Midnight Commander Alternatives

Midnight Commander is described as 'Visual, text-based file manager for terminals supporting copying, moving, deleting, searching, and editing files remotely and locally in full-screen mode' and is a very popular File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Midnight Commander for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Midnight Commander alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Midnight Commander are Double Commander, Spacedrive, Total Commander and Dolphin File Manager.

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Midnight Commander alternatives are mainly File Managers, but if you're looking for FTP Clients or File Search Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Windows and Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Midnight Commander.
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  1. Rascal icon

    Rascal

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    Keyboard-centric macOS file manager featuring dual panes, vim navigation, command palette, inline terminal syncing with folders, disk usage treemap, macOS tag support, multi-view modes, 17 themes, smart folders, Homebrew install, free and open source on macOS 13+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • CA flagCanada
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  2. Ghost Commander icon

    Ghost Commander

     58 likes

    Ghost Commander is a file manager with two panels for the Android™ platform. Its development was inspired by the famous (Norton|Midnight|Total) Commander desktop applications, so if you are familiar with those great programs, you will find Ghost Commander a familiar and very...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • RU flagRussia
    Ghost Commander screenshot 1
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  4. termscp icon

    termscp

     3 likes

    A feature rich terminal UI file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/Kube/S3/WebDAV.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • BSD
    • CH flagSwitzerland
    termscp screenshot 1
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    FileZilla

    Open-source FTP solution offering FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. FileZilla Pro expands protocol options to WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more with FileZilla Server for comprehensive file management.

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  6. lf (file manager) icon

    lf (file manager)

     15 likes

    Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
    • TR flagTürkiye
    lf (file manager) screenshot 1
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  7. Path Finder icon

    Path Finder

     56 likes

    Path Finder is a standalone Finder replacement that takes the Finder's familiar interface and adds numerous powerful features and interface innovations to help anyone be more productive on macOS.

    67 Path Finder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Path Finder screenshot 1
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  9. PCMan File Manager icon

    PCMan File Manager

     57 likes

    PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application, developed by Hong Jen Yee from Taiwan, which is meant to be a replacement for GNOME Files, Dolphin and Thunar. PCManFM is the standard file manager in LXDE, also developed by the same author in conjunction with other...

    49 PCMan File Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • LXDE
    • GTK
    • Qt
    • TW flagTaiwan
    PCMan File Manager screenshot 1
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  10. nnn icon

    nnn

     17 likes

    Initially forked from noice file browser, nnn is a super fast and resource-sensitive, terminal-based file browser.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • IN flagIndia
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  11. trolCommander icon

    trolCommander

     53 likes

    trolCommander - fork of the free and opensource muCommander filemanager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RU flagRussia
    trolCommander screenshot 1
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  12. Vifm icon

    Vifm

     24 likes

    Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Global
    Vifm with light theme in iTerm2 with Inconsolata font on OS X
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  13. Xfile icon

    Xfile

     2 likes

    Xfile is a completely Cocoa and Unix based file manager for the OS X operating system written for professional developers and system/network administrators.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU
    Xfile screenshot 1
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  15. GNOME Commander icon

    GNOME Commander

     23 likes

    GNOME Commander is a "two-pane" graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. 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.

    84 GNOME Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    Dual pane
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