Double Commander Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Double Commander for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Spacedrive, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Double Commander and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Double Commander are Midnight Commander, GNOME Files, Thunar and Superfile.

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Double Commander alternatives are mainly File Managers, but if you're looking for FTP Clients or File Search Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Open Source, Windows and Windows + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Double Commander.
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  1. Spacedrive icon
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    Organize files across many devices in one place. From cloud services to offline hard drives, Spacedrive combines the storage capacity and processing power of your devices into one personal distributed cloud, that is both secure and intuitive to use.

    75 Spacedrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Spacedrive is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Double Commander.

    • Spacedrive is Free and Open SourceDouble Commander is also Free and Open Source
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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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • MacPorts
     
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  3. 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.

    62 GNOME Files alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
     
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    Nautilus is not a two-panel file manager. So not an alternative to Double Commander.

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    • Some users think GNOME Files is a great Double Commander alternative, some don't.

    • GNOME Files is Free and Open SourceDouble Commander is also Free and Open Source
  4. Thunar icon
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    Thunar is a 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, intuitive, and customizable. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and directory load time.

    86 Thunar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
     
  5. muCommander icon
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    muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris...).

    105 muCommander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • BSD
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    it has awsome key shortcuts

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    • Almost everyone thinks muCommander is a great Double Commander alternative.

    • muCommander is the most popular Web-based alternative to Double Commander.

    • muCommander is Free and Open SourceDouble Commander is also Free and Open Source
  6. fman icon
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    The most modern dual-pane file manager. For Windows, Mac and Linux.

    105 fman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. ranger icon
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    Terminal 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.

    33 ranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  8. Path Finder icon
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    Path Finder is a standalone Finder replacement that takes the Finder's familiar interface and adds numerous powerful features and interface innovations to help anyone be more productive on macOS.

    50 Path Finder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  9. Tokie icon
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    A document, a database, and a browser, all in your folders.

    55 Tokie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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