | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes In viewing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thunar | Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volkov Commander | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Explorer | Navigational / Spatial | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes [m 6] | Yes | Partial [m 7] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| worker | Orthodox | GUI | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xandros File Manager | Navigational | GUI | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | Hybrid Navigational | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Xfm | Spatial | GUI | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No |
| xplorer² | Hybrid Navigational / Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[m 8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XYplorer | Hybrid Navigational / Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ZTreeWin | Orthodox | Text | No | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| File manager | Family | UI | Icon view | List view | Column view | Thumbnails | Details + Thumbs | Grouping | Content dependent | Twin panel | Favorites / Bookmark | Panel tabs |
- ^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.
- ^Optional image thumbnailer plugin since v0.3.4 (24/5/2007)
- ^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.
- ^ abWith the ConEmu mod or plugins.
- ^Via multi-panel plugins or the ConEmu mod.
- ^Column view is called Details view in Windows Explorer
- ^Windows 7 introduces a Content view which shows details as well as thumbnails
- ^Via "Mirrored Browsing" feature.
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
[edit]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 manager | SMB/CIFS | WebDAV | NFS | AFP | FTP | FISH/SSH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Commander One | Yes[n 1] | Yes | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes | Yes |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (SFTP & SSL[n 2]) |
| Dired | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | No | Yes | Yes[n 1] |
| Dolphin | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Double Commander | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| emelFM2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Far Manager | Yes | Partial[n 3] | Partial[n 4] | No | Yes | Yes[n 5] |
| File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Files (Apple) | ||||||
| Files by Google | ||||||
| Finder | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Partial[n 1] | No |
| ForkLift | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Konqueror | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Krusader | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| muCommander | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Midnight Commander | Yes[n 6] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nemo | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Nomad.NET | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Path Finder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Read Access) | No |
| PCManFM | Yes[n 7] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ROX-Filer | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] |
| Total Commander | Yes | Yes[n 5] | Partial[n 4] | No | Yes | Yes |
| Thunar | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] | No | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] |
| worker | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[n 8] | ? |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes[n 9] | No | Yes | No |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | Yes | Yes[n 10] | Partial[n 4] | No | Yes | No |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes[n 9] | No | Yes | No |
| ZTreeWin | Yes | Partial[n 11] | Partial[n 4] | No | Partial[n 11] | Partial[n 12] |
| File manager | SMB/CIFS | WebDAV | NFS | AFP | FTP | FISH/SSH |
- ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrSupport is provided by the underlying operating system.
- ^Requires an additional licence (purchased separately)
- ^WebDAV support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive.
- ^ abcdNFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX.
- ^ abSupport is provided via a free third-party plugin.
- ^From version 4.8.28 support for Samba will be removed. "Coming soon: 4.8.28; what's new".
- ^ abcdefSupport is provided by GVfs
- ^Support is provided by AVfs
- ^ abNFS 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).
- ^WebDAV is supported via Microsoft Windows' built-in Network Places/Mapped Drive functionality.
- ^ abFTP support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive.
- ^SSH support in these file managers requires the installation of SftpDrive or WebDrive.
File features
[edit]Information on what basic file features the file managers support.
| File Manager | Undo/redo file operation | File compression | File encryption | Rename busy files | File preview | File coloring filter [50] | File selection filter | Paste clipboard as file | File and folder reports | ACL (Access control list) | Mass rename [51] | Run executable files |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes, multiple [52] | ? | Yes | Yes [53] | Yes | Yes |
| Commander One | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Dired | Partial [54] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dolphin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double Commander | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| emelFM2 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| FAR Manager | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [55] | Yes | Plugin | Plugin | ? |
| File Manager | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Files (Apple) | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Files by Google | ||||||||||||
| Finder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ForkLift | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| GNOME Commander | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? |
| Konqueror | Partial [56] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[57] | Yes |
| Krusader | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[57] | Yes |
| Midnight Commander | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial[58] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial [59] | No | Yes | No | No [60] |
| Nemo | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes |
| Nomad.NET | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? |
| Path Finder | ? | Yes | No [61] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
| PCManFM | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| ROX-Filer | ? | With helper applications | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| STDU Explorer | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| Thunar | Yes | Yes (via plugin) | Yes (via plugin) | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Total Commander | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Log file | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Partial[62] | No | Yes | No | No | Partial [63] | No | Yes [64] | Partial | Yes |
| worker | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | No | Yes | Partial [62] | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [65] | Yes | Yes |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Partial [62] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| ZTreeWin | ? | Yes | Partial [66] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| File Manager | Undo/redo file operation | File compression | File encryption | Rename busy files | File preview | File coloring filter | File selection filter | Paste clipboard as file | File and folder reports | ACL (Access control list) | Mass rename | Run executable files |
Browsing features
[edit]| File manager | Symbolic links | Windows long path support | Browse compressed folders | Slideshows | Shows combined size of selected directories | Branch sizes | Directory compare | Synchronizer | Find as you type (Type-ahead find) | Embedded/integrated terminal | For directories, size column shows: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial (for remote folders) | Yes | Yes | DIR |
| Commander One | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes, in the PRO Pack[67] | DIR and total size including subdirectories |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIR and total size including subdirectories |
| Dired | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes [68] | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[69] | Literal [browse 1] |
| DOS Navigator | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes[70] | Yes | Total size including subdirectories |
| Dolphin | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Number of entries |
| Double Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIR |
| emelFM2 | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Literal [browse 1] |
| FAR Manager | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial [n 1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [71] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Files (Apple) | ? | ||||||||||
| Files by Google | ? | ||||||||||
| Finder | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| ForkLift | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIR and total size including subdirectories |
| GNOME Commander | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Konqueror | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes (with konq-plugin) | Yes | Yes (with kdiff3 plugin) | Yes (with kdiff3 plugin) | Yes | Yes | Folder only size (default) selectable to file count/total size |
| Krusader | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Midnight Commander | Yes | ? | Yes[72] | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[73] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| muCommander | No[74] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Partial, command execution only | ? |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, With Plugin[75][76] | Number of entries |
| Nemo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes, with nemo-terminal extension | |
| Nomad.NET | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, via Plugin | DIR and total size including subdirectories |
| Path Finder | ? | ? | No | Yes | Partial | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes[77] | Yes |
| PCManFM | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No, but there is a fork attempt[78] | Nothing |
| ROX-Filer | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes, and browsing with tab completion | No | Nothing |
| Thunar | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Configurable |
| Total Commander | Yes[79] | ? | Yes | Yes In plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIR and total size including subdirectories |
| Windows Explorer | Partial[80] | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes (in folder tooltips) | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| worker | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Xfe | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | ? |
| Xfile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No[81] | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| xplorer² | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[82] | ? |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[83] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes[84] | Contents including subs |
| ZTreeWin | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Selectable: number of entries or size (optional: including subs) |
| File manager | Symbolic links | Windows long path support | Browse compressed folders | Slideshows | Shows combined size of selected directories | Branch sizes | Directory compare | Synchronizer | Find as you type (Type-ahead find) | Embedded/integrated terminal | For directories, size column shows: |
- ^Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
Search features
[edit]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 [D 1] | File contents [D 2] | Basic metadata search [D 3] | All metadata search [D 4] | RegExp for contents | Boolean (nesting levels) | Fuzzy logic[D 5] | Save searches [D 6] | Refined searches [D 7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes[s 1] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Commander One | Yes | Yes | Yes[s 2] | Yes[s 2] | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [85] | Yes |
| Dolphin | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Double Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| emelFM2 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Partial | ? |
| FAR Manager | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes[s 3] | Yes[s 3] | Yes[s 3] | Yes | Yes |
| Files (Apple) | |||||||||
| Files by Google | |||||||||
| Finder | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| ForkLift | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No |
| Konqueror | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Krusader | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes[86] | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | ? | Partial [s 4] | Partial [s 4] | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Nemo | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Nomad.NET | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Path Finder | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No |
| PCManFM | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| ROX-Filer | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? |
| Total Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial [s 5] |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| worker | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | Yes | Yes[s 6] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Xfile | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[s 7] |
| ZTreeWin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial [s 8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File manager | File name [D 1] | File contents [D 2] | Basic metadata search [D 3] | All metadata search [D 4] | RegExp for contents | Boolean (nesting levels) | Fuzzy logic [D 5] | Save searches [D 6] | Refined searches [D 7] |
Column Definitions (D)
- ^ abusing wildcards, subfolders
- ^ abusing wildcards, case match, whole word match
- ^ absize, date, time, attributes (read only, hidden, archivable, etc.
- ^ ab[clarification needed] what/where is additional metadata?
- ^ ab[clarification needed] what is fuzzy logic and how is it useful?
- ^ abAbility 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.
- ^ abAlso 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).
Entry Notes (s)
- ^Altap Salamander Search offers RegExp for defining the file content.
- ^ abSupport is provided by the underlying operating system.
- ^ abcSupport is provided via a free third-party plugin.
- ^ abCan integrate with Beagle to provide more searching functionality.
- ^Search intersection
- ^One can search for file contents using the Text Contains field in the search window.
- ^After searching results, user can apply advanced visual filters to narrow down results.
- ^ZTreeWin provides several context specific search syntaxes that are not pure regex
Extensibility
[edit]Information on which parts of the application can be extended by plugins.
| File manager | Filesystem support | Attribute columns | File previews | Metadata indexing | Unicode support | Visual themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial | No |
| Commander One | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dolphin | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[e 1] | Partial[e 2] |
| emelFM2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Far Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes[e 3] | No |
| Files (Apple) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Files by Google | ||||||
| Finder | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[e 4] | Partial[e 5] |
| ForkLift | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Konqueror | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Krusader | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Yes | |
| Midnight Commander | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Nemo | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nomad.NET | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Path Finder | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| PCManFM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| ROX-Filer | No | Yes | No | ? | ||
| Total Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes In search tool | Yes[e 1] | Yes[e 6] |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[87] | Yes | Partial[e 5] |
| worker | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | No | Partial | No | No | Partial | Partial[e 7] |
| Xfile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| ZTreeWin | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
| File manager | Filesystem support | Attribute columns | File previews | Metadata indexing | Unicode support | Visual themes |
- ^ abMain change in Total Commander 7.50
- ^User can change toolbar icons
- ^In Far 2.0 & Far 3.0+
- ^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.
- ^ abFile and folder icons customizable on OS level and via folder properties
- ^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.
- ^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).
Notes
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- ^ abDirectory 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.
- ^"Info Node: (emacs)Dired". cmu.edu.
- ^"Emacs 20.6 under OS/2". Home.snafu.de. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
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- ^ ab"The MacPorts Project - Available Ports". MacPorts. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^Cygwin or Win32 Native
- ^Runs in text mode inside Terminal window
- ^"Der Schwan-Clan".
- ^Windows 95 and later
- ^Windows Mobile
- ^ abcActivating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface.
- ^Tab-bar mode can be activated to show the tab-bar (else it will be hidden).
- ^With ConEmu Far Manager plugin conemu-maximus5
- ^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.
- ^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.
- ^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.
- ^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.
- ^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.
- ^With plug-ins, or this can be implemented as a macros
- ^Konqueror can undo, not redo.
- ^ abNeeds KRename, an application that integrates into Konqueror and Krusader.
- ^Create new file with desired name, then paste contents.
- ^Only text which is dragged from another program and dropped into a folder in GNOME Files (Nautilus) can be pasted as a new file.
- ^Removed in version 3.29.
- ^Path Finder apparently integrates with KnoxArchived 2011-06-19 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, an encryption utility.
- ^ abcThe 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.
- ^Supported up to Windows XP only. Document scraps are not supported in Windows Vista and later.
- ^Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only. Must be enabled manuallyArchived 2007-05-28 at the Wayback Machine in Windows versions prior to Server 2003.
- ^Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only.
- ^Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file
- ^"Dual-pane file manager for Mac - Commander One". mac.eltima.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^via image-mode, GUI only
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- ^Press and release Alt
- ^Via plugins, or manual with helping of the embedded Advanced Compare.
- ^Extensible via compression plugins, supported formats list depends on distribution package maintainer
- ^Can be done in two steps
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- ^IFilters
