Far Manager Alternatives

Far Manager is described as 'Program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:' and is a very popular File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Far Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Far Manager alternative is Double Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Far Manager are Files, Total Commander, FreeCommander and OneCommander.

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  1. FenrirFS icon
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    FenrirFS is a file management application that allows you to organize and label files using colors, stars, and tags, preview files without opening them, and automatically sync folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Marlin icon
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    Marlin is a new GTK3-based file manager for Linux, pretty slick and fast.

    Unlike most other file managers Marlin has included the so called "Miller columns" view.

    Features

    • Tabbed browsing
    • Multiple-views
    • Single-click to open (default)
    • Configurable toolbars and.
    82 Marlin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. Multi-platform file manager for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.

    Advantages: has a built-in terminal! have editor with syntax highlighting has a text viewer

    It has built a virtual file system (smb, ftp, sftp) there is the graphics and (version 0.18.0) cons.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. My Commander icon
     28 likes

    My Commander (MyCO) is "the smallest - smartest - fastest file manager in the world", for Windows. Small and smart, MyCO uses less of your computer's memory while it's running.

    124 My Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Saladin icon
     9 likes

    Saladin is an open source dual-pane file manager for Windows which merges the capabilities of Windows Explorer with the well known and easy to use orthodox user interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. WinNc icon
     2 likes

    WinNc is a Norton Commander file manager for Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Electerm icon
     2 likes

    electerm is a terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/node-pty/xterm/antd and many other libs, it works like a combination of guake and xshell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Homebrew
    • AppImage
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Fedora
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  8. emelFM2 icon
     5 likes

    It is a file manager for UNIX-like operating systems. It uses a simple and efficient interface pioneered by Norton Commander, in the 1980s.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  9. Xfe icon
     22 likes

    X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov.

    70 Xfe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  10. Caja icon
     11 likes

    Caja is a fork of Nautilus from GNOME 2 and is native to the MATE Desktop Environment. It is a file manager like the Windows Explorer (not to confuse with Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge), but for Unix/BSD and Linux.

    47 Caja alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. FolderFresh icon
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    FolderFresh is a small tool that organises messy folders automatically. It sorts files into simple categories such as Documents, Images, Videos, Audio, Archives, Code, and Other.

    59 FolderFresh alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. VFU icon
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    VFU is a text-based file-manager which can be run from a terminal. Includes internal text files viewer and editor. Customisable file associations, editor, user menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNU Hurd
    • Cygwin
    • Solaris
    • MS-DOS
    • NetBSD
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