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 12 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
     918 likes

    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.

    187 Total Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. GNOME Files icon
     224 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
     
  3. Text-mode file manager for terminals with dual-pane interface enables copying, moving, deleting, and searching files locally or via remote shells. Includes internal viewer, text editor, subshell integration, broad terminal compatibility, and works over SSH.

    109 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
     
  4. Commander One icon
     73 likes

    Swift file manager for Mac that offers a dual-pane interface, multi-tab browsing & advanced search. The PRO Pack adds features like FTP client, cloud integration (Box, Amazon S3), compression & more, enhancing file management capabilities.

    97 Commander One alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. DCommander icon
     5 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. DoubleXplorer icon
     3 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. 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.

    8 Wal Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8.  9 likes

    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
     
  9. Professional dual-pane file manager for macOS, iPad, and iPhone with integrated terminal and remote cloud storage support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. FTPClient icon
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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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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