Files
Advanced Windows file manager offers tabbed browsing, dual-pane drag-and-drop, column navigation, built-in archive creation and extraction, file tagging, QuickLook previews, context menu integration, quick search, and customizable appearance for streamlined organization.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Customizable
- Support for Themes
- Lightweight
Features
- Dark Mode
- Column View
- Built-in themes
- Image Preview
- Ad-free
- Dual Pane Support
- File Archiving
- Cloud Sync
- File Search
Git integration- File Tagging
- Tabbed interface
- Multi Column View
- No registration required
Windows Explorer Extension- Works Offline
- No Tracking
- Miller columns
- Supports tar files
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Custom Backgrounds
- Live Preview
- Hierarchical Structure
- Built-in viewer
- Supports Zip files
- Full-Text Search
- Supports RAR files
- Third party integrations
- Key Mapping
- Command palette
Tags
- modern-design
- Grid View
- archive-manager
- winappsdk
- Developer Tools
Files News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Files
Files v4.0.24 adds PowerToys Peek support, tag search operators, and more UI tweaksFiles v4.0.24 has been released, adding support for PowerToys Peek, letting Windows users with Micr...
- Maoholguin published news article about Files
Files 4.0.20 adds archive extraction upgrades and improved operation feedbackThe free open-source Files app has launched version 4.0.20, introducing several improvements especi...
- Maoholguin published news article about Files
Files v4.0 is out now with a new Omnibar, Dual Pane mode, expanded cloud support, and moreThe next major version of the popular the open-source Windows file manager alternative, Files v.4.0...
Recent activities
POX added Files as alternative to CoverFlowFinder- tuva-hayabi commented on Files
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What is Files?
Introducing Files, the ultimate file manager app for Windows. With its sleek and intuitive design, navigating through your files has never been easier. Files features tabs for easy switching between different folders, a column view for quick file browsing, and dual pane support for efficient file management. In addition, you can easily create and extract archives with just a few clicks, making file compression and decompression a breeze.
Files also offers advanced features such as file tagging for easy organization, support for QuickLook for previewing files without opening them, and the ability to customize the background color to match your personal style. Whether you're a power user or just looking for a better way to manage your files, Files has everything you need to keep your files organized and easily accessible. With its combination of powerful features and ease of use, Files is the ultimate file management solution for Windows.
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Comments and Reviews
Finally. Every software making the Windows experience less shitty is kinda bad for Linux, but yes... Microsoft... thats how it should be done.
And also FOSS! Amazing.
Full of visual bugs, right click panel is a pure chaotic. Theres a good concept somewehere behind the mess, but needs a few more years to develope.
Are you still seeing issues with the right click menu? We did a lot of work improving this feature.
Only available via Microsoft Store.
Everything is perfect, but on my computer it can lag slightly or even quite a bit when transferring documents/photos/etc. I realise that this is a common issue, but as I said, it's open source and very promising ^^
It's also a shame that it's not available on Linux, as I'm looking for a better interface than the one already available on Linux distributions (Linux Mint for me with Nemo) to install.
Currently on Linux, I alternate between Nemo and Dolphin. One is lightweight and remembers the previous path, the other has a preview of possible files.
I really, really, REALLY want to love files, I redownload it every few months when the built in file explorer starts to drive me mad again... but unfortunately despite all the amazing power user features and beautiful interface, the performance issues cause it to be unusable by most of it's target userbase. It's probably fine if you rarely use the file explorer, or do basic one-off operations, but the delays, pop-ins, flickers, and loading times for things as simple as context menu actions mean Files is still more for show than productivity. Don't get me wrong, the ideas and features here are FANTASTIC, but for the most part most things will still be faster with explorer.exe and some context menu tweaks or shell extensions.
It has great potential, but has several major downfalls:
-Abysmally slow performance. -Sometimes corrupts files when transfering over FTP. -Only ships via microsoft store (which is paid) and its stupid app package formats, which makes installation super buggy and janky and painful. A FOSS program should ship a normal .exe at the very least.
Currently I can't recommend it, especially since Win11's file explorer now supports tabs, which is Files' main draw. With Win10's end of life, this might become obscure and unneeded if they don't improve it.
Files is available outside the Microsoft Store as well. You can find a list of download methods on the Files website (Docs Install).
No it is not. What you refer to as "the classic installer" is again in one of the super buggy proprietary microsoft store formats that can't install properly 19 times out of 20. Why are you so reluctant to ship a normal .exe installer in your github releases? Are you going to lose so many sales?
The 'classic installer' is not connected to the Microsoft Store. Granted, it uses modern packaging technology and requires some of the same system services as the Store, but it's not proprietary to the Store. It's also worth repeating that there are other installation methods such as WinGet and Choco listed on our website (Docs Install).
The program initially makes a really great visual impression. The UI looks clean and well thought out. In my experience, however, the user experience/UX is not yet really ready for use. Overall, “Files” reacts too slowly to work smoothly. You get the feeling that UX development is lagging far behind UI development. BUT: It is a very promising open source project and I see a lot of great potential here. I will definitely take another look in a few weeks to a few months! :)
The same framework that powers the UI (WinAppSdk) is unfortunately a key factor in current performance issues. We hope that future framework updates, along with ongoing optimizations on our end will help mitigate these challenges.