Comparison of file managers

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Template:Short description The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable file managers.

General information

Name Developer Initial release Platform Latest release License Cost
Version Date Version Date
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander Altap 1997-08-15 Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Commander One Eltima Software 2015-08-04 macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary US$29.95Template:Efn
rowspan="5" Template:Rh | Directory Opus Jonathan Potter
GPSoftware 		1 1990-01-03 AmigaOS 4.16[1] 2001-07-04 Template:Open source No cost
AmigaOS 5.91[2] 2015-08-30 rowspan="3" Template:Open source
AROS
MorphOS
6 2001-06-18 Windows 12.27[3] 2022-03-21 Proprietary A$49 Lite
A$89 Pro
Template:Rh | Dired Integral part of Emacs.
Part of the GNU project. 		~1976[4] Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
rowspan="5" Template:Rh | Dolphin KDE 0.5 2006-06-07 BSD Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata rowspan="5" Template:Open source No cost
Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
rowspan="3" Template:Rh | DOS Navigator Ritlabs 0.90 1991 DOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata rowspan="3" Template:Open source No cost
OS/2
Windows
Template:Rh | DOS Shell Microsoft / IBM 1988 DOS 1998 Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
rowspan="5" Template:Rh | Double Commander Alexander KoblovTemplate:Efn 2007 BSD Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata rowspan="5" Template:Open source No cost
Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
rowspan="3" Template:Rh | emelFM2 tooar 2003-09-06 BSD Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata rowspan="3" Template:Open source No cost
Linux
Unix
Template:Rh | Explorer++ David Ercig 2008-01-08 Windows 1.4.0 [5] 2024-01-28 Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Far Manager Eugene Roshal
Far Group 		1996 Windows (Linux, Mac, BSD via far2l) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | File ExplorerTemplate:Efn Microsoft 1995-08-24 Windows 2015-07-29 Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | File Manager Microsoft
Ian Ellison-Taylor 		1990 Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source[6] BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | Files (Apple) Apple Inc. 2017-09-19 macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | Files by Google Google LLC 2017-12-05 Android 1.2263.598736326.1[7] 2024-01-21 Proprietary No cost
Template:Rh | GeoManager Berkeley SoftworksTemplate:Efn
Breadbox EnsembleTemplate:Efn 		1990 GEOS 2009 Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | Finder Apple Inc. 1984-01 macOS 10.10.5 2015-08-13 Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | ForkLift BinaryNights 2007-06-01 macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary US$29.95Template:Efn
Template:Rh | gentoo Emil Brink ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander GNOME Commander 2001-09 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | GNOME FilesTemplate:Efn Eazel 2001-04-11 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Konqueror KDE 2000-10 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Krusader Krusader Krew 2000-07-11 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Midnight CommanderTemplate:Efn Miguel de Icaza
GNU 		1994-05Template:Efn Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | muCommander Maxence Bernard 2002-02-17 Windows, Linux, macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Nemo Linux Mint 1.0.0 2012-07 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No costTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | nnn Arun Prakash Jana 2017-04-13 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Eugene Sichkar 2.2.0.537 beta 2008-08-14 3.2.0.2890 2016-06-13 Proprietary No cost
rowspan="2" Template:Rh | Norton Commander Peter Norton Computing
Symantec corporation 		1986 DOS 5.51 1998-07-01 Proprietary ?
Windows 2.01 1999-02-01
Template:Rh | Path FinderTemplate:Efn Cocoatech 2001-04 macOS 9.1 2020-03-24 Proprietary US$36.00
Template:Rh | PathMinder Albert Nurick
Brittain Fraley 		1984 DOS 4.11 1988 Proprietary US$39.95
Template:Rh | PCManFM Hong Jen Yee 2006-01-09 1.3.2 2021-02-05 Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | PC Shell Central Point Software 1986 Proprietary ?Template:Efn
rowspan="3" Template:Rh | ranger Roman Zimbelmann 2010-06-09 BSD Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata rowspan="3" Template:Open source No cost
Linux
macOS
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer Thomas Leonard et al. 2000-03-10 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | SpaceFM IgnorantGuru 0.5.0 2012-01-13 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | STDU Explorer STDUtility 2009-03-23 Windows 1.0.465 2012-05-24 Proprietary No cost
Template:Rh | Tabbles Yellow blue soft UAB 2009-08-01 Windows 3.1.29 2016-08-12 Proprietary US$29.95Template:Efn
Template:Rh | Thunar Xfce 2006-01-22 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
rowspan="2" Template:Rh | Total CommanderTemplate:Efn Christian Ghisler 1.0 2012-05-18 Android Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary No cost
1.00d 1993-09-25 Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata CHF40, €37, US$42Template:Efn
Template:Rh | ViewMAX Digital Research / Novell 1.0 1990 DR-DOS 3.0 1993 Template:Open source BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | Volkov Commander Vsevolod Volkov 1992 DOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary DependsTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | WinSCP WinSCP 2000-09-30 Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | worker Ralf Hoffmann 1.0.0 1999-03-06 Unix 4.12.1 2023-03-05 Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager Xandros Corporation ? 4.2 2007-07-26 Proprietary BundledTemplate:Efn
Template:Rh | Xfe Roland Baudin 2002 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | Xfile Rixstep 2003-03-02 macOS 2.1.0.10 2010-02-14 Proprietary US$79.00Template:Efn
Template:Rh | Xfm Simon Marlow
Albert Gräf
Till Straumann
Robert Vogelgesang
Juan D. Martin 		1992 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Template:Open source No cost
Template:Rh | xplorer² Nikos Bozinis 2004-06-10 Windows 5.4.0.2 2023-06-14 Proprietary US$29.95 - 49.95Template:Efn
rowspan="2" Template:Rh | XTree Jeffery C. Johnson 1985-04-01 DOS 1992 Proprietary US$39.95
1992 Windows 1992
Template:Rh | XYplorer Donald Lessau 1997 Windows 20.80.0100 2020-02-13 Proprietary US$39.95 - 79.95Template:Efn
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin Kim Henkel 1996 Windows 2.2.19 2011-05-27 Proprietary US$29.95 (1-4)
Name Developer Initial release Platform Latest release License Cost
Version Date Version Date

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Operating system support

Cross-platform file managers

This table shows the operating systems that the file managers can run on, without emulation.

File manager DOS OS/2 & eCS Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS OpenVMS
Template:Rh | Directory Opus No No Yes No No No No Yes[8] No
Template:Rh | Dired Yes[9] Yes[10] Yes[11] Yes[12] Yes Yes Yes Yes[13] Yes[14]
Template:Rh | Dolphin No No Needs KDE[15] Yes[16] Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Double Commander No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | DOS Navigator Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | emelFM2 No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Konqueror No No Needs KDE[15] Yes[16] Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Krusader No No No Needs X Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander Yes No Yes[17] Yes[18] Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | muCommander No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh | nnn No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Nemo No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | PathMinder Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | PCManFM No Needs POSIX-compliant platform Needs POSIX-compliant platform Needs POSIX-compliant platform Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | Ranger No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Thunar No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Total Commander No No Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Volkov Commander Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | worker No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager No No No No Yes ? ? No No
Template:Rh | Xfe No Needs X Needs X Needs X Yes Yes Yes Needs X[19] Yes
Template:Rh | Xfm No Needs X Needs X Needs X Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | Far Manager Needs HX DOS Extender No Yes Yes (far2l) Yes (far2l) Yes (far2l) ? No No
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin No Yes Yes No No No No No No
File manager DOS OS/2 & eCS Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS OpenVMS

Mac-only file managers

*nix-only file managers

Windows-only file managers

iOS-only file managers

Android-only file managers

Manager views

Template:Multiple images 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. Template:Sort-under

File manager Family UI Icon view List view Column view Thumbnails Details + Thumbs Grouping Content dependentTemplate:Refn Twin panel Favorites / Bookmark Panel tabs
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Partial No
Template:Rh | Commander One Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Demos Commander Orthodox Text ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dired Directory editor Text Yes, on GUI[22] Yes ? Yes, on GUI[22] Yes, on GUI[22] Yes Yes Yes, one or more Partial (bookmarks) Yes (optional tab bar) [23]
Template:Rh | Dolphin Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Double Commander Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | DOS Navigator Orthodox Text ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | emelFM2 Orthodox GUI No Yes No YesTemplate:Refn ? No No Yes ? No
Template:Rh | FAR Manager Orthodox TextTemplate:Refn PartialTemplate:Refn Yes Yes Yes[24] PartialTemplate:Refn Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial [m 1]
Template:Rh | File Manager (Windows) Orthodox GUI Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? YesScript error: No such module "Unsubst". No No
Template:Rh | Files (Apple) GUI Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Files by Google GUI
Template:Rh | Finder Spatial / Miller Columns GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, with Cover Flow Yes No No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ForkLift Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | gentoo Orthodox GUI ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander Orthodox GUI No Yes No No ? No No Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh | Konqueror Navigational / Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Krusader Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander Orthodox Text No Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) Navigational / Spatial GUI Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nemo Navigational / Spatial GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes,press[F3] Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Partial, Manual Yes Yes Yes, Shared
Template:Rh | Path Finder Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | PCManFM Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer Spatial GUI Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Template:Rh | STDU Explorer Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Total Commander Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes In viewing Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Thunar Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Volkov Commander Orthodox Text ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Navigational / Spatial GUI Yes Yes Yes [m 2] Yes Partial [m 3] Yes Yes No Yes No
Template:Rh | worker Orthodox GUI No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager Navigational GUI Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfe Hybrid Navigational GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Xfm Spatial GUI Yes No No No No ? ? No ? No
Template:Rh | xplorer² Hybrid Navigational / Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTemplate:Refn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | XYplorer Hybrid Navigational / Orthodox GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin Orthodox Text No Yes Yes No Partial Yes No Yes Yes No
File manager Family UI Icon view List view Column view Thumbnails Details + Thumbs Grouping Content dependent Twin panel Favorites / Bookmark Panel tabs

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  1. ↑ Via multi-panel plugins or the ConEmu mod.
  2. ↑ Column view is called Details view in Windows Explorer
  3. ↑ Windows 7 introduces a Content view which shows details as well as thumbnails

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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 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 manager SMB/CIFS WebDAV NFS AFP FTP FISH/SSH
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Commander One Yes[n 1] Yes Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes (SFTP & SSLTemplate:Refn)
Template:Rh | Dired Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] No Yes Yes[n 1]
Template:Rh | Dolphin Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Double Commander Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | emelFM2 ? ? ? ? No ?
Template:Rh | Far Manager Yes Partial[n 2] Partial[n 3] No Yes Yes[n 4]
Template:Rh | File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Files (Apple)
Template:Rh | Files by Google
Template:Rh | Finder Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Partial[n 1] No
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Konqueror Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Krusader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | muCommander Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander Yes[n 5] No Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nemo Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Yes No No No Yes No
Template:Rh | Path Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Read Access) No
Template:Rh | PCManFM Yes[n 6] ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1] Yes[n 1]
Template:Rh | Total Commander Yes Yes[n 4] Partial[n 3] No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Thunar Yes[n 6] Yes[n 6] Yes[n 6] No Yes[n 6] Yes[n 6]
Template:Rh | worker ? ? ? ? Yes[n 7] ?
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Yes Yes Yes[n 8] No Yes No
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfe ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfm ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | xplorer² Yes Yes[n 9] Partial[n 3] No Yes No
Template:Rh | XYplorer Yes Yes Yes[n 8] No Yes No
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin Yes Partial[n 10] Partial[n 3] No Partial[n 10] Partial[n 11]
File manager SMB/CIFS WebDAV NFS AFP FTP FISH/SSH

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Support is provided by the underlying operating system.
  2. ↑ WebDAV support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive.
  3. ↑ a b c d NFS support in these file managers requires the installation of Services for UNIX.
  4. ↑ a b Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
  5. ↑ From version 4.8.28 support for Samba will be removed. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Support is provided by GVfs
  7. ↑ Support is provided by AVfs
  8. ↑ a b NFS support requires either the freely downloadable Windows Services for UNIX or is built-in starting with Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions as Subsystem for Unix-based applications (SUA).
  9. ↑ WebDAV is supported via Microsoft Windows' built-in Network Places/Mapped Drive functionality.
  10. ↑ a b FTP support in these file managers requires the installation of NetDrive or WebDrive.
  11. ↑ SSH support in these file managers requires the installation of SftpDrive or WebDrive.

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File features

Information on what basic file features the file managers support. Template:Sort-under

File Manager Undo/redo file operation File compression File encryption Rename busy files File preview File coloring filter [25] File selection filter Paste clipboard as file File and folder reports ACL (Access control list) Mass rename [26] Run executable files
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes, multiple [27] ? Yes Yes [28] Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Commander One ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes Yes Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Dired Partial [29] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dolphin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Double Commander No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | emelFM2 ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | FAR Manager ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial [30] Yes Plugin Plugin ?
Template:Rh | File Manager ? Yes ? ? No Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Files (Apple) Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Files by Google
Template:Rh | Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No ? Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Konqueror Partial [31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[32] Yes
Template:Rh | Krusader ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes[32] Yes
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Partial[33] ? ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Partial [34] No Yes No No [35]
Template:Rh | Nemo Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? No Yes
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial ?
Template:Rh | Path Finder ? Yes No [36] No Yes No Yes No Yes No No ?
Template:Rh | PCManFM No Yes ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer ? With helper applications Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes ?
Template:Rh | STDU Explorer ? No No No Yes No No No No No No ?
Template:Rh | Thunar Yes Yes (via plugin) Yes (via plugin) ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Total Commander ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Log file Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Yes Yes Partial[37] No Yes No No Partial [38] No Yes [39] Partial Yes
Template:Rh | worker ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfe Yes Yes No Yes No ? Yes No ? Yes No ?
Template:Rh | Xfm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | xplorer² No Yes Partial [37] Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [40] Yes Yes
Template:Rh | XYplorer Yes Yes Partial [37] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin ? Yes Partial [41] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes ?
File Manager Undo/redo file operation File compression File encryption Rename busy files File preview File coloring filter File selection filter Paste clipboard as file File and folder reports ACL (Access control list) Mass rename Run executable files

Browsing features

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File manager Symbolic links Template:Verth Template:Verth Slideshows Shows combined size of selected directories Branch sizes Directory compare Synchronizer Find as you type (Type-ahead find) Embedded/integrated terminal For directories, size column shows:
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander ? ? Yes No Yes ? Yes Partial (for remote folders) Yes Yes DIR
Template:Rh | Commander One Yes ? Yes No Yes ? No No Yes Yes, in the PRO Pack[42] DIR and total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DIR and total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | Dired Yes ? Yes Yes [43] No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes[44] Literal [browse 1]
Template:Rh | DOS Navigator No ? Yes No Yes ? Yes ? Yes[45] Yes Total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | Dolphin Yes ? Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Number of entries
Template:Rh | Double Commander Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DIR
Template:Rh | emelFM2 ? ? ? No Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Literal [browse 1]
Template:Rh | FAR Manager Yes ? Yes Partial [n 1] Yes Yes Yes Partial [46] Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Files (Apple) ?
Template:Rh | Files by Google ?
Template:Rh | Finder ? ? No Yes Yes ? No No Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes DIR and total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | GNOME Commander ? ? No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Konqueror Yes ? Yes Yes Yes (with konq-plugin) Yes Yes (with kdiff3 plugin) Yes (with kdiff3 plugin) Yes Yes Folder only size (default) selectable to file count/total size
Template:Rh | Krusader ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander Yes ? Yes[47] ? Yes ? Yes Yes[48] Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | muCommander No[49] ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Partial, command execution only ?
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) ? ? No No Yes No No No Yes Yes, With Plugin[50][51] Number of entries
Template:Rh | Nemo ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes, with nemo-terminal extension
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes, via Plugin DIR and total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | Path Finder ? ? No Yes Partial ? No No Yes Yes[52] Yes
Template:Rh | PCManFM ? ? Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No, but there is a fork attempt[53] Nothing
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer ? ? No No Yes ? No ? Yes, and browsing with tab completion No Nothing
Template:Rh | Thunar Yes ? No No Yes ? No No Yes No Configurable
Template:Rh | Total Commander Yes[54] ? Yes Yes In plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DIR and total size including subdirectories
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Partial[55] Partial Yes Yes Yes (in folder tooltips) Partial No Yes Yes No ?
Template:Rh | worker Yes ? Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? No
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Template:Rh | Xfe Yes ? No No Yes ? Yes ? No No ?
Template:Rh | Xfile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No[56] ?
Template:Rh | Xfm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Template:Rh | xplorer² Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[57] ?
Template:Rh | XYplorer Yes Yes Yes Yes[58] Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes[59] Contents including subs
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin ? ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Selectable: number of entries or size (optional: including subs)
File manager Symbolic links Template:Verth Template:Verth Slideshows Shows combined size of selected directories Branch sizes Directory compare Synchronizer Find as you type (Type-ahead find) Embedded/integrated terminal For directories, size column shows:

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  1. ↑ a b Literal - meaning the size of the directory file itself, not the number or sizes of the files it points to (commonly called its "contents"). Typically a few kilobytes.

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  1. ↑ Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.

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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.

File manager File name [D 1] File contents [D 2] Basic metadata search [D 3] All metadata search [D 4] RegExp for contents Boolean (nesting levels) Fuzzy logic[D 5] Save searches [D 6] Refined searches [D 7]
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander Yes ? Yes ? Yes[s 1] Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Commander One Yes Yes Yes[s 2] Yes[s 2] Yes Yes ? No No
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dired Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [60] Yes
Template:Rh | Dolphin Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Template:Rh | Double Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh | emelFM2 Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Partial ?
Template:Rh | FAR Manager Yes ? Yes Yes Yes[s 3] Yes[s 3] Yes[s 3] Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Files (Apple)
Template:Rh | Files by Google
Template:Rh | Finder Yes ? Yes Yes No ? ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No
Template:Rh | Konqueror Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Krusader Yes ? Yes Yes Yes[61] No No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) Yes ? Partial [s 4] Partial [s 4] ? ? ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Nemo Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Path Finder Yes ? Yes Yes No No ? No No
Template:Rh | PCManFM Yes ? Yes No Yes No No No No
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No ?
Template:Rh | Total Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Partial [s 5]
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Yes No Yes No No ? ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | worker Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfe Yes Yes[s 6] Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Xfile Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Xfm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | xplorer² Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | XYplorer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[s 7]
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial [s 8] Yes Yes Yes Yes
File manager File name [D 1] File contents [D 2] Basic metadata search [D 3] All metadata search [D 4] RegExp for contents Boolean (nesting levels) Fuzzy logic [D 5] Save searches [D 6] Refined searches [D 7]

Column Definitions (D)

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  1. ↑ a b using wildcards, subfolders
  2. ↑ a b using wildcards, case match, whole word match
  3. ↑ a b size, date, time, attributes (read only, hidden, archivable, etc.
  4. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Unsubst". what/where is additional metadata?
  5. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Unsubst". what is fuzzy logic and how is it useful?
  6. ↑ a b Ability to save templates containing all search settings (file filter, metadata requirements etc.). Results of saves searches are always live, so not the results but the search conditions are saved.
  7. ↑ a b Also known as iterative searches. For example the ability to finish one search and then perform a new search a) only within these results (intersect the two result sets / the requirements of both searches have to be met), 2) adding to these results (combine both result sets to a bigger set) or 3) subtract from those results (original result set reduced by intersection of result sets).

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Entry Notes (s)

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  1. ↑ Altap Salamander Search offers RegExp for defining the file content.
  2. ↑ a b Support is provided by the underlying operating system.
  3. ↑ a b c Support is provided via a free third-party plugin.
  4. ↑ a b Can integrate with Beagle to provide more searching functionality.
  5. ↑ Search intersection
  6. ↑ One can search for file contents using the Text Contains field in the search window.
  7. ↑ After searching results, user can apply advanced visual filters to narrow down results.
  8. ↑ ZTreeWin provides several context specific search syntaxes that are not pure regex

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Extensibility

Information on which parts of the application can be extended by plugins.

File manager Filesystem support Attribute columns File previews Metadata indexing Unicode support Visual themes
Template:Rh | Altap Salamander Yes Yes Yes ? Partial No
Template:Rh | Commander One Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dired Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dolphin Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Double Commander Yes Yes Yes No Yes[e 1] Partial[e 2]
Template:Rh | emelFM2 ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Far Manager Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes[e 3] No
Template:Rh | Files (Apple) Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Files by Google
Template:Rh | Finder Yes No Yes Yes Yes[e 4] Partial[e 5]
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Konqueror Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Krusader Yes No Yes Partial Yes
Template:Rh | Midnight Commander Yes No No No Yes No
Template:Rh | GNOME Files (Nautilus) Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nemo Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nomad.NET Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Path Finder ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | PCManFM Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Template:Rh | ROX-Filer No Yes No ?
Template:Rh | Total Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes In search tool Yes[e 1] Yes[e 6]
Template:Rh | Windows Explorer Yes Yes Yes Yes[62] Yes Partial[e 5]
Template:Rh | worker Yes No Yes No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Xandros File Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfe No Partial No No Partial Partial[e 7]
Template:Rh | Xfile ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Xfm ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | xplorer² Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | XYplorer Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | ZTreeWin Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No
File manager Filesystem support Attribute columns File previews Metadata indexing Unicode support Visual themes

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  1. ↑ a b Main change in Total Commander 7.50
  2. ↑ User can change toolbar icons
  3. ↑ In Far 2.0 & Far 3.0+
  4. ↑ Unicode support depends on Mac OS version. Mac OS X's Finder includes full Unicode support, while Mac OS 8 and earlier does not. May be supported in >=8.1 and <=9.2 if using Unicode filesystems.
  5. ↑ a b File and folder icons customizable on OS level and via folder properties
  6. ↑ User can manually change icon themes including toolbar, file and folder icons. User can also change the color scheme to a pre-defined one or manually pick a color for each element in preferences.
  7. ↑ User can change icon themes in preferences, which change the toolbar, file and folder icons. User can also change the color scheme to a pre-defined one or manually pick a color for each element (in preferences).

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ a b Directory Opus 5.82 Magellan II is the last commercial version available for Amiga. Full and registered version has been released for free with the AmiKit distribution. Directory Opus 4 is maintained separately under an open source license.
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Cygwin or Win32 Native
  18. ↑ Runs in text mode inside Terminal window
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Windows 95 and later
  21. ↑ Windows Mobile
  22. ↑ a b c Activating Image-Dired command in the graphical interface.
  23. ↑ Tab-bar mode can be activated to show the tab-bar (else it will be hidden).
  24. ↑ With ConEmu Far Manager plugin conemu-maximus5
  25. ↑ Files matching certain user defined criteria (e.g. name pattern, attributes) are displayed in another color. Example: Since Windows 2000, the UI guide requires NTFS compressed files and folders displayed in blue, whereas uncompressed ones are black.
  26. ↑ Mass Rename is a feature to rename large number of files in a convenient way and including a preview, see the screenshot for an example. Common options are subdirectory inclusion, wildcards, manual mode (offering to edit names as text files in editors), counters, time related fields (e.g. "date created"), path related fields (e.g. "parent directory name"), regular expressions, etc. See also: Batch renaming.
  27. ↑ Altap Salamander offers to show only selected files and hide unselected ones, also in picture viewer, etc. For selection, the usual wildcards and add/subtract/intersect with 1...N stored selections are offered.
  28. ↑ ACL is dependent on the type and version of file- and operating system. Altap Salamander offers quick access to owner, auditing and permission settings in WinXP with NTFS 5.
  29. ↑ Only actions operating on filesystem data (filename, path, timestamps, acls, etc.); file contents have separate and independent per-file undo/redo. Filesystem actions that modify file contents (deleting, overwriting, truncating, &c.) can be undone/redone with optional integrated use of automatic trash/backup/auto-save/version-control features.
  30. ↑ With plug-ins, or this can be implemented as a macros
  31. ↑ Konqueror can undo, not redo.
  32. ↑ a b Needs KRename, an application that integrates into Konqueror and Krusader.
  33. ↑ Create new file with desired name, then paste contents.
  34. ↑ Only text which is dragged from another program and dropped into a folder in GNOME Files (Nautilus) can be pasted as a new file.
  35. ↑ Removed in version 3.29.
  36. ↑ Path Finder apparently integrates with Knox Template:Webarchive, an encryption utility.
  37. ↑ a b c The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user-transparent filesystem-level encryption feature for NTFS. The file manager merely enables or disables it.
  38. ↑ Supported up to Windows XP only. Document scraps are not supported in Windows Vista and later.
  39. ↑ Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only. Must be enabled manually Template:Webarchive in Windows versions prior to Server 2003.
  40. ↑ Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only.
  41. ↑ Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file
  42. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  43. ↑ via image-mode, GUI only
  44. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. ↑ Press and release Alt
  46. ↑ Via plugins, or manual with helping of the embedded Advanced Compare.
  47. ↑ Extensible via compression plugins, supported formats list depends on distribution package maintainer
  48. ↑ Can be done in two steps
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  55. ↑ Copying directory junctions across drives creates an empty directory in the target
  56. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  57. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  58. ↑ via XYplorer script- SlideShow
  59. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  60. ↑ Part of Emacs.
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ IFilters

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