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 14 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
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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.

    222 Total Commander alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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

    75 GNOME Files alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • Linux Mobile
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  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.

    124 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  4. ForkLift icon
     106 likes

    Dual pane macOS file manager featuring SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, cloud drives, real-time activity view, folder sync, drag-and-drop file transfers, preview panel, multi-rename, batch operations, server connections, text editing, themes, and tagging for efficient workflows.

    153 ForkLift alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Peach Commander icon
     10 likes

    Peach Commander is a dual-pane file manager for macOS, written in Swift and AppKit and modelled on the orthodox file managers that DOS and Windows users know from Norton Commander and Total Commander. Two directory panels sit side by side, and almost everything is reachable from...

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    • Mac
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  6. 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.

    131 Commander One alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. 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

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    • Mac
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  9. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10.  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

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Dual-panel file manager for macOS — SwiftUI + Swift 6.2 concurrency. Total Commander meets Finder.

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    • Mac
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