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File Manager Recommendations

Users recommend dual-pane and advanced file managers like Total Commander, Double Commander, Midnight Commander, Ranger, and others as alternatives to default file explorers on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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apjana (47) BeetleB (20) malkia (17) mherrmann (17) jaclaz (11)

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Sample Comments

ioqy • Jan 11, 2025 • View on HN

Have you considered Double Commander?

neontomo • Jan 21, 2024 • View on HN

Give Marta a shot. It gives Total Commander a run for its money imo. Free.https://marta.sh/

jannes • May 29, 2023 • View on HN

I use Directory Opus on Windows these days.https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

LeoPanthera • May 22, 2020 • View on HN

Have you tried Midnight Commander?

Lammy • May 1, 2025 • View on HN

Check out ROX-Filer https://github.com/rox-desktop/rox-filer

taraparo • Sep 1, 2023 • View on HN

I prefer Free Commander https://freecommander.com/ and even donated for it.

neko_koneko • Dec 8, 2018 • View on HN

FAR Manager is really great, you should give it a try: https://www.farmanager.com/screenshots.php?l=en

jlahijani • Jun 29, 2022 • View on HN

Xyplorer - File Manager replacement for Windows (using everyday since ~2008)

muro • Mar 10, 2015 • View on HN

anyone knows something similar on os-x? my main missing tool from windows/linux. maybe I should try double commander on os-x...

mherrmann • Mar 21, 2017 • View on HN

I recently launched fman [1] here as well. Maybe you'd like to check it out.[1]: https://fman.io