Compare the Top File Managers as of November 2025

What are File Managers?

File managers, also known as file browsers or file explorers, are software applications that enable a user to browse, search, organize, and manage the files and folders on their computer or device. Compare and read user reviews of the best File Managers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Commander One

    Commander One

    Electronic Team, Inc.

    Commander One is the all-in-one file dual-panel file management application for Mac. It fully supports Mac M1 and M2 silicon and comes with a great interface that’s easy to maneuver and productivity-driven. The app is packed with features designed to increase the speed and ease of working with files. The ability to customize hotkeys, select specific files, show hidden files and view the entire work history and favorite files makes it amazing for those working with a lot of content. Moreover, Commander One also comes with an operation queue section, where users can see all of their files being processed, full support for archives, and a built-in viewer for text files of all kinds. Users can also choose to encrypt their files, with the super secure encryption feature that is built in and easy to set up. Power users can use the terminal emulator which also comes with the application to set up specific tasks and have full control over their workflow.
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    Starting Price: $29.99
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    Apple Files
    Access and organize your files no matter where they’re located, on your device, in the cloud, on an external drive or file server, with Files. The Recents view displays the files you’ve been working on lately in high-resolution thumbnails. Use the powerful browse view to navigate folders, organize your files with tags, move files between folders, and search. Files also make it easy to access iCloud Drive and third-party cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive. Press the Files icon in the Dock or Home screen to quickly open a file from anywhere. Connect an external drive or SD card to your device to access the files. Connect to a file server at work or a home PC using SMB from files. Use tags to organize files stored with different cloud providers and across different apps. Pin your favorite folders in Browse view for quick access to the ones you use most. Give people access to any file stored in iCloud Drive by sharing a link from the files app.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Directory Opus

    Directory Opus

    GPSoftware

    Directory Opus is a complete replacement for Explorer, with far more power and functionality than any other file manager available today. Single or dual pane file display and folder trees. Tabbed interface let you keep multiple folders open and switch quickly between them. Unique Explorer Replacement mode provides a full replacement for Windows Explorer. Quickly filter, sort, group, and search your folders. Color-code your files, and assign status icons, star ratings, tags, and descriptions. View images, documents, and more. Image marking lets you sort your photos quickly and easily. Batch renaming including easy-to-use keyboard macros. View and edit file metadata. Support for FTP and archive formats like Zip, 7Zip, and RAR. Built-in tools including synchronize and duplicate file finder. Calculate folder sizes and print or export folder listings. Queue multiple file copies for improved performance. Fully configurable user interface, colors, fonts, toolbars, keyboard hotkeys, etc.
    Starting Price: $31.65 one-time payment
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    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe is a Blazing Fast File Experience built to increase efficiency, speed and security. An end-to-end encrypted file storage solution that enables you to store, share and share your files in less than 5 seconds. Your files and folders, be it on cloud apps like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox etc or local devices, get backed up by connecting to the Slik Safe app on your device. All your files are encrypted on your local device with military grade protection before uploading it on the cloud. The app is designed in a way where it keeps running in the background, constantly backing up connected files and folders in real time. With Slik’s AI, you can retrieve a particular information from a specific file wherein all the details get extracted in Natural Language. So if you want the sum of Column 2 in your datasheet. Just type it, you get the answer.
    Starting Price: $0
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    YXFile

    YXFile

    ousaa

    Your computer desktop is cluttered and confused, and the files or applications you want to find are always out of reach? With YXFile you can tagging file, search file, launch apps. Tag Any File: YXFile can tag any file type on any file system: the tagging is stored in a database. YXFile won't mess up with your file names or leave hidden files on your disk. Move or rename a file under the same disk partition, its tags will not be lost Search everything: Search files and folders by name. as well as file tags and launch items. Launch Apps: One of the most powerful and favorite benefits of YXFile users is the Launch App feature. You can type the name of the program or application you want to open, or use a shortcode, click return, and YXFile opens the program.
    Starting Price: $39/user
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    TagSpaces

    TagSpaces

    TagSpaces UG

    TagSpaces is privacy aware, cross-platform file browser with note-taking capabilities. It helps you organize your files and folders with tags and colors. Free downloads are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. With the built-in advanced markdown editor, you can create notes that can include tables, todo-lists, math formulas, or diagrams. TagSpaces can connect to any folder on your hard drive and provide a convenient way to browse its content. You have the ability to add labels called tags to any file or folder. Using tags along the folder hierarchy allows you to have cross-references in the folders. The built-in search allows you to find files with any combination of tags. On top of that in the Pro version, you can add descriptions and geo-tags to files and folders. The Pro version gives you the ability to turn every folder to a Kanban board, which can be useful in many ways. With the TagSpaces Web Clipper, you can collect web pages and bookmarks from the Web.
    Starting Price: $39 per year
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    FileMaster

    FileMaster

    YouMi Tech

    FileMaster is a file manager, document viewer, video/audio player, text editor, and more for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch. Transfer files from your computer, carry them around with you and share them with your friends. Using FileMaster is easy. Just long-press on a file or folder icon to display a popup menu. Simply tap your selection and you’re ready to go. You can tap on the screen to copy, paste, create folders, and so on. There’s no need to worry about the security of FileMaster, either. Your files can be accessed remotely with a password or locally with a master passcode. No one but you will see what’s in your FileMaster. Create new folders? Copy, cut, paste, and delete operations. Long press to popup menus. Support multi-selection mode. Import photos/videos from the system album. Take private photos or videos inside the app. Check the free disk space. Supports avi/Flv/rmvm/rm/mov/mp4/mp3/WMA/m3u8 formats.
    Starting Price: Free
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    File Manager App
    File Manager is the ultimate app to organize and view all your files on your iPhone or iPad. It is like the Windows Explorer on your PC or the Finder on your Mac. Always have your important files with you. Getting your documents onto your iPhone or iPad is really easy. You can download your files from your computer using iTunes or import them from Dropbox. You can also open files directly from email or other apps. The intuitive user interface is amazing and makes organizing your content just a breeze. The app combines traditional file browsing with a truly touch-enabled interface. File Manager has a robust viewer for documents such as PDF files or MS Office documents. You can also view images, play your mp3s or watch videos with the in-built players. File Manager supports many formats. File Manager is a universal app. You can download File Manager for the iPhone and the iPad paying once only. Always have your important files at your fingertips.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Directory Report

    Directory Report

    AMB Software

    Show disk usage, directory printer, find duplicate files, rename files, and maintain your files - all in 1 tool Directory Report looks like the MS-Explorer but always shows the directory's size. This makes it easy to drill down to directories which are using all your disk space. Duplicate files are found by any combination of the same: Name, Size, Cyclic Redundancy Checksum (CRC32) or Comparing byte by byte Finds duplicate directories Multiple file rename Multiple file change date Multiple file change owner Powerful filters and report to many formats (Printer, Text file, Clipboard, Excel (CSV) file, Excel program, HTML file or XML file) Print a directory list and file list of an entire disk or a list of directories Prints DLL and EXE version information Prints AVI, MP3, MSI, WAV and MS-Office properties
    Starting Price: $25
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    MassLongPathRepair

    MassLongPathRepair

    Internet & Computing Solutions, S.L.

    MassLongPathRepair is a tool that allows us to fix all the problems related to long paths. It performs an exhaustive search in our system and locates those paths that exceed the length of 260 characters, to later be able to massively and automatically repair the hundreds or thousands of files and folders found in your system. Available in 6 languages. 3 ways to correct paths: - Moving files and folders to a short-length folder - Automatic shortening of folders and files - Deleting the folders or files A useful tool is included that allows us to copy and move folders on our system regardless of whether they contain long paths both at the origin and at the destination. This is useful for making backups safely or move our folders to another location.
    Starting Price: €29
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    360 Sync

    360 Sync

    EVOLVE

    Your entire team can now share constantly updated information from multiple platforms and applications. Available through an affordable, unlimited access license, 360 Sync takes less than 30 minutes to set up and then works behind the scenes, so you never have to think about file management again.
    Starting Price: $5,000
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    Kingshiper File Manager
    1. Compress Files at Lightning Speed: Kingshiper File Manager supports all major compression formats, including ZIP, 7Z, TAR, and GZ. With multiple compression modes to choose from and the option to add passwords, your data is both compact and secure. 2. Smart & Fast File Extractor with Full Format Support: It supports 50+ different archive formats for maximum convenience and quickly extract files in seconds, making file access faster and more efficient 3. Efficient File Management & Simple File Previews: Manage files effortlessly in the list view to better extract/compress files and preview files within the archive without needing to extract them. 4. Intelligent Software Compression to Save Disk Space: This tool provides advanced smart scanning to identify software that can be compressed and lossless compression without affecting the normal function of program.
    Starting Price: $4.99
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    NOOMAC File Manager
    Organizations tend to create large numbers of electronic files such as spreadsheets and word processing documents. Managing these files can be an administrative nightmare. Some organizations use expensive and complex document management software to manage their controlled documents but rely on Windows Explorer© for managing their day-to-day files. The NOOMAC File Manager is designed to provide simple file management at a minimum cost. If your organization uses long filenames and complex directory structures as a crude filing system then the NOOMAC File Manager will provide the answer to your file management problems. If you can use Windows Explorer© then you can use this product. Our first product the NOOMAC File Manager was developed over a three year period after observing the administrative problems experienced by our clients in managing their files. Many of these clients had purchased expensive and complex document management packages which they used for their controlled documents.
    Starting Price: $550 one-time payment
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    HTTP Commander

    HTTP Commander

    Element-IT Software

    HTTP Commander is a web-based file management solution hosted on your own server. It provides a basic functionality for working with files (creating, coping, deleting, etc.) and many other additional features such as the integration with cloud services, editing Office documents online directly in your browser, tags, comments, and more. It's ideal for the integration into an existing Active Directory Structure since you can use your existing user base, existing network shares and NTFS permissions. With HTTP Commander you can configure external access to existing SMB shares within 10 minutes. It also can be used without an AD, so users can register themselves, and administrators can manage the users directly within the application. HTTP Commander helps you quickly organize external access to internal folders/files (located within the organization) for Employees to Work From Home.
    Starting Price: $199 one-time payment
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    eFileManager

    eFileManager

    Paragon Systems

    eFileManager is a document management system designed to optimize the workflow of work-in-process items, replacing traditional folder-based systems. It streamlines the management of documents in transit within an organization's workflow, providing a faster, more efficient alternative to folder polling methods that often waste system resources and time. eFileManager allows for easy organization, tracking, and retrieval of documents during the transaction process, ensuring smooth document handling without the complexities of older systems. By integrating with Paragon's TaskMaster application, eFileManager offers a comprehensive solution for managing transaction-based workflows in real time.
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    ETCETERA ECM
    ECM is the ETCETERA® (ETC) module for online browser-based document and file management for nearly any purpose. ECM is a fourth generation, mature, highly customizable product with features including the elimination of a windows client, scanning in the browser at full rated speed, and the ability to store and access over 300 file types through a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) viewer supporting HTML5 and access on mobile devices. ECM is a technology platform used to organize, acquire, catalog, and access documents and files of all types. Applications configured in ECM are customer-managed and organized in document classes that are defined by the client. ECM makes content acquisition and access easy. Users access content acquired from different sources seamlessly within the application, and through content enabled EPM and seamlessly connecting other applications (such as the corporate ERP). All of this is accomplished in three simple stages.
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    Digital File Manager
    Resourceful companies constantly look for ways to reduce operational costs. Businesses waste time, money, and resources storing and moving paperwork. Paper documents are hard to share, costly to file, take up a lot of storage space, and are difficult to retrieve. Switching to web-based ENet Docs improves efficiency in daily operations, increases profit margins, and allows secure remote access to your critical documents. With ENet Docs you can quickly find the documents you need no matter where you are located. Implement more efficient processes, improve control of business documents, automate workflows and eliminate the reliance on paper records with ENet Docs. All documents, no matter how they are received are automatically indexed, converted to a fully searchable PDF and routed to their correct destination. With ENet Docs, there is no labor to name, move, or link documents of any type.
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