Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Files

Files

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Product categories

Cloud Storage FTP Client File Explorer File Management File Manager File Transfer Image Optimisation Note Taking OS & Utilities Project Management Robo-Advisor Tool

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Files are Double Commander, Midnight Commander, and Spacedrive. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Double Commander Landing Page
1

Double Commander

Double Commander is a cross-platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 20 social mentions
Midnight Commander Landing Page
2

Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 26 social mentions
Spacedrive Landing Page
3

Spacedrive

Combine your drives and clouds into one database that you can organize and explore from any device. Designed for creators, hoarders and the painfully disorganized.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 1 social mentions
Far Manager Landing Page
4

Far Manager

Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 4 social mentions
ProFTPD Landing Page
5

ProFTPD

The Official ProFTPD web site. ProFTPD is a high-performance, extremely configurable, and most of all a secure FTP server, featuring Apache-like configuration and blazing performance.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Transfer #FTP Client #SSH
NERD tree Landing Page
6

NERD tree

The NERD tree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories in Vim.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Image Optimisation #Note Taking #OS & Utilities
Cyberduck Landing Page
7

Cyberduck

A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Transfer #FTP Client #Project Management 68 social mentions
Explorer++ Landing Page
8

Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free and open source file manager for Windows that can replace the functionality of Windows' native File Explorer. It can even be set to be the default file manager. Read more about Explorer++.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 13 social mentions
Commander Landing Page
9

Commander

File management utility and image viewer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer
MiXplorer Landing Page
10

MiXplorer

MiXplorer is a mobile app that was designed to make it easy to organize and manage the files on your Android device.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #File Explorer #Tool
Sunrise Commander Landing Page
11

Sunrise Commander

The Sunrise Commander is a richly featured double-pane file manager for the Emacs editor that...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #File Explorer #FTP Client
Better Explorer Landing Page
12

Better Explorer

Open-source Windows file manager replacement
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer