Comparison of file managers
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable file managers.
General information
| Name | Creator | First public version (date) |
Latest stable version (date, number) |
Cost | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | Altap | August 15, 1997 | July 1, 2019 (4.0) | Free | Proprietary |
| Commander One | Eltima Software | August 4, 2015 | 2019 (2.3) | US$29.95[1] | Proprietary |
| CRAX Commander | Soft4U2 | September 1, 2013 | June 5, 2018 (1.11.1) | US$19.99[1] | Proprietary |
| Directory Opus | Jonathan Potter, GPSoftware |
Amiga: v1 (1990-01-03) Windows: v6 (2001-06-18) |
October 15, 2020 (12.22) | A$49 lite / A$89 pro | Proprietary |
| Dired | integral part of Emacs, part of the GNU project |
1974? | July 30, 2009 (7.17) | Free | GPL |
| Documents by Readdle | Readdle | Free | Proprietary | ||
| Dolphin | KDE | June 7, 2006 (0.5) | 20.12.2 (4 February 2021[2]) [±] | Free | GPL |
| DOS Navigator | Ritlabs | 1991 (0.90) | 1999 (1.51) | Free | BSD original |
| DOS Shell | Microsoft / IBM | 1988 | 1998 | Part of MS-DOS/PC DOS (OS) | Proprietary |
| Double Commander | Alexander Koblov (alexx2000) and others | 2007 | July 7, 2019 (0.9.5) | Free | GPL |
| emelFM2 | tooar | September 6, 2003 | February 18, 2014 (0.9.1) | Free | GPL |
| Explorer++ | David Ercig | January 8, 2008 | February 3, 2013 (1.3.5) | Free | GPL |
| Far Manager | Eugene Roshal (original); Far Group | 1996 | 3.0 build 5665 (12 September 2020) [±] | Free | BSD revised |
| File Commander | Brian Havard | 1993 | March 3, 2011 (2.40) | A$35.00 | Proprietary |
| File Explorer[3] | Microsoft | August 24, 1995 | July 29, 2015 | Part of Windows (OS) | Proprietary |
| File Manager | Microsoft (Ian Ellison-Taylor) | 1990 | January 7, 2019 (10.0.1901.1)[4] | Part of Windows (OS) | MIT[4] |
| Files (Apple) | Apple Inc. | September 19, 2017 | Part of iOS (OS) | Proprietary | |
| Files by Google | Google LLC | 5 December 2017 | Free | Proprietary | |
| GeoManager | Berkeley Softworks,[5] Breadbox Ensemble[6] | 1990 | 2009 | Part of PC/GEOS (OS) | Proprietary |
| Finder | Apple Inc. | January 1984 | August 13, 2015 (10.10.5) | Part of macOS (OS) | Proprietary |
| fman | Michael Herrmann | July 18, 2016 | April 22, 2019 (1.5.8) | US$18[1] | Proprietary |
| ForkLift | BinaryNights | June 1, 2007 | November 24, 2020 (3.4.4) | US$29.95[1] | Proprietary |
| gentoo | Emil Brink | ? | March 18, 2012 (0.19.13) | Free | GPL |
| GNOME Commander | GNOME Commander | September 2001 | May 28, 2017 (1.6.4) | Free | GPL |
| GNOME Files[7] | Eazel | April 11, 2001 | 3.38.3[8] (29 January 2021) [±] | Free | GPL |
| Konqueror | KDE | October 2000 | 4.14.38 (November 7, 2017) [±][9] | Free | GPL |
| Krusader | Krusader Krew | July 11, 2000 | 2.7.2 "Peace of Mind" (August 25, 2019[10]) [±] | Free | GPL |
| Midnight Commander[11] | GNU Midnight Commander | < May 1994[12] | July 18, 2020 (4.8.25) | Free | GPL |
| muCommander | Maxence Bernard | February 17, 2002 | December 8, 2018 (0.9.3) | Free | GPL |
| Nemo | Linux Mint | July 2012 (1.0.0) |
December 11, 2018
(4.0.5)[13] |
Free[14] | GPL |
| Nomad.NET | Eugene Sichkar | August 14, 2008 (2.2.0.537 beta) |
June 13, 2016 (3.2.0.2890) | Free | Proprietary |
| Norton Commander | Peter Norton Computing, later Symantec corporation |
1986 | February 1, 1999 (2.01 Windows DOS: 1998-07-01 (5.51)) |
? | Proprietary |
| Path Finder[15] | Cocoatech | April 2001 | March 24, 2020 (9.1) | US$36.00 | Proprietary |
| PathMinder | Albert Nurick and Brittain Fraley |
1984 | 1988 (4.11) | US$39.95 | Proprietary |
| PCManFM | Hong Jen Yee | January 9, 2006 | February 21, 2016 (1.2.4) | Free | GPL |
| PC Shell | Central Point Software | 1986 | paid[16] | Proprietary | |
| ROX-Filer | Thomas Leonard et al. | Before March 10, 2000 | October 9, 2011 (2.11) | Free | GPL |
| SpaceFM | IgnorantGuru | January 13, 2012 (0.5.0) | January 20, 2016 (1.0.5) | Free | GPL |
| STDU Explorer | STDUtility | March 23, 2009 | May 24, 2012 (1.0.465) | Free | Proprietary |
| Tabbles | Yellow blue soft UAB | August 1, 2009 | August 12, 2016 (3.1.29) | US$29.95[1] | Proprietary |
| Thunar | Xfce | January 22, 2006 | (4.15.2)[17] | Free | GPL |
| Total Commander[18] | Christian Ghisler | September 25, 1993 (1.00d) | March 25, 2020 (9.51) | CHF40, €37, US$42[1] | Proprietary |
| ViewMAX | Digital Research / Novell | 1990 (1.0) | 1993 (3.0) | Part of DR-DOS (OS) | GPL[19] |
| Volkov Commander | Vsevolod Volkov | circa 1992 | 4.05 (February 21, 2001) [±] | shareware / freeware | Proprietary |
| WinSCP | WinSCP | September 30, 2000 | 5.17.10[20] (January 26, 2021) [±] | Free | GPL |
| Xandros File Manager | Xandros Corporation | ? | July 26, 2007 (4.2) | Part of Xandros Desktop | Proprietary |
| Xfe | Roland Baudin | 2002 | September 16, 2018 (1.43.1) | Free | GPL |
| Xfile | Rixstep | March 2, 2003 | February 19, 2007 (1.8.0) | US$79.00[21] | Proprietary |
| Xfm | Simon Marlow, Albert Gräf, Till Straumann, Robert Vogelgesang, Juan D. Martin |
1992 | September 2001 (1.4.3) | Free | GPL |
| xplorer² | Nikos Bozinis | June 10, 2004 | December 13, 2017 (3.5.0.2) | pro US$29.95, ultimate: US$49.95[1] | Proprietary |
| XTree | Jeffery C. Johnson | April 1, 1985 | 1992 (Xtree for Windows) | US$39.95 | Proprietary |
| XYplorer | Donald Lessau | 1997 | February 13, 2020 (20.80.0100) | Standard License Pro US$39.95, Lifetime License Pro $79.95[1][22] |
Proprietary |
| ZTreeWin | Kim Henkel | 1996 | May 27, 2012 (2.1.19) May 26, 2013 (2.4.121 beta) May 31, 2017 (2.4.172 zeta) |
US$29.95 (1-4) | Proprietary |
Operating system support
Cross-platform file managers
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[23] | No |
| Dired | Yes[24] | Yes[25] | Yes[26] | Yes[27] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[28] | Yes[29] |
| Dolphin | No | No | Needs KDE[30] | Yes[31] | 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 |
| File Commander | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| fman | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| GNOME Commander | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Konqueror | No | No | Needs KDE[30] | Yes[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Krusader | No | No | No | Needs X | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Midnight Commander | Yes | No | Yes[32] | Yes[33] | 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 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Volkov Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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[34] | Yes |
| Xfm | No | Needs X | Needs X | Needs X | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| 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
*nix-only file managers
Windows-only file managers
iOS-only file managers
- Files (Apple)
- Documents by Readdle
Android-only file managers
- Files by Google
- Ghost Commander
Manager views
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 [37] | 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 |
| CRAX Commander | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Demos Commander | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Directory Opus | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | Yes, on GUI[38] | Yes, on GUI[38] | ? | ? | Yes, one or more | Partial (bookmarks) | Yes (show tab-bar optional) [39] |
| Documents by Readdle | GUI | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| 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[40] | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | No |
| FAR Manager | Orthodox | Text [41] | Partial[42] | Yes | Yes | Yes[43] | Partial[42] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [m 1] |
| File Commander | Orthodox | Text | No | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| File Manager | Orthodox | GUI | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | 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 | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Volkov Commander | Orthodox | Text | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Explorer | Navigational / Spatial | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes [m 2] | Yes | Partial [m 3] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| 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[44] | 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 |
- 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
Twin-panel file managers have obligatory connected panels where action in one panel results in reaction in the second. Konqueror supports multiple panels divided horizontally, vertically or both, but these panels do not act as twin panels by default (the user has to mark the panels he wants to act as twin-panels).
Network protocols
Information on what networking protocols the file managers support. Note that many of these protocols might be supported, in part or in whole, by software layers below the file manager, rather than by the file manager itself; for example, the macOS Finder doesn't implement those protocols, and the Windows Explorer doesn't implement most of them, they just make ordinary file system calls to access remote files, and Konqueror either uses ordinary file system calls or KIO slave calls to access remote files. Some functions, such as browsing for servers or shares, might be implemented in the file manager even if most functions are implemented below the file manager.
| File 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 |
| CRAX Commander | Yes[n 1] | Yes | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes | Yes |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (SFTP & SSL[45]) |
| Dired | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | Yes[n 1] | No | Yes | Yes[n 1] |
| Documents by Readdle | ||||||
| Dolphin | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Double Commander | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| emelFM2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Far Manager | Yes | Partial[n 2] | Partial[n 3] | No | Yes | Yes[n 4] |
| File Commander | Yes | Partial[n 2] | Partial[n 3] | No | Partial[n 5] | Partial[n 6] |
| 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 | 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 4] | Partial[n 3] | No | Yes | Yes |
| Thunar | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] | No | Yes[n 7] | Yes[n 7] |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes[n 8] | No | Yes | No |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | Yes | Yes[n 9] | Partial[n 3] | No | Yes | No |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes[n 8] | No | Yes | No |
| ZTreeWin | Yes | Partial[n 5] | Partial[n 3] | No | Partial[n 5] | Partial[n 6] |
| File manager | SMB/CIFS | WebDAV | NFS | AFP | FTP | FISH/SSH |
- Support is provided by the underlying operating system.
- WebDAV support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive.
- NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX.
- Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
- FTP 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.
- Support is provided by GVfs
- NFS support requires either the freely downloadable Windows Services for UNIX or is built-in starting with Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions as Subsystem for Unix-based applications (SUA).
- WebDAV is supported via Microsoft Windows' built-in Network Places/Mapped Drive functionality.
File features
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 [46] | File selection filter | Paste clipboard as file | File and folder reports | ACL (Access control list) | Mass Rename [47] | Run executable files |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altap Salamander | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes, multiple [48] | ? | Yes | Yes [49] | Yes | Yes |
| Commander One | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| CRAX Commander | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Dired | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
| Documents by Readdle | ||||||||||||
| Dolphin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial | 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 [50] | Yes | Plugin | Plugin | ? |
| File Commander | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
| 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 [51] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[52] | Yes |
| Krusader | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[52] | Yes |
| Midnight Commander | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial[53] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial [54] | No | Yes | No | No [55] |
| 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 [56] | 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 | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Total Commander | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Log file | Yes | ? |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Partial[57] | No | Yes | No | No | Partial [58] | No | Yes [59] | Partial | Yes |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| xplorer² | No | Yes | Partial [57] | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [60] | Yes | ? |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Partial [57] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| ZTreeWin | ? | Yes | Partial [61] | 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
| 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[62] | DIR and Total size including subdirectories |
| CRAX Commander | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 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 | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes[63] | Literal [browse 1] |
| Documents by Readdle | ? | ||||||||||
| DOS Navigator | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes[64] | Yes | Total size including subdirectories |
| Dolphin | ? | ? | 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 [65] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| File Commander | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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[66] | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[67] | Yes | Yes | ? |
| muCommander | No[68] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Partial, command execution only | ? |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, With Plugin[69][70] | 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[71] | Yes |
| PCManFM | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No, but there is a fork attempt[72] | Nothing |
| ROX-Filer | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes, and browsing with tab completion | No | Nothing |
| Thunar | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Literal* |
| Total Commander | Yes[73] | ? | Yes | Yes In plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIR and Total size including subdirectories |
| Windows Explorer | Partial[74] | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes (in folder tooltips) | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Xfe | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | ? |
| Xfile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No[75] | ? |
| Xfm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| xplorer² | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[76] | ? |
| XYplorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[77] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes[78] | 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: |
- Literal - meaning the size of the directory file itself, not the number or sizes of the files it points to (commonly called its "contents"). Typically a few kilobytes.
- Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
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 [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 |
| CRAX Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes[s 2] | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Documents by Readdle | |||||||||
| 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 |
| File Commander | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| 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[79] | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | ? | Partial [s 4] | Partial [s 4] | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Nemo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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)
- using wildcards, subfolders
- using wildcards, case match, whole word match
- size, date, time, attributes (read only, hidden, archivable, etc.
- what/where is additional metadata?
- what is fuzzy logic and how is it useful?
- Ability to save templates containing all search settings (file filter, metadata requirements etc.). Results of saves searches are always live, so not the results but the search conditions are saved.
- Also known as iterative searches. For example the ability to finish one search and then perform a new search a) only within these results (intersect the two result sets / the requirements of both searches have to be met), 2) adding to these results (combine both result sets to a bigger set) or 3) subtract from those results (original result set reduced by intersection of result sets).
Entry Notes (s)
- Altap Salamander Search offers RegExp for defining the file content.
- Support is provided by the underlying operating system.
- Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
- Can 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
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 |
| CRAX Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Dired | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Documents by Readdle | ||||||
| Dolphin | Yes | No | 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 | ? | |
| Midnight Commander | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| GNOME Files (Nautilus) | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
| Nemo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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] | Partial[e 2] |
| Windows Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[80] | Yes | Partial[e 5] |
| Xandros File Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Xfe | No | Partial | No | No | Partial | Partial[e 6] |
| 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 |
- Main 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.
- File and folder icons customizable on OS level and via folder properties
- 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
- free demo, trial or lite version available
- "KDE's February 2021 Apps Update". KDE. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- previously known as Windows Explorer
- Original Windows File Manager (winfile) with enhancements: Microsoft/winfile, Microsoft, 2019-02-21, retrieved 2019-02-21
- Later renamed to 'GeoWorks Corporation'
- foundes as 'Breadbox Computer Company'
- formerly and known as Nautilus
- Catanzaro, Michael (29 January 2021). "GNOME 3.38.3 released!". GNOME Mail Services (Mailing list). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "KDE Ships KDE Applications and Platform 4.14.3". KDE. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Melnichenko, Nikita (25 August 2019). "Krusader 2.7.2 "Peace of Mind" has been released!". kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- 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.
- GitHub - linuxmint/nemo: File browser for Cinnamon., Linux Mint, 2018-12-11, retrieved 2018-12-11
- part of Cinnamon (Desktop Environment)
- originally known as 'SNAX'
- Part of PC Tools for DOS
- "Thunar File Manager". Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- Originally known as 'Windows Commander'
- originally proprietary
- "Recent Version History :: WinSCP". Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- with 80+ other applications
- "XYplorer Purchase". XYplorer Purchase. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- Directory Opus 5.82 Magellan II is the last commercial version available for Amiga. Full and registered version has been released for free with the AmiKit distribution. Directory Opus 4 is maintained separately under an open source license.
- "Info Node: (emacs)Dired". cmu.edu.
- "Emacs 20.6 under OS/2". Home.snafu.de. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- "Emacs FAQ for MS Windows". Free Software Foundation. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2009-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- "Projects/KDE on Windows/Installation - KDE TechBase". Techbase.kde.org. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- "The MacPorts Project - Available Ports". MacPorts. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- Cygwin or Win32 Native
- Runs in text mode inside Terminal window
- http://www.schwan-clan.de/index.php?lang=en&fr0=AmigaFrameNav.php%3Flang%3Den%26sub%3D0&fr1=amiga%2FAmiCygnix.php%3Flang%3Den
- Windows 95 and later
- Windows Mobile
- 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.
- Activating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface.
- Tab-bar mode can be activated to show the tab-bar (else it will be hidden).
- 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.
- With the ConEmu mod or plugins
- With ConEmu Far Manager plugin conemu-maximus5
- Via "Mirrored Browsing" feature
- Requires an additional licence (purchased separately)
- 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.
- With plug-ins, or this can be implemented as a macros
- Konqueror can undo, not redo.
- Needs 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 Knox Archived 2011-06-19 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, an encryption utility.
- The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user-transparent filesystem-level encryption feature for NTFS. The file manager merely enables or disables it.
- 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 manually Archived 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.
- "Shell Commands in Dired". www.gnu.org. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- 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
- "Two-pane file manager for Windows with symlink and large file support". stackexchange.com.
- "Flogisoft - Nautilus Terminal". Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Launchpad - Nautilus Terminal". Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Path Finder 7 by Cocoatech". www.cocoatech.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "LXDE.org Forum - Try PCManFM with a tabbed terminal included". forum.lxde.org. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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- Copying directory junctions across drives creates an empty directory in the target
- "Xfile: The Standard Setter - Features". rixstep.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "xplorer² tour#6: external command console". zabkat.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- via XYplorer script- SlideShow
- "XYplorer - 9.90 Released". www.xyplorer.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Krusader - Twin panel file management for your desktop". krusader.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- IFilters
External links
- Comparison of Linux file managers: Dolphin, Nautilus, Nemo, PCManFM and Thunar, May 2014
- Softpanorama Orthodox File Managers page (Home of the OFM standard)
- Comparison of some "light" File Managers in GNU/Linux (in spanish)
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