Midnight Commander Alternatives

Midnight Commander is described as '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 is a very popular File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Midnight Commander for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Midnight Commander alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Midnight Commander are Double Commander, Total Commander, Spacedrive and Dolphin File Manager.

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Midnight 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, Windows and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Midnight Commander.
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  1. Ghost Commander icon
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    Ghost Commander is a file manager with two panels for the Android™ platform. Its development was inspired by the famous (Norton|Midnight|Total) Commander desktop applications, so if you are familiar with those great programs, you will find Ghost Commander a familiar and very...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  2. 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.

    51 Path Finder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
     
  4. trolCommander icon
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    trolCommander - fork of the free and opensource muCommander filemanager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Vifm icon
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    Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. GNOME Commander icon
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    GNOME Commander is a "two-pane" graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Modern dual-pane file manager for MacOSX. Quick, efficient and keyboard-oriented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Xfile icon
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    Xfile is a completely Cocoa and Unix based file manager for the OS X operating system written for professional developers and system/network administrators.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Index is a convergent file manager, it the user with a simple way to navigate and manage files. Index incorporates features such as miller columns, embedded terminal, split views, file previews, experimental WebDAV support, tags.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mobile
    • Plasma Mobile
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
     
  10. nnn icon
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    Initially forked from noice file browser, nnn is a super fast and resource-sensitive, terminal-based file browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. SpaceFM icon
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    Multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager with built-in VFS, udev- or HAL-based device manager, customisable menu system, and bash integration.

    43 SpaceFM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. NexusFile icon
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    NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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