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File managers, also known as file browsers or file explorers, are software applications that enable a user to browse, search, organize, and manage the files and folders on their computer or device. Compare and read user reviews of the best File Managers with a Free Trial currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Fileographer
Fileographer
Fileographer is a keyboard-driven file manager and note-taking application for macOS and Linux. It lets you navigate your hard drive by typing a few letters from the name of the file or folder you want to see. It shows you files that are nested inside your folders, so you can filter down to just what you want. It lets you create files by entering a name and hitting enter, and it lets you edit those files right away. Fileographer even lets you batch rename. Features: * Navigate your hard drive without needing to use a mouse. * Use two panels to see two directories at once. * See file previews, display image files and PDFs, and play media files. * Create and edit text files. * Create folders. * Move, copy, and duplicate files. * Gather groups of files into a new folder. * Batch rename files. * Move files to the trash and delete files. * Capture notes by pressing F3 in any application.Starting Price: $5 -
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FileToFolder
CodeLine
FileToFolder provides easy, one-click folder creation from a file and moving that file into its new folder. Need to do the opposite and rapidly move multiple files out of their folders into the current folder? FileToFolder will do that too with a simple “right-click” call from the context menu, while tidying up behind itself and deleting any empty folders and sub-folders if required. Just want to shift all the contents of a folder “back one” (ie Dissolve the target folder)? “Right-click” on it and select “Dissolve”. FileToFolder is at its most convenient when used from the context menu in Windows Explorer but it can be opened and used as a conventional application as well.Starting Price: $19.99 -
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QuickMove
CodeLine
QuickMove is a rules based file mover that learns where to move your files to based on an initial decision from you. It will also offer a list of favourite target folders for those files that don’t fall into any strict category. How? Just right-click on a file and select QuickMove. If QuickMove has no matching rule from past actions then it will open the Rule Wizard and assist you with the creation of a rule before moving the file. The next time you select this type of file for a “quick move”, it will apply the rule without prompt. Always cutting and pasting the same types of Files to the same Folders? Always navigating deep Folder structures to archive the same types of Files? Wish that you could just “right-click” on a File and see it automatically moved based on Rules learnt? Wish you could just be prompted for a list of your favourite target Folders? QuickMove has the Solution!Starting Price: 29.99 -
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Commander One
Electronic Team, Inc.
Commander One is the all-in-one file dual-panel file management application for Mac. It fully supports Mac M1 and M2 silicon and comes with a great interface that’s easy to maneuver and productivity-driven. The app is packed with features designed to increase the speed and ease of working with files. The ability to customize hotkeys, select specific files, show hidden files and view the entire work history and favorite files makes it amazing for those working with a lot of content. Moreover, Commander One also comes with an operation queue section, where users can see all of their files being processed, full support for archives, and a built-in viewer for text files of all kinds. Users can also choose to encrypt their files, with the super secure encryption feature that is built in and easy to set up. Power users can use the terminal emulator which also comes with the application to set up specific tasks and have full control over their workflow.Starting Price: $29.99 -
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Directory Opus
GPSoftware
Directory Opus is a complete replacement for Explorer, with far more power and functionality than any other file manager available today. Single or dual pane file display and folder trees. Tabbed interface let you keep multiple folders open and switch quickly between them. Unique Explorer Replacement mode provides a full replacement for Windows Explorer. Quickly filter, sort, group, and search your folders. Color-code your files, and assign status icons, star ratings, tags, and descriptions. View images, documents, and more. Image marking lets you sort your photos quickly and easily. Batch renaming including easy-to-use keyboard macros. View and edit file metadata. Support for FTP and archive formats like Zip, 7Zip, and RAR. Built-in tools including synchronize and duplicate file finder. Calculate folder sizes and print or export folder listings. Queue multiple file copies for improved performance. Fully configurable user interface, colors, fonts, toolbars, keyboard hotkeys, etc.Starting Price: $31.65 one-time payment -
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ForkLift
BinaryNights
The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS. Connect to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Rackspace CloudFiles, SMB, AFP, and NFS remote volumes and easily manage your files quickly across networks. You can connect to multiple servers at a time and even copy between them with drag and drop. Sits on your menu bar and lets you mount a saved remote connection as a disk, upload files to a remote server from Finder by drag and drop, or run a saved Synclet even if ForkLift is not running. Compare local or remote source and target folders identifying matching, modified, new, and deleted files. Synchronize them one or two-way with a single mouseclick, or save it as a favorite. If you are a web developer, you'll love this feature. The preview panel shows you useful information about the selected file. It lets you playback audio and video files, and inspect images, PDFs, and other popular document types.Starting Price: $19.95 one-time payment -
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FileBoss
Bekker Technologies
FileBoss for Windows - Find Files & Folders Fast and Search File Content - File Management Tools FileBoss Features Open directories and folders in a part of a second Find all files or directories and folders containing an expression in the blink of an eye. Save, copy and move files in a specific directory within the program or within any application like Excel, Word , Adobe Reader, Open Office writer or calc, Thunderbird, Outlook. Search all files for certain keywords and exclude keywords that they cannot have. You want for example a list of all word files that contain the words engine and car but you do not want the files that contain the word motorcycle. Attach files to emails without clicking through the directory tree, insert pictures in documents from any directory fast.Starting Price: $43.95 one-time fee -
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YXFile
ousaa
Your computer desktop is cluttered and confused, and the files or applications you want to find are always out of reach? With YXFile you can tagging file, search file, launch apps. Tag Any File: YXFile can tag any file type on any file system: the tagging is stored in a database. YXFile won't mess up with your file names or leave hidden files on your disk. Move or rename a file under the same disk partition, its tags will not be lost Search everything: Search files and folders by name. as well as file tags and launch items. Launch Apps: One of the most powerful and favorite benefits of YXFile users is the Launch App feature. You can type the name of the program or application you want to open, or use a shortcode, click return, and YXFile opens the program.Starting Price: $39/user -
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CodeDefine Where
CodeDefine
CodeDefine Where is a robust file search and management tool designed for efficient organization of digital assets. It enables users to search, filter, and group files based on metadata and attributes, allowing for highly precise file retrieval. The software supports wildcard and regular expressions for advanced search patterns, ensuring fast and accurate results. Key features include duplicate file detection, customizable search filters, and the ability to perform actions (move, rename, delete) directly from search results. With its powerful metadata-driven search capabilities, "Where" is the ideal solution for managing large volumes of files with ease.Starting Price: $39 lifetime license -
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ROFILES
Namtuk
ROFILES by Namtuk is a smart, local and versatile Windows automation tool built with IT pros in mind. It automatically watches the folders you choose, and whenever a new file shows up, it kicks into action with your customized workflows. Each workflow can combine several actions, complete with “if this, then that” logic, so you stay in control of exactly how your files are handled. The software comes packed with a variety of built-in options, so you can: - Convert files to PDFs or image formats, - Edit PDFs by adding or removing pages, - Alter images by resizing, flipping, or mirroring, - Add stamps to PDFs and images, - Or pull text out of just about any file. When you need more advanced automation, ROFILES lets you tap into AI (like Gemini and ChatGPT) to: - Summarize documents, - Translate text, - Transcribe audio files, - Turn text into speech, Save result anywhere...Starting Price: $0/year -
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OrganizerMaX
Bitqueues
Now you can enjoy your day with no stress, as this fantastic file manager for Windows & a perfect Windows Explorer alternative helps you with organizing the daily digital clutter a bit at a time. Tagging and organizing files and folders on Windows just got simpler with the help of this simple and innovative file manager for Windows which makes for a perfect Windows Explorer alternative. OrganizermaX is an innovative all-new file manager for Windows. If you are one of us, who don’t like getting bound to the traditional approach of organizing files in a folder structure. As we all know makes it so complicated to find files in due time, that we end up just leaving files on the desktop and downloading folders instead. With the thought in our mind of dealing with the mess later; and as obvious that later never happens. So, we came up with this simple yet innovative solution to make file organizing fun!Starting Price: $49 one-time payment -
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XYplorer
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, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks. It’s fast, light, and portable. XYplorer is a portable file manager. It doesn’t require any installation, stores all configuration data in the application data folder, and running it doesn’t change your system or registry. Take it with you and start it from a USB stick. File management to go. XYplorer has been designed to make you faster. Numerous usability enhancements in an attractive interface help to streamline your workflow and increase your efficiency. You will definitely save a lot of time. You can fine-tune the app to look and behave exactly as you want it. This ranges from fonts and colors to custom toolbar buttons and even file icons and program associations. And every bit of it is fully portable.Starting Price: $39.95 one-time payment -
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Xplorer²
Zabkat
xplorer² is a desktop file manager combining the simplicity of windows explorer with the speed and efficiency of traditional dual pane orthodox file managers, helping you be productive with your documents, pictures, music, source code, and other files. Full shell namespace browser. Dual panes, folder tabs, and Miller columns. Preview documents, images, music, etc. Fast desktop search using all file attributes. Folder sizes and disk space visualization. Synchronize folder contents. Search for duplicate files to free space. Advanced copy, delete, and rename operations. Filename color coding and tagging. Execute custom commands (even DOS). Macros to automate complex file management. Fully customizable, modern ribbon UI or traditional menu bar. Everyday efficiency and control. Manage large folders with ease. Lightweight system resource use. Native 32/64 and Unicode versions. Browse folders everywhere windows explorer can access including network, zip folders, web folders, and libraries.Starting Price: $29.95 one-time payment -
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Files
Files
A modern file explorer that pushes the boundaries of the platform. Explore a beautiful Windows-first design. Manage all your files with increased productivity. Work across multiple folders with tabs and so much more. Cloud files integration? Tabs and multiple layouts? Rich file previews? Files has it covered with robust features you expect from a modern file manager. Integration with cloud services such as OneDrive, Google Drive, and iCloud allows you to manage your documents and photos in the cloud, right from the sidebar. Preview documents, photos, and more without opening them. Support for rich previews, syntax highlighting, markdown, and video playback is all built-in. Quickly mark and organize your files and folders for later by assigning them colored and named tags for easy identification. You can even add your own custom tags! Avoid multiple windows and keep your desktop clutter-free. Files features a browser-like tabbing interface complete with keyboard shortcuts.Starting Price: Free -
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SpeedCommander
SpeedCommander
Dual Window file manager for Windows 7, 8, 10 & 11 (32/64-bit). Plenty of customization options. Viewer for over 80 file formats. Support for 13 archive formats. Access to FTP, FTP-SSL, and SFTP. Support for macros and add-ins. Pro, direct cloud storage access. Pro, burn, and ISO file support. The Pro version of SpeedCommander can access to cloud storage services and write data to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray media. Always view both source and target of an operation. Select designs based on Office and Visual Studio. Display multiple folders in one folder window. Automatically switch to a different view mode. Built-in preview for over 80 file formats. Create junctions, hard links, and symbolic links. Save and restore your current work environment. Plug into the explorer context menu and AutoPlay dialog. Direct access to frequently-used folders and applications. Create and extract 13 archive formats. AddIn interface for additional features.Starting Price: €22.95 one-time payment -
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Path Finder
Cocoatech
Path Finder is the macOS file browser of choice for thousands of professionals and enterprises worldwide. Path Finder has all the tools you need to take control of your files. Comes with a 30-day free trial. Download now and give it a try. Runs fast and smooth on the latest and greatest Macs. Full Dropbox integration. Just link your account and you're all set up. The code has been polished and supercharged to fly on Big Sur. FolderSync is Cocoatech's Folder Comparison and Synchronization tool and it's powerful. Browse files and perform file operations on your USB-connected iOS devices. Use Path Finder's intuitive dual-pane browser to copy files from one pane to the next, with just a single click. Arrange files in a group based on a specific file attribute. Freeze drag-and-drop operations by placing files into a temporary stack. Sort by folders, packages, or files first. Select files based on the file name, extension, attributes, and more.Starting Price: $2.95 per month -
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Nimble Commander
Michael Kazakov
Dual-pane file manager with classic design. Familiar Mac swiftness, charged for power users. Software developers, system administrators, and IT professionals and enthusiasts. Nimble Commander is built with efficiency in mind to ensure the minimum consumption of system resources. Written mostly in C++, it provides blazing performance and instantaneous user interface response. For instance, handling dozens of windows and tabs is no big deal. Following the strong traditions of orthodox dual-panel file managers, Nimble Commander provides quick keyboard access to file management operations. To save you time, there are keyboard shortcuts for more than a hundred actions. Nimble Commander is designed to be flexible and comfortable for a vast range of uses. Colors, sizes, fonts, presentation types, filename trimming, quick search behavior, external tools, terminal emulator position, hotkeys layout, you can customize all of that.Starting Price: $29.99 one-time payment -
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XtraFinder
Tran Ky Nam
Tabs, dual panel, and numerous features for Mac's native Finder. Quick access to dozens of functions made available in menus, context menu, and toolbar. Press Command + X to cut, and press Command + P to paste. Copy and move file one by one, no matter how many times you press copy/cut/paste shortcut without waiting for previous operations to complete. Keep folders above files. To see the complete file name of all files without manually adjusting column width. Pretty label drawing like legacy Finder. Full row label. Custom color, also known as light text on a dark background, colorful icons in the sidebar. Middle-click to open the folder in a new window or new tab. Display folder item count in a list view. Display the size of selected items in the status bar. You need to disable SIP to uninstall XtraFinder on OS X 10.11 - 10.15. Please periodically (monthly) check XtraFinder's website.Starting Price: $4.99 one-time payment -
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Xfile
Xfile
The world's by far fastest, most stable, and most complete file management system for Apple's OS. Feeling lonely and lost? Feeling like your OS vendor screwed you? Unfettered access to all filesystems, all data, and all operations. No more limiting to 'read-only' and read & write or hiding set ID and 'sticky' bits. All file permissions, user/system flags, and access control entries. The type-safe protections you need but Apple won't offer. Xfile is the core of a complete file management system written for professionals. Xfile alone includes complete support for all possible file system properties. Device numbers, major/minor device types, inodes, modes, soft/hard links, sticky bits, set ID bits, system/user flags, and file generation numbers. Access to all possible file systems (apfs, autofs, devfs, zfs, et al) and device mount info. And for those of you keen to learn more about your computer, there's no better way to start.Starting Price: $129 one-time payment -
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Directory Report
AMB Software
Show disk usage, directory printer, find duplicate files, rename files, and maintain your files - all in 1 tool Directory Report looks like the MS-Explorer but always shows the directory's size. This makes it easy to drill down to directories which are using all your disk space. Duplicate files are found by any combination of the same: Name, Size, Cyclic Redundancy Checksum (CRC32) or Comparing byte by byte Finds duplicate directories Multiple file rename Multiple file change date Multiple file change owner Powerful filters and report to many formats (Printer, Text file, Clipboard, Excel (CSV) file, Excel program, HTML file or XML file) Print a directory list and file list of an entire disk or a list of directories Prints DLL and EXE version information Prints AVI, MP3, MSI, WAV and MS-Office propertiesStarting Price: $25 -
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Fileside
Fileside
Fileside is a file manager for Mac and Windows that lets you create workspaces of tiled folders for each of your projects, collections or workflows. The folders you need will never be more than a click away. And reorganizing them becomes a breeze thanks to the side-by-side layouts. It was born out of frustration with stock file managers, and was designed to tackle the ongoing challenge of recalling where you saved things and repeatedly navigating to those locations. No more opening multiple windows, navigating to the right place in each one, then painstakingly resizing and arranging them just to start moving files around. Fileside also comes loaded with further productivity-enhancing features like full undo for everything, previews, search, advanced folder merging, favorites, history, full keyboard control, compression/extraction, theming etc.Starting Price: $29 -
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Folders File Manager
Andriy Konstantynov
Folders is a file manager with super clean and functional UI built around the folder tree. This type of file system navigation enables some features unique among macOS file managers such as expandable, rearrangeable Favorites or expandable symlinks which highly improve the navigation efficiency. Folders has everything you'd expect from a macOS file manager, including multiple windows and multiple tabs, four consistently behaving file views, convenient access to your Home and iCloud Drive folders, designated sections for recent files, color tags, text tags, and star ratings, file preview including audio and video files playback, a dedicated Info panel with EXIF and other metadata, text recognition, and more. More advanced features include Cut via Bin with cmd-X, powerful Batch Rename, advanced file conflict resolution, basic image operations, and comprehensive undo that includes undoing file replacements and folder mergers.Starting Price: $8 one-time payment -
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Transmit
Panic
So, you have files you need to manage on servers. Maybe you’re a developer. Maybe you’re a system administrator. Maybe you’re a contractor or freelancer. But you need to connect to a thing, and upload, download, or tweak the files on that thing. Transmit’s big strength is its clean interface — our famous “dual-pane” view is way faster than the Finder. But Transmit also has tons of very nice features like File Sync, which can mirror remote and local (or, now, local and local!) files in one click. Transmit also takes great care to let you organize your Servers for fast access. And with Panic Sync, you can sync them to all of your computers. Never type a server address again.Starting Price: $45 one-time payment -
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Sparkle
Sparkle
Sparkle uses AI to create a unique folder system and organize every new file (and all your old ones) into the right place. It manages your downloads, desktop, and documents folders so you don't have to. You control which folders Sparkle organizes. Select your downloads, desktop, and document folders. Recents are where any files added to your desktop, downloads, or documents folder go before being organized. Your manual library houses your pre-existing folders, add files and folders here that you don't want Sparkle to organize. Your AI library organizes all your files going forward. Sparkle builds a custom folder structure based on how you work. It’s great at designing an organizational method that works specifically for you. Simply save files to your downloads, desktop, and document folders, and let Sparkle organize them for you. Sparkle never opens, reads, or downloads your files. It uses file names to organize your life so you don’t have to. -
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Kingshiper File Manager
Kingshiper
1. Compress Files at Lightning Speed: Kingshiper File Manager supports all major compression formats, including ZIP, 7Z, TAR, and GZ. With multiple compression modes to choose from and the option to add passwords, your data is both compact and secure. 2. Smart & Fast File Extractor with Full Format Support: It supports 50+ different archive formats for maximum convenience and quickly extract files in seconds, making file access faster and more efficient 3. Efficient File Management & Simple File Previews: Manage files effortlessly in the list view to better extract/compress files and preview files within the archive without needing to extract them. 4. Intelligent Software Compression to Save Disk Space: This tool provides advanced smart scanning to identify software that can be compressed and lossless compression without affecting the normal function of program.Starting Price: $4.99 -
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Allen Explorer
Allen Xiang
Allen Explorer is a file management software. Chrome-like interface design, simple and beautiful. Support multi-tab pages, favorites, dual windows and other functions. Files/folders can be pinned, marked with color, added notes, etc. Greatly optimize the file operation experience.Starting Price: $10/year/PC -
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Folder Hub
Folder Hub
Folder Hub functions similarly to a floating Finder and cleverly utilizes the notch on your Mac. When you move your cursor to the notch area of your Mac, a window will pop up, floating above other windows, and you can use it almost the same way you use Finder. You can drag files into your workspace. You can double-click to folders. You can right-click to open the menu and sort items. You can drag and move files around. However, unlike Finder, to use Folder Hub, you first need to create a workspace that contains the folders you frequently access, such as Desktop, Downloads, etc. Once your workspace is created, you can instantly access these folders in a floating window format. Advantages of Folder Hub Over Finder: Floating Window Accessibility: Folder Hub presents a floating window that’s always at your disposal. There's no need to move current windows around, expose the desktop, or drag files manually from the desktop.Starting Price: $9.99
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