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Dolphin File Manager

Usability-focused file manager for KDE desktops offering tabbed and dual-pane browsing, archive support, quick file renaming, filter-based searching, customizable icons, theme adaptation, preview modes, and extensibility with various service integrations.

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Application type

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux  Already included in every Distro with KDE Desktop
  • KDE Plasma
  • Flathub  May have less features than if ran natively
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  Split-screen view
  2.  Tree view
  3.  File preview
  4.  Built-in terminal emulation
  5. KDE Plasma icon  KDE Plasma integration
  6.  File Renaming
  7.  Network protocols
  8.  Thumbnails
  9.  Ad-free
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  Image Preview
  12.  Remote File Access
  13.  Works Offline
  14.  Splitted view
  15.  Dark Mode
  16.  No registration required
  17.  Portable
  18.  Tabbed interface
  19.  Dual Pane Support
  20.  Batch Rename Files
  21.  Built-in viewer
  22.  File Tagging
  23.  Live Preview
  24.  Supports tar files
  25.  Cloud Sync
  26.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  27.  Full-Text Search
  28.  SSH
  29.  File Archiving
  30.  File Compression

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
tarberry
1

Dolphin has many features and is easy to use. Although more powerful, I find it comfortable the way the typical Windows user would use File Explorer. The search (magnifying glass) and KFind both need wildcards to search which is a small annoyance. Supports a number of protocols including MTP which is useful for a hacked Switch (DBI).

ddnn
0

The best file manager known to man. All the features you need to the point where it can also act as a media manager. And it's extensible with both plug-ins and scripts. Oh, and it's open source on top of all that.

cosmospider
0

Very good file manager. Great usability, only a few small annoyances that are fluctuating because the development goes fast. The bottom console option is awesome!

Some things are broken, but they're out of my usual use cases: WebDav support (is terrible), UI sometimes freezes on some IO problems.

David
1

My favorite file manager, tagging, multiple windows, views, sorts, great search

windmillchess
1

It's the perfect file manager.

RemovedUser
1

Various powerful features that aren't present in other file managers, whilst remaining accessible and easy to use.

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jano
1

Dolphin is the most powerful but still usable and overseeable file manager I know. Extendable and configurable, having all sort of features for all sorts of things. Even supports all kinds of network protocols and replaced FileZilla as my FTP client.

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What is Dolphin File Manager?

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. Has three view modes: Icon, Detail and it used to have Column View like in Finder (it is not available in current version due to problems with maintaibility). Supports FTP, SCP and other protocols. Highly configurable.

Dolphin supports a dual-pane view but also file browsing in tabs. It has a filter tab that allows to filter large amounts of files quickly according to an expression (e.g. *.pdf would only display the *-pdf-files in the directory displayed).

Archives of all sorts (e.g. zip, rar, gzip, 7zip) can be displayed as folders. Quick rename operations are possible with tight integration with KRename via an "Actions" context menu. Preview mode for many filetypes available.

It can easily be extended with different service support for YouTube, DropBox, tumblr et. al. All menu icons can be customized. The Style adapts to your KDE style (Dark mode too).

Dolphin File Manager information

Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about Dolphin File Manager, and it has gotten 243 likes

Dolphin File Manager was added to AlternativeTo by Gorets on and this page was last updated . Dolphin File Manager is sometimes referred to as Dolphin.