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GNOME Files (Nautilus) VS Polo

Compare GNOME Files (Nautilus) VS Polo and see what are their differences

GNOME Files (Nautilus) logo GNOME Files (Nautilus)

Files (also known by its former name, Nautilus) is the official file manager for Gnome. It has an emphasis on being intuitive and simple, and follows the Gnome Human Interface Guidelines.

Polo logo Polo

Polo is a modern, dynamic and powerful file manager for Linux operating systems, written in Vala. It attempts to fold in several drive/devices management functions similar to Windows Explorer, and offers several innovative display layouts.
  • GNOME Files (Nautilus) Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-02-18
  • Polo Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-11-08

GNOME Files (Nautilus) videos

Gnome Files (Nautilus) New Operations Design | For GNOME 3.18

Polo videos

Volkswagen Polo 2022 review - now better than a Golf?

More videos:

  • Review - New Volkswagen Polo 2020 in-depth review | carwow Reviews
  • Review - Volkswagen Polo 2014-2017 review | Mat Watson Reviews

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to GNOME Files (Nautilus) and Polo)
File Manager
51 51%
49% 49
FTP Client
42 42%
58% 58
File Management
39 39%
61% 61
File Explorer
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Polo seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time 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.

GNOME Files (Nautilus) mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of GNOME Files (Nautilus) yet. Tracking of GNOME Files (Nautilus) recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Polo mentions (1)

  • Does a based GTK file manager even exist out there?
    I'm not sure if it fits everything you need. But would you take a look at Polo File Manager . Not saying it has what you want. But it might be worth taking a look at to see if it does. Source: almost 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GNOME Files (Nautilus) and Polo, you can also consider the following products

FTP Synchronizer - Secure and high performance FTP File Sync product

Thunar - Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

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

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

Polo File Manager - Software for Linux

Krusader - Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to Midnight or Total Commander.‎Get your copy of the Krusader .