The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable
file manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage computer files, files and folder (computing), folders. The most common Computer file#Operations, operations performed on files or groups of files incl ...
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General information
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License
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Operating system support
Cross-platform file managers
This table shows the
operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
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Mac-only file managers
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Finder
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ForkLift
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Path Finder
Path Finder (originally SNAX) is a Macintosh file browser developed by Cocoatech. First released in 2001 simultaneously with the public release of Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah), it replicates or integrates most of the features of the Finder, but i ...
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Xfile
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Commander One
*nix-only file managers
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Demos Commander
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emelFM2
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Gentoo file manager
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Konqueror
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Krusader
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Nautilus
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It comprises nine living species in two genera, the type genus, ty ...
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Nemo
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PCMan File Manager
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Ranger
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ROX-Filer
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Thunar
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SpaceFM
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worker
Windows-only file managers
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Altap Salamander
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Directory Opus
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Explorer++
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File Manager (Windows)
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Nomad.NET
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STDU Explorer
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Total Commander
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Total Commander is an orthodox file manager, i.e. it features two file list panels (selectable via tab key) and a Command-line interface, command line. It supports Tab (interface), multiple tabs for each panel.
Total Commander is deve ...
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File Explorer
File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user i ...
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xplorer²
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XYplorer
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ZTreeWin
iOS-only file managers
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Files (Apple)
Android-only file managers
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Files by Google
* Ghost Commander
Manager views
Information about what common file manager views are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).
Note that the "Column View" does not refer to the
Miller Columns browsing / visualization technique that can be applied to
tree structures / folders.
Twin-panel file managers have obligatory connected panels where action in one panel results in reaction in the second. Konqueror supports multiple panels divided horizontally, vertically or both, but these panels do not act as twin panels by default (the user has to mark the panels he wants to act as twin-panels).
Network protocols
Information on what networking protocols the file managers support. Note that many of these protocols might be supported, in part or in whole, by software layers below the file manager, rather than by the file manager itself; for example, the
macOS
macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...
Finder doesn't implement those protocols, and the Windows Explorer doesn't implement most of them, they just make ordinary file system calls to access remote files, and Konqueror either uses ordinary file system calls or
KIO slave calls to access remote files. Some functions, such as browsing for servers or shares, might be implemented in the file manager even if most functions are implemented below the file manager.
File features
Information on what basic file features the file managers support.
Browsing features
Search features
Information on what file searching features the file managers support. RegExp include the possibilities of nested Boolean searches, thus implicitly all file managers supporting RegExp search support also Boolean searches.
Column Definitions (D)
Entry Notes (s)
Extensibility
Information on which parts of the application can be extended by plugins.
Notes
External links
''What's the best file manager for Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 Trusty?''by Rich Lott, May 2014
Softpanorama Orthodox File Managers page (Home of the OFM standard)Comparison of some "light" File Managers in GNU/Linux (in spanish)
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File managers
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