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fman VS BrightExplorer

Compare fman VS BrightExplorer and see what are their differences

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An unexpected gift. January 07, 2018 by Michael. One of the nice things that happened last week was an fman user writing in to say that 1) fman "is THE BEST SOFTWARE" (sic). And that 2) he would like to send me a $50 tip.

BrightExplorer logo BrightExplorer

Add a tabbed interface to Windows Explorer.
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    2023-09-21
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    2021-10-19

fman videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to fman and BrightExplorer)
File Manager
100 100%
0% 0
Robo-Advisor
0 0%
100% 100
FTP Client
100 100%
0% 0
Chrome Extensions
0 0%
100% 100

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Reviews

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fman Reviews

14 Alternative File Managers To Replace Windows 10 File Explorer
A very simple dual-window view file manager. The only extra feature I saw was the search bar at the top that you can use to quickly access anything. However, it’s also really small in size and light on resources, so try fman if you have a slow PC.
Source: geekflare.com

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, fman seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 8 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

fman mentions (8)

  • Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
    Shameless plug for my more modern alternative to Midnight Commander, https://fman.io. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
  • Best symbols in folder names to pin an important folder up top?
    Use a file browser that supports jumping to a folder by frecency (examples: z (shell extension) or my-dired-recent-dirs() in my dired or https://fman.io/ for users that prefer graphical UIs). You will find out that you will prefer jumping to navigation when you're familiar with the concept. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
    There are great alternatives. I used Python and Qt to create my file manager [1]. It's a tool that needs to start quickly so Electron was not an option [2]. I open sourced my build system for creating cross-platform desktop apps with it in minutes at https://build-system.fman.io/. 1: https://fman.io 2: https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-in-2016/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
  • Explorer: Move selected files into a new folder (like on MacOS)
    And for the record, I think over the years I learned to like Finder... I guess I like the sheer simplicity (I use fman) and started to love it back in OS 9 and those lovable purple hues :P. Source: about 2 years ago
  • Non-Commercial Licenses Are Non-Free Licenses
    Fman by Matthew Herrmann https://fman.io From what I've gathered, success has been mixed. Duplicacy seems to be doing well based on forum activity and release history. Fman never made much money. If I recall correctly the Fman author was turned off by the number of people who criticized it for being fully open-source and wished he'd stuck with a closed-source full commercial model. I'd like for the open-source... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
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BrightExplorer mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of BrightExplorer yet. Tracking of BrightExplorer recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing fman and BrightExplorer, you can also consider the following products

Midnight Commander - GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and...

TidyTabs - TidyTabs brings tabbed browsing to all of your desktop applications.

Vifm - Vifm is a ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings.

groupy - Groupy enables you to drag and drop application windows together to group them together under a common tabbed interface.

Double Commander - Double Commander is a cross-platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.

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