FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock.
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The best alternative to File Explorer is FreeCommander, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to File Explorer and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to File Explorer are Q-Dir, Dolphin File Manager, XYplorer and Thunar.
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- 115 FreeCommander alternatives
95 Q-Dir alternativesQ-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. No!
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Comments about Q-Dir as an Alternative to File Explorer
DrconfusedHaving up to 4 windows for file exploration and multitab instances in each is a huge benefit to productivity when dealing with many files over a system of folders.
Most users think Q-Dir is a great File Explorer alternative.
- Q-Dir is Free and Proprietary
- Q-Dir is Customizable
78 Dolphin File Manager alternativesDolphin 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.
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Comments about Dolphin File Manager as an Alternative to File Explorer
tibi97427Dolphin is for linux, not for Windows.
aronkvhIt's amazing on Linux and pretty good on Windows. It's pretty, fast, customizable and has a lot of features.
stevem109Dolphin is one of my favorite file managers. The negative comment above is incorrect. "Dolphin is for Linux.............", there is also a Windows version, just not as full featured.
Most users think Dolphin File Manager is a great File Explorer alternative.
- Dolphin File Manager is Free and Open Source
- Dolphin File Manager is Privacy focused
93 XYplorer alternativesXYplorer is a file manager for Windows. It features tabbed browsing, a powerful file search, a versatile preview, a highly customizable interface, optional dual pane, scripting engine, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks.
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Comments about XYplorer as an Alternative to File Explorer
I've used only the free version, and its filled of a lot useful functions and tools.
Color-coding is a can't-do-without feature once you see it in action.
Almost everyone thinks XYplorer is a great File Explorer alternative.
- XYplorer is Paid and Proprietary
- XYplorer is Customizable
87 Thunar alternativesThunar 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.
114 ForkLift alternativesThe most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.
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84 Multi Commander alternativesMulti Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager and is an alternative to the standard Windows Explorer. It uses the very popular and efficient dual-panel layout.
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107 muCommander alternativesmuCommander 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...).
Comments about muCommander as an Alternative to File Explorer
RemovedUserForced to have 2 panes open, neither one is wide enough. Open the "tree view" and you've lost a lot of screen real estate. Neither pane follows the tree view either, so there's no point having it.
Some users think muCommander is a great File Explorer alternative, some don't.
- muCommander is Free and Open Source
52 Altap Salamander alternativesA small and two-pane file manager with open plugin architecture. Has the ability to view content of files (text, html, over 40 picture formats, mp3), support for archives (zip, rar, arj, cab, tar/gzip, etc.), and (S)FTP support.
File manager with two file windows, file preview, FTP and ZIP support, an editor, photo management and many wizards. Very fast file operations due to 64 bit architecture.
26 SharpEnviro alternativesSharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an open source shell replacement system for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When using SharpEnviro the default Windows desktop is replaced by a new and more powerful desktop environment.
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The only file manager I know that let you lay out or tile more than two columns side-by-side. Unfortunately it keeps getting caught as malware by Windows Defender.