The Best 47 ShellLess Explorer Alternatives

  • Proto icon

    Proto

    Proto is a fast, next-gen, freeware file manager. Unlike all the Norton Commander clones, this project introduces interesting and new approach to handling files. Incorporates some of the Jef Raskin's ideas regarding “Humane Interface”.

    Free Windows

  • Vifm icon

    Vifm

    Vifm is a ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings. If you use vi, vifm gives you complete keyboard control over your files without having to learn a new set of commands.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • UltraExplorer icon

    UltraExplorer

    UltraExplorer is a Windows Explorer replacement that will change the way you think about file management. Other Explorer replacement applications duplicate the same old paradigm introduced by Microsoft in Windows 95.

    Free Windows

    Tree view Miller columns
  • ExplorerXP icon

    ExplorerXP

    ExplorerXP is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE file manager for Windows 2000/XP.

    Free Personal Windows

  • elokab file manager icon

    elokab file manager

    elokab-fm is full file manager for elokab desktop envirenement is Qt-based elokab-fm fast and lightweight file manager Available languages: French, English, Arabic.

    Free Linux

  • ZTreeWin icon

    ZTreeWin

    ZTreeWin is a fast and powerful text-mode file & directory manager, with many advanced features and an intuitive keyboard interface.

    Commercial Windows

  • Sunrise Commander icon

    Sunrise Commander

    The Sunrise Commander is a richly featured double-pane file manager for the Emacs editor that combines the power of dired and the convenience of orthodox file managers (Midnight Commander, Far, etc).

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux GNU Emacs

  • NERD tree icon

    NERD tree

    The NERD tree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories in Vim. It presents the filesystem to you in the form of a tree which you...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Vim

    Dual pane support File compression
  • Moroshka icon

    Moroshka

    Moroshka File Manager is the classic two windows file manager focused on elegant user interface, usability and sets of unique features: - Files are presented in views, may be quickly sorted and filtered.

    Free Mac OS X

  • Mover icon

    Mover

    the goal of the mover project is to create an easy-to-use yet functional file manager that fills a niche in between the unusable file managers like mucommander and xfolders , and the fat monsters like http://alternativein .

    Free Mac OS X

  • Magellan Explorer icon

    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.

    Commercial Windows