

XYplorer
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.
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- POX added XYplorer as alternative to Nemo Documents
- mimintelegram rated XYplorer
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- elmoteroloco reviewed XYplorer
1,114 / 5,000 I have used it as a portable since its first releases (in the time of XP...) with great satisfaction, even though I am aware of not taking advantage of its deepest possibilities. As a basic user I only benefit from the complete color customization (you can even designate colors according to file extension... imagine), tools menu and the agility in file management (the option to configure it as the default file explorer, the double window, the ascenter with double clicking on...
- mopsbublic added XYplorer as alternative to Phone Drive
- fris added XYplorer as alternative to Open Salamander
Comments and Reviews
If I had to choose between The Second Coming of Christ and Xyplorer, I would choose Xyplorer. It's that good!
The author (Donald Lessau) is an eccentric and genius programmer who has gone to extreme lengths to optimize the efficiency of the code in this program, and he has released so many updates over the past 10 years I am astonished and flabbergasted at how he does it.
The amount of functionality in Xyplorer is so deep and so comprehensive, it's practically a file manager operating system. However, all features are configurable and you can disable anything you don't want, so it doesn't get too overwhelming. The important thing is that the features are in there for when you need them.
The usability of this program is off the charts! Donald has accommodated just about everybody's preferences, to the point where you get 6 different choices for the coloring scheme used to style the alternating white-gray Details mode ListView! There are practically 3 ways to do everything - so whichever way you reach for first, just works.
I can't say enough about this program other than to BUY IT IMMEDIATELY and you'll never look back. Seriously, Donald is a power user's power user, so to speak (ala "a Man's man"), so you won't find any frustrating or stupid design decisions in this software like you do with most typical software.
Ultimately not for me. •I love that you can hide elements like the toolbar, directory, panes. Lots of color/appearance settings. It's also remarkably space-efficient, other explorer alternatives are several hundred MBs. •To me "Trees" (default left side folder directory) is effectively redundant with "Breadcrumbs." Also rather annoying it automatically expands to whatever folder you have selected. You can use it as a bookmarks bar by right-clicking empty space and choosing a favorited folder but it's not a great use of space. •Disappointed there's no file preview on cursor hover like Qttabbar, you're reliant on a preview window and manually selecting files like a dark ages tradition. I suspect it's slower than default explorer and generating thumbnails is also surprisingly slow. •Opening the configuration options window bizarrely takes 6 or 7 seconds to open, something that really piles up when there's no "apply changes" button to preview.
Overall I think it's a better looking alternative than the numerous -Commanders out there but it's not quite enough to dethrone more user-friendly explorer GUIs. I don't doubt the other reviews, just not worth exploring for me.
1,114 / 5,000 I have used it as a portable since its first releases (in the time of XP...) with great satisfaction, even though I am aware of not taking advantage of its deepest possibilities. As a basic user I only benefit from the complete color customization (you can even designate colors according to file extension... imagine), tools menu and the agility in file management (the option to configure it as the default file explorer, the double window, the
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with double clicking on empty space, navigation through the folder tree or the possibility of launching a cmd prompt from the built-in customizable right click and the countless, everlasting tabs) The elaborate customization of the configuration file can be saved as a copy from the menu options, and has the ability to save a complete copy of Data, making silent reinstallation comically simple. Although I tried many of the alternative candidates, I never found a replacement for its functionalities and flexible environment adaptability, it is simply one of a kind.Quite lack for something that is supposed to be "premium" given the price tag. Also, doesn't handle network drive gracefully. If you have a large folder mounted and close XYp, it will take forever for the GUI to appear at the next launch. There are many better option out there.
XYplorer was ey-opening for me. I was just looking for an explorer with tabbing design. But it is incredibly customizable and the developer is highly responsive in the very active and community driven forum. What I extensively use is any kind of batch processing like renaming files the way I like. Also I'm using a script (it's like a plugin) someone else is offering and maintaining in the forum which is the "Session Manager". It allows to save all tabs in a session and super quick change between those. That way I do have different sets of folder immediately open, depending on the task I am working on at the moment.
What I also love, there is "Lifetime License" available, with all updates to come included. Very rare these days. Student discounts available upon request.
This is an incredible program.
Just awesome!