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.

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Open Source
Windows
Linux

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.

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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
333 Like

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
325 Like

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
179 Like

File Explorer

File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards.

Free Windows

Tabbed interface File search Bundled with Windows
178 Like

Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD MacPorts Cygwin

Minimalistic Lightweight Dual pane support File compression Support for FTP Support for SFTP SSH Console based Mounting drives
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
139 Like

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
135 Like

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
103 Like

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
51 Like

Unreal Commander

Very powerfull two-panel interface commander.

Freemium

Portable Dual pane support
47 Like

Sunflower

Open source, small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plug-ins. Main goal is to create easy to use and powerful file manager seamlessly integrated into Gnome desktop environment.

Free Open Source Linux

Dual pane support Support for Samba
40 Like

V - The File Viewer

V is an all-purpose File Manager for Windows. V is not just another Windows Explorer replacement. Its main strength is its inbuilt file viewer which excels at viewing files quickly - whether they are 100 bytes or 100 gigabytes in size.

Commercial Windows

Portable File compression
25 Like

ranger

ranger is a file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD Cygwin

Miller columns Multi Column View Console based Vim key mapping
23 Like

My Commander

My Commander (MyCO) is "the small - smarter - fastest file manager in the world", archiver and ISO creator for Windows 7. Small and smart, MyCO uses less of your computer's memory while it's running.

Free Windows

Portable Integrated Search Tabbed interface File compression Destroy files Secure Copy (SCP)
6 Like

FileVoyager

FileVoyager is a freeware file manager for Microsoft Windows using two panels of disks browsers.

Free Windows
5 Like

Fileboss

FileBoss is the modern, robust and powerful - yet easy to use - file manager that enables you to control your files and file system rather than they controlling you. Once you use FileBoss you may never go back to Windows Explorer.

Commercial Windows
5 Like

FenrirFS

FenrirFS is a file management software where you can easily view everything in 3 different modes and manage any kind of file using labels.

Free Windows

Tag based Multiple languages Automatic Tagging Tree view File preview Auto scan folder
5 Like

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)
4 Like

STDU Explorer

STDU Explorer is a piece of software that offers you the opportunity to work with image files (support psd, bmp, png, gif, pcx, jpeg, wmf formats) and e-books in DjVu, PDF, FB2, JBIG2, XPS, DCX, WWF, PDB, CBR and CBZ formats.

Free Personal Windows

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The Best 68 Vifm Alternatives

Total Commander

FreeCommander

Double Commander

File Explorer

Midnight Commander

fman

XYplorer

Far Manager

muCommander

One Commander

Unreal Commander

Sunflower

V - The File Viewer

ranger

My Commander

FileVoyager

Fileboss

FenrirFS

DCommander

STDU Explorer

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