Magellan Explorer

Magellan Explorer is an advanced, yet easy to use, Windows file manager based on the powerful dual window pane concept. Previous users of the Norton Commander file manager and similar tools will feel right at home.

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magellan explorer is an advanced, yet easy to use, windows file manager based on the powerful dual window pane concept. previous users of the norton commander file manager and similar tools will feel right at home. it can also act as a windows explorer replacement with a tree view on the left. includes a built in ftp and archive client as well as a text and image viewer and many powerful tools. all within a single, easytouse, attractive package. the interface is completely customizable, with over 100 options to adapt it to your own personal taste.

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Double Commander

Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Optimal performance Dual pane support Search in Archives Dark theme Tree view Lua scripting Flat view
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Nautilus

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Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux MacPorts XQuartz

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP
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Commercial

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Q-Dir

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Free Windows

Customizable Portable Drag n drop Split screen view
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QTTabBar

QTTabBar is an extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser.

Free Windows Windows Explorer

Tabbed browsing Windows Explorer integration File preview Windows Explorer extension
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Thunar

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xplorer²

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...

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Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Tabbed interface
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Krusader

Advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to Midnight or Total Commander.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux MacPorts XQuartz

Dual pane support Support for FTP
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Multi Commander

Multi Commander has a lot of file manager features. This list It is not even close to complete. There are so many features and tweaks in Multi Commander that not everything can be listed here.

Free Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Integrated Search
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Forklift

"Dual pane file manager and SFTP/FTP client for Mac OS X ForkLift is designed to be the fastest, most powerful file manager for the Mac.

Commercial Mac OS X Mac
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CubicExplorer

CubicExplorer is a file manager which is aimed to replace Windows Explorer. It’s goal is to be easy and pleasant to use but still have enough power for more advanced usage. Its key features are tabs and bookmarks.

Free Open Source Windows

Customizable Portable File search File preview Built in Text editor
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trolCommander

trolcommander - fork of the free and opensource mucommander filemanager. trolcommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface with tabbed navigation and rich functionality.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Built in viewer Tabbed interface Lightweight Dual pane support Support for FTP Syntax Highlighting Support for SFTP Built in Terminal
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PCMan File Manager

An extremely fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce

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Altap Salamander

A small and two-pane file manager with open plugin architecture. Has the ability to view content of files (text, html, over 40 picture formats, mp3), support for archives (zip, rar, arj, cab, tar/gzip, etc.), and (S)FTP support.

Commercial Windows

Dual pane support Support for SFTP SSH
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NexusFile

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Free Windows

Dual pane support Multi tabs
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Nomad.NET

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Free Windows
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Xfe

Fast, light, and flexible file manager. Xfe only requires the FOX library to be fully functional. Plus, it can be launched from the command line in a fraction of second. Xfe can also efficiently complete terminal commands.

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GNOME Commander

GNOME Commander is a "two-pane" graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment.

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Dual pane support Support for FTP
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DCommander

DCommander is a two-pane file manager that gives you full control over your computer's filesystem.

Commercial

Customizable Built in viewer Drag n drop Dual pane support File compression Secure Copy (SCP)

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The Best 90 Magellan Explorer Alternatives

Double Commander

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Q-Dir

QTTabBar

Thunar

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Explorer++

Krusader

Multi Commander

Forklift

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