Top Alternatives to File Explorer

Total Commander is a Windows based file management program with the good plugin system.

FreeCommander is a freeware file manager with built-in FTP client, archive handling, multi-rename, wipe files and MD5 checksums.

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

Nautilus a next-generation file manager for GNOME, akin to KDE's Konqueror.

Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid-1990s.

Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folder easy to manage, as an installed or portable Windows program.

Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.

XYplorer is a file manager and Explorer replacement for Windows. It's fast, powerful, portable, dual paned, and multi-tabbed.

Commander One is a dual pane file manager for macOS, created entirely in Swift.

muCommander is a lightweight, open-source, cross-platform file manager that will run on any operating system supporting Java.

Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ 2 toolkit.

Dolphin is a lightweight file manager. It has been designed with ease of use and simplicity in mind, while still allowing flexibility and customization.

One Commander is file manager for Microsoft Windows with improved functionality, re-imagined user interface and experience of navigating filesystem.

QTTabBar extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views.

xplorer² (2xExplorer) is a dual-pane file manager for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Explorer++ is a free and open-source navigational file manager for Microsoft Windows. It features multi-tabbed panes, bookmarks menu, and a customizable user interface. It can be configured to run portably or use the registry. It can also be set to replace Windows Explorer as the default file manager.

ForkLift is a file transfer software, It allows you to transfer files using FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 and even Bluetooth.

Unreal Commander is a freeware file manager for Windows.

Multi Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager and is an alternative to the standard Windows Explorer.

trolCommander is a fork of the free and opensource (GPL) file manager muCommander.

Altap Salamander (Servant Salamander) is a file manager for Windows.

Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Mac.

PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is a file manager application.

Amaze File Manager is an open-source file management tool that lets you explore all the directories on your Android device, move files and folders, rename documents, copy and paste files, and so on.

NexusFile is a feature-rich portable Windows Explorer alternative.

My Commander is a free multitab file manager for Windows.

Nomad.NET is a freeware orthodox file manager (OFM) for Microsoft Windows.

X File Explorer (Xfe) is a graphical file manager for the X Window System.

fman is a dual-pane file manager for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Tux Commander is an opensource GTK2 file manager.

Cairo Shell is a Windows desktop environment created to replace the old taskbar and start menu.

SpaceFM is a desktop-independent multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager.

Vifm is an ncurses based file manager.

Marlin is a sleek and fast GTK3 file manager.

Just Manager is a multi-tabbed multi-pane file manager for the Windows.