Sunflower AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like Sunflower

Sunflower is described as 'Open source, small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plug-ins. Main goal is to create easy to use and powerful file manager seamlessly integrated into Gnome desktop environment' and is a File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Sunflower for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best Sunflower alternative is Double Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sunflower are Total Commander, FreeCommander, Midnight Commander and Superfile.

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  1. Double Commander icon
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    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.

    131 Double Commander alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • BSD
     
  2. Total Commander icon
     910 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.

    180 Total Commander alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  3. FreeCommander icon
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    Dual-panel file manager with tabbed navigation, built-in viewer for multiple formats, ZIP/RAR/7z archive support, folder sync and comparison, batch renaming, search within archives, customizable keyboard shortcuts, DOS command integration, and full portability.

    116 FreeCommander alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. Text-mode file manager for terminals with dual-pane interface enables copying, moving, deleting, and searching files locally or via remote shells. Includes internal viewer, text editor, subshell integration, broad terminal compatibility, and works over SSH.

    105 Midnight Commander alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
     
  5. Superfile icon
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    Terminal-based file manager offering a modern, customizable interface with split-screen panels, full keyboard shortcut support, fast file operations, offline access, privacy features, no ads, plugin extensibility, night mode, cross-platform compatibility, and open source code.

    39 Superfile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Krusader icon
     86 likes

    Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE Plasma and other desktops in the *nix world.

    56 Krusader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • XQuartz
    • KDE Plasma
     
  7. muCommander icon
     124 likes

    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...).

    108 muCommander alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Java
     
  8. 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

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    Column view, similar to Finder's, but better.

    • ranger is Free and Open SourceSunflower is also Free and Open Source
  9. fman icon
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    The most modern dual-pane file manager. For Windows, Mac and Linux.

    108 fman alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Very powerfull two-panel interface commander. Unreal Commander has UNICODE support, Extended search of files, Multi-rename tool, Synchronization of directories, Support of archives ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, TAR, LHA, GZ, TGZ , Built-in FTP client, Folder tabs, Support of...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  11. 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

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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