Marlin

Marlin is a new GTK3-based file manager for Linux, pretty slick and fast. Unlike most other file managers Marlin has included the so called "Miller columns" view.

Free
Open Source
Linux

marlin is a new gtk3based file manager for linux, pretty slick and fast.

unlike most other file managers marlin has included the so called "miller columns" view.

features

* tabbed browsing* multipleviews* singleclick to open (default)* configurable toolbars and interface* dropbox integration* plugin framework

Links to official Marlin sites

Features

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Tabbed browsing Dropbox integration Miller columns

The Best 18 Marlin Alternatives

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Total Commander

Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows. Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool with regular expression support.

Commercial Windows Android Android Tablet Windows Mobile

Portable Built in player Multiple languages Directory sync Dual pane support File compression Copy files Support for FTP Function Key Shortcuts Search in Archives Support for Unicode
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FreeCommander

An alternative windows file manager with advanced features similar to total commander.

Free Windows

Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots File sync Directory sync Dual pane support Batch rename files File search Explorer like Comparing folders
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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
159 Like

fman

Brings features from Sublime Text to the file manager niche. Features: a user interface similar to ST, Ctrl/Cmd+P for jumping to any directory, plugins based on the Python programming language

Commercial

Dual pane support Plugin API
155 Like

Directory Opus

Directory Opus provides a complete replacement for Explorer with far more power and functionality than any other file manager available today.

Commercial Windows

File sync Integrated Search Dual pane support Batch rename files Duplicate Files Finder Flat view
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XYplorer

XYplorer is a file manager for Windows.

Freemium

Portable Dual pane support Scriptable Batch rename files Photo Organization Batch processing Duplicate Files Finder Scripting language Flat view
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Far Manager

Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Dual pane support Plugin support Command line interface Console based
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muCommander

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...).

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Web Java

Portable Dual pane support SSH
95 Like

One Commander

Free dual-pane file manager for Windows featuring tabs, columns, themes, long filename support, image converter, regex renaming and many other unique features.

Free Windows

Portable Tabbed interface Image Preview Dual pane support Dark theme Batch rename files File search File preview Miller columns Multi Column View Support for regular expressions
94 Like

Dolphin File Manager

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. Has three view modes: Icon, Detail and it used to have Column View like in Finder (it is not available in current version due to problems with maintaibility).

Free Open Source Linux KDE

Tabbed interface Dual pane support File compression Copy files SSH
42 Like

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

NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one.

Free Windows

Dual pane support Multi tabs
17 Like

GNOME Commander

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

Free Open Source Linux

Dual pane support Support for FTP
5 Like

Caja

Caja is a fork of Nautilus from GNOME 2 and is native to the MATE Desktop Environment. It is a file manager like the Windows Explorer (not to confuse with Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge), but for Unix/BSD and Linux. http://www .

Free Open Source Linux BSD

Support for WebDAV Dual pane support
2 Like

JumpFm

JumpFm is a minimalistic dual panel file manager (currently released only for Windows, Mac, and Linux) that lets you navigate your file system very efficiently. Mac releases can be found at https://github .

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Minimalistic Dual pane support Windows like
2 Like

gentoo (file manager)

gentoo is a two-pane file manager for the X Window System. gentoo lets the user do (almost) all of the configuration and customizing from within the program itself.

Free Open Source Linux

Lightweight Dual pane support
1 Like

4pane

4Pane is a highly configurable dual-pane Linux file manager.

Free Open Source Linux

Dual pane support File search
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Vole Windows Expedition

Vole Windows Expedition is a new generation file manager, one-click to get all your files and folders ready in a nicely gallery format, a more graceful way to manage...

Freemium Windows

Built in viewer Dual pane support Support for Unicode

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