Caja Alternatives

Apps similar to Caja include Double Commander, which is free and open source. Other options are Spacedrive, Dolphin File Manager, GNOME Files and File Explorer. You're spoiled for choice with File Managers like Caja: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iPad.

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  1. Polo is a modern, light-weight file manager for Linux with support for multiple panes and tabs; support for archives, and much more.

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  2. My Commander icon
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    My Commander (MyCO) is "the smallest - smartest - fastest file manager in the world", for Windows. Small and smart, MyCO uses less of your computer's memory while it's running.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. UltraExplorer icon
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    UltraExplorer is a Windows Explorer replacement that will change the way you think about file management. Other Explorer replacement applications duplicate the same old paradigm introduced by Microsoft in Windows 95.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  4. Windows File Manager lives again and runs on all currently supported version of Windows, including Windows 10.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  5. HiFile icon
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    HiFile is the next evolution of file managers. Its mission is to boost your productivity every time you are working with your files or folders. It aims to be better in every aspect - more practical, more versatile, more efficient, more elegant, more customizable, more fun.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  6. gentoo is a two-pane file manager for the X Window System. gentoo lets the user do (almost) all of the configuration and customizing from within the program itself. If you still prefer to hand-edit configuration files, they're fairly easy to work with since they are written...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  7. Rodent icon
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    What is Rodent?

    Rodent is fast, small and powerful file manager for the GNU operating system (but it also works in BSD). That's one way to look at it. Another way is to call it a graphic shell (that's probably more accurate).

    Rodent wastes no space on menus or function.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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    Worker is a file manager for the X Window System on UN*X with low requirements (basically only the X11 libraries). The directories and files are shown in two independent panels (similar to Midnight Commander).

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. emelFM2 icon
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    It is a file manager for UNIX-like operating systems. It uses a simple and efficient interface pioneered by Norton Commander, in the 1980s.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  10. Rename, move, copy, delete, and otherwise manage multiple files. Rename multiple files according to the rules and pattern you specify using powerful editor with syntax highlighting. Copy, move files to folders specified using absolute/relative paths.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. 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 gigabytes in size.

    A Dual Pane interface (optional) makes it.

    57 V - The File Viewer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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