Free Double Commander Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Double Commander for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is Spacedrive, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Double Commander and many of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Double Commander are Midnight Commander, GNOME Files, Thunar and Superfile.

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Double Commander alternatives are mainly File Managers, but if you're looking for FTP Clients or File Search Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Open Source, Mac, Windows and Windows + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Double Commander.
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  1. Spacedrive icon
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    Open-source file explorer integrates cloud, local, and offline storage across devices using a secure virtual distributed filesystem in Rust, enabling unified management, file syncing, privacy control, intuitive interface, and ownership without centralized servers.

    76 Spacedrive alternatives

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  2. GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software. Its a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files...

    104 Midnight Commander alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
     
  3. GNOME Files icon
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    GNOME Files, formerly known as Nautilus, is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.

    65 GNOME Files alternatives

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    • XQuartz
     
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    Comments about GNOME Files as an Alternative to Double Commander
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    Nautilus is not a two-panel file manager. So not an alternative to Double Commander.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    GNOME Files icon
    • GNOME Files is Free and Open SourceDouble Commander is also Free and Open Source
  4. Thunar icon
     148 likes

    Thunar 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.

    87 Thunar alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
     
  5. Superfile icon
     33 likes

    Terminal-based file manager offering a modern, customizable interface with split-screen panels, full keyboard shortcut support, fast file operations, offline access, privacy features, no ads, plugin extensibility, night mode, cross-platform compatibility, and open source code.

    38 Superfile alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  6. muCommander icon
     124 likes

    muCommander 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...).

    107 muCommander alternatives

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Java
     
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    it has awsome key shortcuts

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • muCommander is Free and Open SourceDouble Commander is also Free and Open Source
  7. Brings iconic 3D Cover Flow file browsing to macOS, includes dual pane navigation, Quick Look integration, sidebar access to volumes, instant file sorting, context menus, type-ahead search, familiar Finder-like interface, and open source availability.

    51 CoverFlowFinder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
  8. fman icon
     233 likes

    The most modern dual-pane file manager. For Windows, Mac and Linux.

    107 fman alternatives

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    • Mac
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  9. ranger icon
     58 likes

    Terminal file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. The secondary task of ranger is to psychically guess which program you want to use for opening particular files.

    33 ranger alternatives

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  10. Marta icon
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    Marta is a dual-pane file manager. Most of the time you work with two directory panes placed side-by-side. It allows you to do the basic file operations such as copying or moving files in a fast and efficient way, because you can see both source and target directories, and you...

    20 Marta alternatives

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