Dolphin File Manager AlternativesOnly apps categorised as FTP Clients

The best FTP Client alternative to Dolphin File Manager is Total Commander, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Dolphin File Manager and 11 are FTP Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting FTP Client alternatives to Dolphin File Manager are Cyberduck, GNOME Files, Midnight Commander and ForkLift.

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  1. Total Commander icon

    Total Commander

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    A versatile file manager offering side-by-side dual-pane for intuitive navigation, powerful built-in FTP client, extensive archive format support, robust file comparison tool with editor, advanced multi-rename using regular expressions, and scalable customization options.

    177 Total Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Total Commander is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Dolphin File Manager.

    • Total Commander is Freemium and ProprietaryDolphin File Manager is Free and Open Source
    • Total Commander is CustomizableDolphin File Manager is not according to our users
  4. GNOME Files icon

    GNOME Files

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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.

    64 GNOME Files alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
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  5. Midnight Commander icon

    Midnight Commander

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    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...

    103 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  9. DCommander icon

    DCommander

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    DCommander is a two-pane file manager that gives you full control over your computer's filesystem.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. DoubleXplorer icon

    DoubleXplorer

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    DoubleXplorer is a dual-pane file manager for macOS with a range of features, including a Command Palette, rich archive support (7z, Rar, Tar, Zip), file comparison, connection to servers (Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP, FTP), and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Wal Commander

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    Multi-platform file manager for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.

    Advantages: has a built-in terminal! have editor with syntax highlighting has a text viewer

    It has built a virtual file system (smb, ftp, sftp) there is the graphics and (version 0.18.0) cons.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  12. Worker

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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Panels
     
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    FTPClient

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    FTPClient is a very simple FTP, FPTS and SFTP client for Android 5.0+, using Apache Commons Net for FTP and FTPS and SSHJ for SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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