Q-Dir AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like Q-Dir

Q-Dir is described as 'Makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. No!' and is a very popular File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Q-Dir for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and MacPorts apps. The best Q-Dir alternative is Double Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Q-Dir are Spacedrive, Total Commander, Files and Dolphin File Manager.

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Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. No!

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Q-Dir alternatives page was last updated Mar 13, 2024
  1. Double Commander icon
     550 likes

    Open-source file manager with dual-panel interface, inspired by Total Commander. Supports plugin use, advanced search, tabbed browsing, and runs smoothly with background operations. Unicode and multi-platform compatibility enhance its versatility.

    134 Double Commander alternatives
    Double Commander screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Configurable
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Dual Pane Support
    2.  Two-panel file manager
    3.  Folder Sync
    4.  TC plug-in's support
    5.  Batch Rename Files
    6.  File Comparison
    7.  Multiplatform
    8.  Portable
    9.  File Sync
    10.  Multiple Files Renaming
    11.  Tree view
    12.  Integrated FTP client
    13.  Dark Mode
    14.  Plug-ins
    15.  Built-in viewer
    16.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
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    • Almost everyone thinks Double Commander is a great Q-Dir alternative.

    • Double Commander is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Q-Dir.

    • Double Commander is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Q-Dir.

    • Double Commander is Free and Open SourceQ-Dir is Free and Proprietary
  2. Spacedrive icon
     112 likes

    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.

    67 Spacedrive alternatives
    Spacedrive screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Lightweight
    6.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Rust
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Image Preview
    6.  Cross-Platform
    7.  Git Support
    8.  Live Preview
    9.  Tagging
    10.  Multi Column View
    11.  File preview
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  3. Total Commander icon
     879 likes

    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.

    176 Total Commander alternatives
    Total Commander screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Dual Pane Support
    2.  Batch Rename Files
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Support for FTP
    5.  File Comparison
    6.  File Search
    7.  Quick search
    8.  Directory sync
    9.  ZIP File Mounting
    10.  Split-screen view
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Multiple languages
    13.  Full-Text Search
    14.  Built-in viewer
    15.  Built-in player
    16.  Folder Sync
    17.  Compare Text
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    • Total Commander is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Q-Dir.

    • Total Commander is Freemium and ProprietaryQ-Dir is Free and Proprietary
    • Total Commander is Customizable and LightweightQ-Dir is not according to our users
  4. Files icon
     104 likes

    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...

    118 Files alternatives
    Files screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Column View
    3.  Image Preview
    4.  Built-in themes
    5.  Dual Pane Support
    6.  File Archiving
    7.  Git integration
    8.  Cloud Sync
    9.  File Tagging
    10.  Multi Column View
    11.  Miller columns
    12.  Tabbed interface
    13.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    14.  Windows Explorer Extension
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  5. Dolphin File Manager icon
     193 likes

    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 current version due to problems with maintaibility). Supports FTP, SCP and other protocols. Highly configurable.

    78 Dolphin File Manager alternatives
    Dolphin File Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Split-screen view
    2.  Tree view
    3.  File preview
    4.  KDE Plasma integration
    5.  File Renaming
    6.  Network protocols
    7.  Built-in terminal emulation
    8.  Thumbnails
    9.  Remote File Access
    10.  Image Preview
    11.  File Tagging
    12.  Portable
    13.  Splitted view
    14.  Tabbed interface
    15.  SSH
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  6. OneCommander icon
     157 likes

    Free dual-pane file manager for Windows featuring tabs, columns, themes, long filename support, image converter, regex renaming and many other unique features.

    89 OneCommander alternatives
    OneCommander screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  File Search
    4.  Multi Column View
    5.  Portable
    6.  Miller columns
    7.  File Tagging
    8.  File preview
    9.  Dual Pane Support
    10.  Monitor File Changes
    11.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    12.  Batch Rename Files
    13.  Thumbnails
    14.  Image Preview
    15.  Color coding
    16.  Support for regular expressions
    17.  Geotagged Photos
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  7. FreeCommander icon
     386 likes

    FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock.

    115 FreeCommander alternatives
    FreeCommander screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Top FreeCommander Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Folder Size
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    4.  Explorer-like
    5.  Batch Rename Files
    6.  Portable
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Teracopy integration
    9.  Directory sync
    10.  Support for Unicode
    11.  Comparing folders
    12.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
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  8. File Explorer icon
     226 likes

    File Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It is sometimes referred to as the Windows shell, explorer.exe, or simply "Explorer".

    126 File Explorer alternatives
    File Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Windows Compatible
    4.  Built-in Image viewer
    5.  Bundled with Windows
    6.  Tabbed interface
    7.  Graphical User Interface
    8.  Virtual Disk
    9.  File Storage
    10.  Folder Size
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  9. Midnight Commander icon
     230 likes

    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...

    109 Midnight Commander alternatives
    Midnight Commander screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for FTP
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    4.  Two panels
    5.  Support for SFTP
    6.  SSH
    7.  Mounting drives
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  10. Directory Opus icon
     214 likes

    Directory Opus is a complete replacement for Explorer, with far more power and functionality than any other file manager available today.

    81 Directory Opus alternatives
    Dual display (vertical layout) without trees (this is the Commander style). Both file displays are in list mode, showing popup tooltip for an image file.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Dual Pane Support
    2.  File preview
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  Folder Size
    5.  Assignement of comments to files
    6.  Flat view
    7.  Batch Rename Files
    8.  Tagging
    9.  File conversion
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    • Directory Opus is the most popular commercial alternative to Q-Dir.

    • Directory Opus is Paid and ProprietaryQ-Dir is Free and Proprietary
  11. Thunar icon
     138 likes

    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.

    85 Thunar alternatives
    Thunar screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Batch Rename Files
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Built-in viewer
    6.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    7.  Custom Actions
    8.  Integrated Search
    9.  Thumbnail preview
    10.  Auto-delete files
    11.  Thumbnails
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  12. XYplorer icon
     202 likes

    XYplorer is a file manager for Windows. It features tabbed browsing, a powerful file search, a versatile preview, a highly customizable interface, optional dual pane, scripting engine, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks.

    91 XYplorer alternatives
    XYplorer screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top XYplorer Features

    1.  Tabbing
    2.  Dual Pane Support
    3.  Portable
    4.  Folder Size
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Tagging
    7.  Batch Rename Files
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Batch Editing
    10.  File Tagging
    11.  Custom Menus
    12.  Batch processing
    13.  Session Management
    14.  Flat view
    XYplorer iconQ-Dir Icon

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