Thunar Alternatives

Thunar is described as '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' and is a very popular File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Thunar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Thunar alternative is Double Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Thunar are Total Commander, Files, Spacedrive and Dolphin File Manager.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Very powerfull two-panel interface commander. Unreal Commander has UNICODE support, Extended search of files, Multi-rename tool, Synchronization of directories, Support of archives ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, TAR, LHA, GZ, TGZ , Built-in FTP client, Folder tabs, Support of...

    74 Unreal Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    46 Caja alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. "My Files" manages all the files on your smartphone, just like a file explorer on your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. Portfolio icon
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    A minimalist file manager for those who want to use Linux mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
     
  6. Rodent icon
     3 likes

    What is Rodent?

    Rodent is fast, small and powerful file manager for the GNU operating system (but it also works in BSD). That's one way to look at it. Another way is to call it a graphic shell (that's probably more accurate).

    Rodent wastes no space on menus or function.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  7. Saladin icon
     10 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
     
  8. Dora icon
     2 likes

    Finding files and organizing your computer just go a lot easier. Dora is the smart file explorer designed to save you time and frustration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. UltraExplorer icon
     17 likes

    UltraExplorer is a Windows Explorer replacement that will change the way you think about file management. Other Explorer replacement applications duplicate the same old paradigm introduced by Microsoft in Windows 95.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Fover icon
     6 likes

    Introducing Fover, a fresh approach to file management on your macOS device. With Fover, moving files and folders becomes a breeze, taking just three simple steps: drag and drop files into the app, specify the destination folder, and click the move button.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. FenrirFS icon
     14 likes

    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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