Open-source alternatives to GNU Midnight Commander

Original Windows File Manager (winfile) with enhancements

Ant Renamer is a free program that makes easier the renaming of lots of files and folders by using specified settings. It supports Unicode names.

Free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side

Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions.

Powerful context menu manager for Windows File Explorer.

Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows

A modern, multi-protocol file manager and FTP client with integrated AI, cloud sync, and military-grade encryption.

A next-generation bento-box organizer for the Windows desktop.

File browser built to my personal preferences

A new way to see and navigate directory trees.

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O with true dual panel mode

image assert manager written in electron

Fast, keyboard-driven folder & file comparison, migrate and sync tool

Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps

A two-panel file manager for the terminal, with search by name, text and meaning.

A simple, fast file manager for S3-compatible storage

A fast, deterministic directory tree CLI.

A simple file auto-classification tool that makes it easy to create automatic workflows with files.

Always-on folder sharing to Android over SFTP - a Windows service that starts at boot and serves with nobody signed in. Administrator rights required.

A dual-pane file manager for Windows 11 with tabs, Quick View, and copies that list every conflict up front and show their speed.

Fast Windows file search and management with NTFS MFT indexing.

filex server, folder sync and command-line client in one binary

Fast, private desktop search for Windows. A capsule on your desktop unfolds into a results card.

A free, open-source, and cross-platform iDevice management tool.

A GUI tool to merge images/videos from multiple folders, remove duplicates with SHA-256, and rename files into a clean sequential format.

File browser, terminal, text editor and admin toolkit for Windows. Install or run portable. GPLv3. No account, no agent, no telemetry.

Organizes photos into a YYYY/YYYY_MM/YYYY_MM_DD hierarchy from EXIF metadata

quickexplorer

GUI for Rclone, the CLI for cloud storage & S3.

Windows file manager with advanced features and plugin support