Midnight Commander Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Midnight Commander for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Midnight Commander and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Midnight Commander are Double Commander, Spacedrive, GNOME Files and Superfile.

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Midnight Commander alternatives are mainly File Managers, but if you're looking for FTP Clients or File Sync Tools 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. FileZilla icon
     1953 likes

    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.

    78 FileZilla alternatives

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    • Bundleware

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Haiku
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  2. Double Commander icon
     622 likes

    Open-source file manager with dual-panel interface, inspired by Total Commander. Supports plugin use, advanced search, tabbed browsing, and runs smoothly with background operations. Unicode and multi-platform compatibility enhance its versatility.

    149 Double Commander alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  3. Spacedrive icon
     178 likes

    Open-source file explorer integrates cloud, local, and offline storage across devices using a secure virtual distributed filesystem in Rust, enabling unified management, file syncing, privacy control, intuitive interface, and ownership without centralized servers.

    89 Spacedrive alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. GNOME Files icon
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    GNOME Files, formerly known as Nautilus, is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.

    67 GNOME Files alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • Linux Mobile
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  5. Superfile icon
     45 likes

    Terminal-based file manager offering a modern, customizable interface with split-screen panels, full keyboard shortcut support, fast file operations, offline access, privacy features, no ads, plugin extensibility, night mode, cross-platform compatibility, and open source code.

    43 Superfile alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Thunar icon
     150 likes

    Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its user interface is clean, intuitive, and customizable. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and directory load time.

    91 Thunar alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
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  7. ForkLift icon
     105 likes

    Dual pane macOS file manager featuring SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, cloud drives, real-time activity view, folder sync, drag-and-drop file transfers, preview panel, multi-rename, batch operations, server connections, text editing, themes, and tagging for efficient workflows.

    136 ForkLift alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. muCommander icon
     126 likes

    muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris...).

    120 muCommander alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Java
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  9. yazi icon
     15 likes

    Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience.

    8 yazi alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  10. ranger icon
     58 likes

    Terminal file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. The secondary task of ranger is to psychically guess which program you want to use for opening particular files.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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  11. Commander One icon
     73 likes

    Swift file manager for Mac that offers a dual-pane interface, multi-tab browsing & advanced search. The PRO Pack adds features like FTP client, cloud integration (Box, Amazon S3), compression & more, enhancing file management capabilities.

    116 Commander One alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  12. Cmdr icon
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    Ultra-fast, open-source two-pane file manager for macOS featuring customizable shortcuts, live folder sizes, high-speed SMB and MTP transfers, instant large file viewing, built-in git history browsing, and fully optional, privacy-first on-device AI for smart search and selection.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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