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Thunar

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac  via MacPorts
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Xfce  pre-installed with XFCE
  • MacPorts  Requires XQuartz
  • XQuartz
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5 / 5 Avg rating (5)
142likes
2comments
86alternatives
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  2.  Custom Actions
  3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  4.  Duplicate File Finder
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Live Preview
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  Dark Mode
  10.  Batch Rename Files
  11.  File Tagging
  12.  Built-in viewer
  13.  Integrated Search
  14.  Thumbnail preview
  15.  File Renaming
  16.  File Search
  17.  Auto-delete files
  18.  Thumbnails

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Thunar information

  • Developed by

    DE flagXfce

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5

  • Alternatives

    86 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Thunar, and it has gotten 142 likes

Thunar was added to AlternativeTo by drad on Apr 30, 2009 and this page was last updated May 10, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
zimmund
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•May 31, 2023
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I've tried a bunch of file managers in Linux over the years and every time I come back to Thunar. It's simple, lightweight and yet it packs a useful set of features for day to day use. I really like that it remembers the view style for each directory, so you can have thumbnails in a folder with photos, list view in your home and detailed view in a work dir, for example. I also use very often the bookmarks, to move to my most used directories.

Currently using it alongside i3wm.

Note: I see other comment mentioning it doesn't have split panes, but it does (F3), and it also has tabs. Super convenient

Guest
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•Dec 24, 2019
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Very fast, simple and gets the job done. Different types of file appearance (table, preview, list) and left panels (folder tree, favorite links, hide) can be changed quickly with a shortcut.

What is Thunar?

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. Thunar is accessible using Assistive Technologies and is fully standards compliant.

Features:

  • Custom Actions
  • Customizable Toolbar
  • Bookmarks
  • Bulk Rename
  • File Search
  • File Thumbnails/Previews
  • File/Folder Emblems
  • File/Folder Highlighting (foreground/background colors)
  • Keyboard Shortcut Editor
  • Plugin Support
  • Select by Pattern
  • Split View

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