Dolphin File Manager Alternatives for Linux

Alternatives to Dolphin File Manager for Linux with any license

Double Commander

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. Features - Unicode support - Tabbed interface - Multi-rename tool - Custom columns - Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format - Internal text editor (F4) with syntax highlighting - Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Dual Pane Support Batch renaming Configurable Cross-platform ... File management Find duplicated files Folder sync Multi-tabs Multiple Files Renaming Multitasking TC plug-in's support Built-in SSH client Dual Pane Support File-sync Flat view Help on local file Integrated FTP client Lua scripting Night mode/Dark Theme Optimal performance Queued Operations Search in Archives Tree view Two-panel file manager Add a feature

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Midnight Commander

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 and run commands in the subshell. Internal viewer and editor are included.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin ... MacPorts
Console-based Support for FTP Dual Pane Support File Compression ... File management Lightweight Minimalistic Mounting drives Support for SFTP SSH Two panels Add a feature

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Files

Files (Nautilus) is a file manager designed to fit the Gnome desktop design and behaviour, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.

Free Open Source Mac Linux MacPorts XQuartz
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File management Support for FTP Add a feature

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Thunar

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 or useless options. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and directory load time. Thunar is accessible using Assistive Technologies and is fully standards compliant.
- shift-clicking and ctrl-clicking act like most people expect, unlike dolphin, which has some akward +/- system that I never learned, and drove me nuts. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Linux Xfce MacPorts XQuartz
Duplicate File Finder Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Auto-delete files Batch rename files ... File management File Renaming Add a feature

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Nemo

Nemo is the official file manager for the Linux Mint operating system running the Cinnamon desktop. It re-introduced several features removed from the file manager Nautilus, from which it originated.

Free Open Source Linux
Customizable Tree view File management Add a feature

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fman

Brings features from Sublime Text to the file manager niche. Features: • A user interface similar to ST, • Ctrl/Cmd+P for jumping to any directory, • Plugins based on the Python programming language

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Dual Pane Support File management File transfer Plugin API ... Plugins Add a feature

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ranger

ranger is a 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.

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Cygwin
Command line interface Console-based File management Miller columns ... Multi Column View Python File Renaming Vim Vim key mapping Add a feature

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muCommander

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-compiled builds are available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris, *BSD, etc.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Java
Dual Pane Support File management Portable SSH Add a feature

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PCMan File Manager

An extremely fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce
File management Lightweight Tabbed browsing Add a feature

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SpaceFM

SpaceFM is a multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager for Linux with built-in VFS, udev- or HAL-based device manager, customisable menu system, and bash integration. SpaceFM aims to provide a stable, capable file manager with significant customisation capabilities.

Free Open Source Linux
File management Multi panel Add a feature

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