Comparison of file managers
Template:Short description The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable file managers.
General information
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
- Demos Commander
- emelFM2
- Gentoo file manager
- Konqueror
- Krusader
- nnn
- Nautilus
- Nemo
- PCMan File Manager
- Ranger
- ROX-Filer
- Thunar
- SpaceFM
- worker
Windows-only file managers
- Altap Salamander
- Directory Opus[8]
- Explorer++
- File Manager (Windows)
- Nomad.NET
- STDU Explorer
- Total Commander[20][21]
- File Explorer
- xplorer²
- XYplorer
- ZTreeWin
iOS-only file managers
Android-only file managers
- Files by Google
- Ghost Commander
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 |
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 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
| 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 12] | 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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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] |
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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 |
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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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedKDE_on_Windows - ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCygwin - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedText - ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedWindows95OS - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedWindowsMobileOS - ↑ a b c Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedimage-dired - ↑ Tab-bar mode can be activated to show the tab-bar (else it will be hidden).
- ↑ With ConEmu Far Manager plugin conemu-maximus5
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ With plug-ins, or this can be implemented as a macros
- ↑ Konqueror can undo, not redo.
- ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedkrename - ↑ Create new file with desired name, then paste contents.
- ↑ Only text which is dragged from another program and dropped into a folder in GNOME Files (Nautilus) can be pasted as a new file.
- ↑ Removed in version 3.29.
- ↑ Path Finder apparently integrates with Knox Template:Webarchive, an encryption utility.
- ↑ a b c Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwindowsencryption - ↑ Supported up to Windows XP only. Document scraps are not supported in Windows Vista and later.
- ↑ Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only. Must be enabled manually Template:Webarchive in Windows versions prior to Server 2003.
- ↑ Via system File Properties dialog, NTFS-only.
- ↑ Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ via image-mode, GUI only
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Press and release Alt
- ↑ Via plugins, or manual with helping of the embedded Advanced Compare.
- ↑ Extensible via compression plugins, supported formats list depends on distribution package maintainer
- ↑ Can be done in two steps
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Copying directory junctions across drives creates an empty directory in the target
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ via XYplorer script- SlideShow
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Part of Emacs.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ IFilters
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