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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file managers. Please see the individual products articles for further information.

General information

Basic general information about the managers: creator/company etc.

File manager Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost Software license
DOS Command Center

Windows Command Center

Daniel Pantke circa 1990? 5.1 DCC / WCC 2.1 (1998/2004?) Euro 19/29 Shareware
Dos Navigator RITLabs circa 1992 1.51/6.4.0 (circa 2005?) Free open source
Directory Opus Jonathan Potter, GPSoftware Amiga vs 1 January 3 1990, Windows vs 6 June 18 2001 8.2.2.1 (May 5, 2006) AUD$ 85 Proprietary
Disk Order LikeMac Group February, 2004 2.3 (May 31, 2006) $22.57 USD Proprietary
EF Commander EFSoftware ? 4.51 (January 12, 2006) ? Proprietary
emelFM2 tooar September 6, 2003 0.2 (August 26, 2006) Free GPL
F Duy Nguyen, Michel Normand 2000 or earlier 1.70 / 2.70 (2002) Free
FreeCommander Marek Jasinski ? 2006 beta (December 17, 2005) Free Closed source
Finder Apple Computer January, 1984 10.4.6 (Mac OS X v10.4.7, 2006) Part of Mac OS X Proprietary
Magellan Explorer Enriva 1999 or earlier (as Voyager 98) Version 3.32 / 7 October 2005 $39.95 Proprietary
Gentoo file manager Gentoo ? 0.11.55 (June 4, 2005) Free GPL
GNOME Commander GNOME Commander August, 2001 1.2.0 (May 7, 2006) Free GPL
Konqueror KDE October, 2000 3.5.3 Free GPL
Krusader Krusader Krew (July 11, 2000) 1.70.0 (February 12, 2006) Free GPL
Macintosh Explorer Macintosh Explorer (April, 2000) 4.4 (March 15, 2006) US$ 15.95 Proprietary
MeeSoft Commander MeeSoft Commander January, 2003 1.2.8 (March 26, 2006) Free Closed source
Midnight Commander mc GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.1 (July 23, 2005) Free GPL
MuCommander Maxence Bernard ? 0.8 beta2 (February 27, 2006) Free Closed source
Nautilus Eazel April 11, 2001 2.14.3 (1 August, 2006) Free GPL
Path Finder Cocoatech April, 2001 (originally called Snax) 4.1.1 (April 24, 2006) US$ 34.95 Proprietary
RageWork Softrage ? 2.6 (March 20, 2006) US$ 34 Proprietary
Servant Salamander Altap August 15, 1997 2.5 RC1 (April 28, 2006) US$ 30 Proprietary
Total Commander Christian Ghisler ? 6.55 (July 28, 2006) CHF 40 Proprietary
Turbo Navigator Marko Vodopija ? 1.47 Free Closed source
Tux Commander Tux Commander ? 0.4.101 (February 10, 2004) Free GPL
Volkov Commander Vsevolod Volkov circa 1992 4.05/4.99.08 (2000) shareware/freeware Proprietary
Windows Explorer Microsoft August 24, 1995 5.1 (server 5.2) Part of Windows Proprietary
WinSCP WinSCP ? 3.8 beta (December 12, 2005) Free GPL
Xffm Xfce ? 4.2.3.2 / 4.4 beta 1 (4.3.90.1) Free GPL
xplorer² Nikos Bozinis June 10, 2004 1.5.0.0 (February 9, 2006) US$ 25.07 Proprietary
XYplorer Donald Lessau January 4, 1998 5.10.0004, (August 26, 2006) Euro 29.95; US$ 37.95 Proprietary
ZTreeWin Kim Henkel 1996 1.50 (January 1, 2006) US$ 29.95 Proprietary
File manager Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost Software license

Operating system support

The operating systems the file managers can run on without emulation.

File manager DOS Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
DOS Command Center Yes Yes No No No No
Directory Opus Yes No No No No
Disk Order No Yes No No No
Dos Navigator Yes Yes No No No No
emelFM2 No No Yes Yes Yes
F Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Finder No Yes No No No
freeCommander No Yes No No No No
GNOME Commander No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Konqueror Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes
Krusader No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Macintosh Explorer No Yes No No No
Magellan Explorer Yes No No No No
MeeSoft Commander No Yes No No No No
Midnight Commander no? Yes [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nautilus No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Path Finder No Yes No No No
RageWork No Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2] Yes [2]
Servant Salamander Yes No No No No
Total Commander Yes [3] No No No No
Tux Commander No No Yes Yes Yes
Volkov Commander Yes Yes No No No No
Windows Explorer No Yes No No No No
Xffm No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
xplorer² Yes No No No No
XYplorer No Yes No No No No
ZTreeWin Partial [4] Yes No Partial [5] No Partial [6]
File manager DOS Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
  1. ^ Cygwin
  2. ^ a b c d e It's a cross-platform orthodox file manager written in Java
  3. ^ Windows 95 and later; also Windows Mobile.
  4. ^ XTreeGold
  5. ^ UnixTree
  6. ^ UnixTree

Manager views

Information about what common file manager views are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

File manager Icon view [1] List view [1] Column view [1] Thumbnails [1] Details + Thumbs [1] Grouping [1] Content dependent [2] Twin-panel (OFM) [1] Favs-panel [1] Panel tabs
Beesoft Commander ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Disk Order ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
DOS Command Center ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Dos Navigator ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
emelFM2 No Yes No No ? No No Yes ? No
Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? No ? ?
freeCommander Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ?
GNOME Commander No Yes No No ? No No Yes ? No
Konqueror Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Partial ? Yes ? Yes
Krusader Yes Yes No Yes ? No Yes Yes ? Yes
Macintosh Explorer Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No ? Yes
MeeSoft Commander No Yes No No ? No No Yes ? No
Midnight Commander ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Nautilus Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No No ? Partial
Path Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No ? Yes
RageWork No Yes Yes No ? ? No Yes ? Yes
Servant Salamander Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes ? No
Total Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No Yes ? Yes
Tux Commander ? Yes No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Volkov Commander ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Windows Explorer Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes No ? No
xplorer² Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
XYplorer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [3] No No Yes Yes
ZTreeWin No Yes Yes No ? Yes No Yes ? ?
File manager Icon view List view Column view Thumbnails Details + Thumbs Groups Content dependent Twin-panel (OFM) Favs-panel Panel tabs

Network protocols

Information on what networking protocols the file managers support. Note that many of these protocols might be supported by the underlying operating system rather than by the file manager itself.

File manager SMB/CIFS WebDAV NFS AFP FTP FISH/SSH
Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes SFTP & SSL
Disk Order ? ? ? ? Yes Yes (FTPS & SFTP)
emelFM2 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No
GNOME Commander Yes No Yes No Yes ?
Konqueror Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Krusader Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Nautilus Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Path Finder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
RageWork Yes No No No Yes Yes
Servant Salamander Yes No ? No Yes Yes
Total Commander Yes ? PartialTemplate:Refun ? Yes ?
Windows Explorer Yes Yes PartialTemplate:Refun No Yes No
Xffm Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
ZTreeWin Yes PartialTemplate:Refun PartialTemplate:Refun No PartialTemplate:Refun ?
File manager SMB/CIFS WebDAV NFS AFP FTP FISH/SSH
  • ^ NFS support in these file managers require the installation of Services for UNIX.
  • ^ FTP support in these file managers require the installation of NetDrive.

File features

Information on what basic file features the file managers support.

File Manager File compression File encryption Rename busy files File preview File coloring filter File selection filter Paste clipboard as file File and folder reports Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). ?
Krusader Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
Nautilus Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No ?
Path Finder Yes No [4] ? Yes ? ? ? ?
RageWork Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Servant Salamander Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Total Commander Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Tux Commander ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Explorer Yes Partial [5] No No ? ? Yes ?
Xffm ? ? ? Partial [6] ? ? ? ?
XYplorer Yes [7] Partial [8] Partial Yes Yes Yes No Yes
ZTreeWin Yes Partial [9] Yes Yes ? ? No ?
File manager File compression File encryption Rename busy files File preview File coloring filter File selection filter Paste clipboard as file File and folder reports

Browse Features

File manager Browse compressed folders Slideshows Directory Sizes Branch Sizes Directory Compare Synchronizer Find as you type (Type-ahead find)
Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Disk Order Yes ? Partial ? Yes ? ?
Dos Navigator / NDN ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
emelFM2 ? No Partial ? Yes ? Yes
Finder No Yes Partial ? No No Yes
Konqueror Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
Krusader Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Midnight Commander Partial [10] ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Nautilus No No Yes ? No No Yes
Path Finder No Yes Partial ? ? ? Yes
RageWork Yes No ? Yes No ?
Servant Salamander Yes No Yes ? Yes No Yes
Total Commander Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Tux Commander ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Explorer Yes Yes No Partial No No Yes
Xffm Partial [11] ? ? ? ? ? ?
xplorer² Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes
XYplorer No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
ZTreeWin Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
File manager Browse compressed folders Slideshows Directory Sizes Branch Sizes Directory compare Synchronizer Type-ahead find

Search features

Information on what file searching features the file managers support.

File manager File name/content search Basic metadata search All metadata search RegExp Boolean (nesting levels) Fuzzy logic Save searches
Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
Disk Order Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
emelFM2 Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Partial
Finder Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
Konqueror Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Krusader Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
Nautilus Yes PartialTemplate:Refun PartialTemplate:Refun ? ? ? Yes
Path Finder Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
RageWork Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
Servant Salamander Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
Total Commander Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
Tux Commander ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Explorer Yes Yes No ? ? ? Yes
xplorer² Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
XYplorer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (256) Yes Partial [12]
ZTreeWin Yes Yes Partial ? ? ? Yes
File manager File name/content search Basic metadata search All metadata search RegExp Boolean (nesting levels) Fuzzy logic Save searches

^ Can integrate with Beagle to provide more searching functionality.

Extensibility

What parts of the application can be extended by plugins?

File manager Filesystem support Attribute columns File previews Metadata indexing
Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Partial
Disk Order Yes ? ? ?
emelFM2 ? ? ? ?
Finder ? No Yes Yes
Konqueror ? ? ? ?
Krusader Yes Yes Yes Partial
Nautilus Yes ? Yes ?
Path Finder ? ? ? ?
RageWork Yes ? ? ?
Servant Salamander Yes No Yes ?
Total Commander Yes Yes Yes ?
Tux Commander ? ? ? ?
Windows Explorer Yes Yes Yes ?
ZTreeWin Yes No Yes ?
File manager Filesystem support Attribute columns File previews Metadata indexing

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Tabs for directory tree hierarchy:
  2. ^ Content Dependent (System) refers to a system which attempts to detect the dominant type of files in that folder and then select the most appropriate view mode for you automatically.
  3. ^ user defined color filters
  4. ^ Path Finder apparently integrates with Knox, an encryption utility.
  5. ^ The encryption feature in Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 is in fact a user transparent filesystem-level encryption feature. Explorer merely enables or disables it.
  6. ^ Can automatically generate image previews.
  7. ^ Via shell context menu.
  8. ^ Via shell context menu. See windows explorer.
  9. ^ Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file
  10. ^ Can browse .tar, .tar.gz, and .tgz files.
  11. ^ Can browse compressed tar files.
  12. ^ Uses Search Templates to save all search settings, results are always live (no cache)

See also

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