Alternatives to Midnight Commander for Linux with any license

FileZilla

FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.
- Bundleware
  Be aware that installing FileZilla on your computer might install some bundleware/malware on your machine. See this thread on the FileZilla forum: https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=48441
- Midnight Commander is a much more powerful File Manager Guest • Jan 2019 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Main priority is managing files on ftp server instead of local. Not File Manager like MC! Guest • May 2018 • 9 agrees and 1 disagrees
- it's main purpose is a ftp-client not a local filemanager Guest • Dec 2017 • 14 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... ReactOS
Ad-free Dedicated Server Hosting File transfer Mounting drives ... Portable Support for SFTP Add a feature

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Double Commander

Total Commander-inspired file manager that features two side-by-side panels for navigation.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Dual Pane Support Batch renaming Configurable Cross-platform ... File management Find duplicated files Folder sync Multi-tabs Multiple Files Renaming Multitasking TC plug-in's support Built-in SSH client Dual Pane Support File-sync Flat view Help on local file Integrated FTP client Lua scripting Night mode/Dark Theme Optimal performance Queued Operations Search in Archives Tree view Two-panel file manager Add a feature

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Dolphin File Manager

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. Has three view modes: Icon, Detail and it used to have Column View like in Finder (it is not available in...

Free Open Source Linux KDE
File preview Split-screen view Tabs Integrated Terminal Emulator ... Thumbnails KDE Plasma integration Lightweight Network protocols Image Preview Remote File Access File Renaming Splitted view Tree view Built-in Terminal Dual Pane Support File Compression File management SSH Tabbed interface Add a feature

128 Like
Files

Files (Nautilus) is a file manager designed to fit the Gnome desktop design and behaviour, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.

Free Open Source Mac Linux MacPorts XQuartz
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File management Support for FTP Add a feature

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Thunar

Thunar is a new 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...
- Because it is for X, I need a clear console alternative. Like Norton Commander VS Far VS Dos Navigator. Guest • Jan 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Linux Xfce MacPorts XQuartz
Duplicate File Finder Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Auto-delete files Batch rename files ... File management File Renaming Add a feature

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fman

Brings features from Sublime Text to the file manager niche. Features: • A user interface similar to ST, • Ctrl/Cmd+P for jumping to any directory, • Plugins based...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Dual Pane Support File management File transfer Plugin API ... Plugins Add a feature

220 Like
ranger

ranger is a 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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Cygwin
Command line interface Console-based File management Miller columns ... Multi Column View Python File Renaming Vim Vim key mapping Add a feature

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muCommander

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Java
Dual Pane Support File management Portable SSH Add a feature

111 Like
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FireFTP

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
- Discontinued
  The extension is not working on Firefox 57 and later. The developer ended support and development of FireFTP after 13 years. The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like https://alternativeto.net/software/waterfox/ and https://alternativeto.net/software/palemoon/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Waterfox Pale Moon ... Firefox
Firefox Extensions Support for FTP Legacy Firefox Addon Add a feature

102 Like
PCMan File Manager

An extremely fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce
File management Lightweight Tabbed browsing Add a feature

49 Like