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WinDirStat
Open Source by WinDirStat |
- Windows
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants).You can also examine Network Drives very fast.Language for application AND help files can be set to Czech, Dutch, ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: portable http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/windirstat_portable, analysis, disk-space, treemap, disk-usage, harddrive

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Total Commander
Free with limited functionality by Christian Ghisler |
- Windows, Win Mobile
- Android
Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows. The price is EUR 32. Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool with regular expres ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable Installers for regular and U3 USB drives: http://www.ghisler.com/usbinst.htm, ftp, file-manager, ftp-client, copy-files, file-explorer +5 more, dual-pane, compress-files, find-files, file-viewer, file-attributes

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FreeCommander
Free by Marek Jasinski - Moosburg, Germany |
- Windows
FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager, reminiscent of Norton Commander.Function to view (and sort after) foldersize, 37 languages, function to store ScreenShots as a file or to ...

Categories: File Management, OS & Utilities Tags: portable Download from http://www.freecommander.com/fc_u3_en.htm or PortableApps.com, screen-capture, file-manager, file-management, screenshot +5 more, disk-space, disk-usage, commander, dual-pane, disk-space-finder

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Windows Explorer
Free by Microsoft |
- Windows
The built-in file manager in Windows. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents the user interface on the monitor and enables th ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, file-management, file-explorer

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xplorer²
Commercial by Nikos Bozinis |
- Windows
The lightweight version of xplorer² is not as powerful as the professional version but it shares the same desktop browsing and file management engine, it sports dual panes and folder tabs, and gives many rival paid- ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable There are official & unofficial portable versions, file-manager, file-management

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Midnight Commander
Open Source |
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 ...

Category: File Management Tags: ftp, file-manager, ftp-client, file-browser, two-panel

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Directory Opus
Commercial by GP Software |
- Windows
Directory Opus provides a complete replacement for Explorer with far more power and functionality than any other file manager available today.Just some of the features include: Single or dual pane file display and trees ...

Categories: Backup & Sync, File Management, OS & Utilities Tags: file-manager, file-management, file-synchronization, batch-renamer +3 more, duplicate-file-finder, folder-size, explorer-replacement

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Far Manager
Open Source |
- Windows
Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions: * viewi ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, dual-pane, text-mode

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muCommander
Open Source |
muCommander is a cross-platform file manager that will run on any operating system which supports Java. It features a Norton Commander style interface to allow easy manipulation of files with many keyboard shortcuts. Pre ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, file-management, dual-pane

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Q-Dir
Free by SoftwareOK (Nenad Hrg) |
- Windows
Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable, file-manager, file-management, drag-and-drop +3 more, explorer-replacement, multi-pane, color-filter

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XYplorer
Commercial by XYplorer - Cologne, Germany |
- Windows
XYplorer is a tabbed file manager for Windows. It features a powerful file search, a versatile preview, a highly customizable interface, optional dual pane, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate freque ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable, file-manager, file-management, tags, dual-pane +3 more, explorer-replacement, tag-based-file-management, find-files

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Explorer++
Open Source by David Erceg |
- Windows
Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows. Available on Windows XP and above, it features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer fil ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable With option to save to registry or a configuration file, Explorer++ is completely portable, file-management, file-explorer

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Double Commander
Open Source |
- Windows
- Linux
Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

Category: File Management Tags: file-management, commander, dual-pane

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V - The File Viewer
Commercial by Fileviewer.com (Charles Prineas) |
- Windows
V is an all-purpose File Manager for Windows.V is not just another Windows Explorer replacement. Its main strength is its inbuilt file viewer which excels at viewing files quickly - whether they are 100 bytes or 100 giga ...

Category: File Management Tags: portable A U3 (portable) version is available - which lets you take a copy of V wherever you go. , file-manager, unzip, grep, hex, archive-management +4 more, explorer-replacement, file-viewer, unzip-file, hex-viewer

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Unreal Commander
Free by Max Diesel |
- Windows
Very powerfull two-panel interface commander. Unreal Commander has UNICODE support, Extended search of files, Multi-rename tool, Synchronization of directories, Support of archives ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, TAR, LHA, GZ, ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, file-transfer, ftp-client, commander, dual-pane

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Thunar
Open Source by Xfce, Benedikt Meurer, Jannis Pohlmann, ... |
- Linux
Thunar is a new 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 and intuitive, and does not include any confusing ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, xfce

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DaisyDisk
Commercial by DaisyDisk Team |
- Mac
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk space by quickly finding and deleting big, useless files. The program scans any mounted disk and displays it on the sunburst map, where segments mean files and folders, proportionally ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: drive, disk-space, treemap, space, disk-usage

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CubicExplorer
Open Source by Cubic Reality Software |
- Windows
CubicExplorer is a file manager which is aimed to replace Windows Explorer. It’s goal is to be easy and pleasant to use but still have enough power for more advanced usage.

Category: File Management Tags: file-management

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NexusFile
Free |
- Windows
NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one.Batch Rename, Dual Pan ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, dual-pane

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GNOME Commander
Open Source |
- Linux
GNOME Commander is a "two-pane" graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work thro ...

Category: File Management Tags: file-manager, gnome, commander, two-panel

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WinDirStat

Total Commander

FreeCommander

Windows Explorer

xplorer²

Midnight Commander

Directory Opus

Far Manager

muCommander

Q-Dir

XYplorer

Explorer++

Double Commander

V - The File Viewer

Unreal Commander

Thunar

DaisyDisk

CubicExplorer

NexusFile

GNOME Commander

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