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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    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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    ROFILES

    ROFILES

    Namtuk

    ROFILES by Namtuk is a smart, local and versatile Windows automation tool built with IT pros in mind. It automatically watches the folders you choose, and whenever a new file shows up, it kicks into action with your customized workflows. Each workflow can combine several actions, complete with “if this, then that” logic, so you stay in control of exactly how your files are handled. The software comes packed with a variety of built-in options, so you can: - Convert files to PDFs or image formats, - Edit PDFs by adding or removing pages, - Alter images by resizing, flipping, or mirroring, - Add stamps to PDFs and images, - Or pull text out of just about any file. When you need more advanced automation, ROFILES lets you tap into AI (like Gemini and ChatGPT) to: - Summarize documents, - Translate text, - Transcribe audio files, - Turn text into speech, Save result anywhere...
    Starting Price: $0/year
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    OrganizerMaX

    OrganizerMaX

    Bitqueues

    Now you can enjoy your day with no stress, as this fantastic file manager for Windows & a perfect Windows Explorer alternative helps you with organizing the daily digital clutter a bit at a time. Tagging and organizing files and folders on Windows just got simpler with the help of this simple and innovative file manager for Windows which makes for a perfect Windows Explorer alternative. OrganizermaX is an innovative all-new file manager for Windows. If you are one of us, who don’t like getting bound to the traditional approach of organizing files in a folder structure. As we all know makes it so complicated to find files in due time, that we end up just leaving files on the desktop and downloading folders instead. With the thought in our mind of dealing with the mess later; and as obvious that later never happens. So, we came up with this simple yet innovative solution to make file organizing fun!
    Starting Price: $49 one-time payment
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    Shrestha Files Pro X

    Shrestha Files Pro X

    JPT Games and Apps

    A modern dual-pane file manager with tabs and colorful themes for Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices. If you are looking for a dual-pane file manager with tabs and colorful themes, look no further: Shrestha Files Pro X is here with a modern and minimalist design to supercharge your productivity! Get it from the Microsoft Store now. Fluent design matching the look and feel of Windows 11 and Windows 10. Standard single pane mode for all users or advanced dual pane mode for power users. Drop files and/or folders inside a tab or inside a folder within a tab. Automatically saves and restores open tabs, view types per tab, pane size, etc. Search to find items in the current folder and sub-folders. Simple list, detailed list, small grid, medium grid, large grid, and tiles. Internal viewers for text and image files. The tabbed interface is similar to web browsers. Move tabs from one pane to another. Standard colorful themes and custom themes by users.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Xplorer²
    xplorer² is a desktop file manager combining the simplicity of windows explorer with the speed and efficiency of traditional dual pane orthodox file managers, helping you be productive with your documents, pictures, music, source code, and other files. Full shell namespace browser. Dual panes, folder tabs, and Miller columns. Preview documents, images, music, etc. Fast desktop search using all file attributes. Folder sizes and disk space visualization. Synchronize folder contents. Search for duplicate files to free space. Advanced copy, delete, and rename operations. Filename color coding and tagging. Execute custom commands (even DOS). Macros to automate complex file management. Fully customizable, modern ribbon UI or traditional menu bar. Everyday efficiency and control. Manage large folders with ease. Lightweight system resource use. Native 32/64 and Unicode versions. Browse folders everywhere windows explorer can access including network, zip folders, web folders, and libraries.
    Starting Price: $29.95 one-time payment
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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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    FileVoyager

    FileVoyager

    FileVoyager

    FileVoyager is a freeware Orthodox file manager (OFM) for Microsoft Windows. OFMs are file managers using two panels of disk browsers. This dual pane layout makes very easy the transfer operations of files or folders between sources and destinations. FileVoyager contains a large collection of tools and functionality. Browse disks, folders (real or virtual), shares, archives, and FTP/FTPS in one unified way. Browsing in various display modes (like a report or thumbnail modes) Usual file operations (rename, copy, move, link, delete, recycle) in the containers listed above and even between them. Pack and unpack ZIP, 7Zip, GZip, BZip2, XZ, Tar, and WIM formats (FileVoyager wraps 7-zip) Unpack ARJ, CAB, XAR, Z, RAR, LZH, LZMA, ISO, WIM and many others (FileVoyager wraps 7-zip) Play virtually any audio or video formats (FileVoyager relies at once on installed codecs, on WMP, and on VLC) Compare files or folders. Synchronize folders.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Files&Folders
    Files&Folders is a fully functional file manager for Windows 10. Manage your files and folders, extract archives, watch movies, view pictures and listen to music. File and folder options (copying, moving, renaming, deleting). Opening and extracting files from archives (RAR, ZIP, 7z, ZipX, ISO, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ARJ, XZ, CAB...) Built-in viewer and media player (doc, Docx, rtf, jpeg, png, BMP, gif, tiff, mp3, WMA, m4a, aac, wav, ac3, Avi, 3gp, WMV, mp4, m4v, mov). Audio playback in the background. Search for files and folders. Snapped mode support. SkyDrive access and Dropbox access. Operating with the system clipboard (copying to Windows Explorer) Themes and backgrounds, Bing wallpaper, etc. Founded by industry experts in 2013, Finebits OÜ provides a range of enterprise-class tools for the Windows Store.
    Starting Price: $9 one-time payment
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    ForkLift

    ForkLift

    BinaryNights

    The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS. Connect to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Rackspace CloudFiles, SMB, AFP, and NFS remote volumes and easily manage your files quickly across networks. You can connect to multiple servers at a time and even copy between them with drag and drop. Sits on your menu bar and lets you mount a saved remote connection as a disk, upload files to a remote server from Finder by drag and drop, or run a saved Synclet even if ForkLift is not running. Compare local or remote source and target folders identifying matching, modified, new, and deleted files. Synchronize them one or two-way with a single mouseclick, or save it as a favorite. If you are a web developer, you'll love this feature. The preview panel shows you useful information about the selected file. It lets you playback audio and video files, and inspect images, PDFs, and other popular document types.
    Starting Price: $19.95 one-time payment
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    Fileside

    Fileside

    Fileside

    Fileside is a file manager for Mac and Windows that lets you create workspaces of tiled folders for each of your projects, collections or workflows. The folders you need will never be more than a click away. And reorganizing them becomes a breeze thanks to the side-by-side layouts. It was born out of frustration with stock file managers, and was designed to tackle the ongoing challenge of recalling where you saved things and repeatedly navigating to those locations. No more opening multiple windows, navigating to the right place in each one, then painstakingly resizing and arranging them just to start moving files around. Fileside also comes loaded with further productivity-enhancing features like full undo for everything, previews, search, advanced folder merging, favorites, history, full keyboard control, compression/extraction, theming etc.
    Starting Price: $29
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    Riffo

    Riffo

    Riffo

    Say goodbye to your messy filenames, Riffo is your AI helper that saves hours of file guesswork. Select your files, provide your naming format, edit, and apply to your files. We designed it with features you will enjoy. Menubar access is embedded into your menubar for one-click use. Images, Word, PDFs, and more; we support all common formats. Give it your naming convention and enjoy hands-free file management. Parallel processing allows large batches to finish in seconds.
    Starting Price: Free
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    CRAX Commander
    Dual-pane, multi-tabbed file manager for Mac OS X with approachable user interface and built-in SVN, FTP, and SSH client. With CRAX Commander file management is much faster and easier than it has been before. Dual-pane browser. Tabs and bookmarks. Definition of keyboard shortcuts. Customizable view (show/hide: panels, sidebar, menubar) Definition of external tools. Customizable toolbar. Files & folders coloring based on extension and attributes. Advanced searching for files and folders. Advanced table data filtering. Advanced archives handling. Built-in support for SVN. Built-in editor with syntax highlighting. Background file transfer using a configurable queue. Editable path navigator. Connect to FTP, SFTP, SMB, and AFP. Multi-rename files and folder merging. Calculate file checksums (MD5, SHA) Split and combine. Compare files and folders by content. Remote files view & edit.Config of ext editor/viewer.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Aerize Explorer
    The file manager that everyone has been waiting for is here. Aerize Explorer enables direct file system access with the ability to move and copy files between devices and removable storage cards. Using a familiar folder browsing interface, you can see files on both the device and the external storage card. Aerize Explorer is the first file manager for Windows Phone that can read and write files and folders to storage cards and the device file system. Explore files and folders on your device or removable media card, search for video files, pictures files and music files. Recognizing common file types such as images, videos, music, and PDF files, this file explorer helps you to browse basic file information or launch files using the associated application. Start exploring the entire file system with Aerize Explorer today!
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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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    Sparkle

    Sparkle

    Sparkle

    Sparkle uses AI to create a unique folder system and organize every new file (and all your old ones) into the right place. It manages your downloads, desktop, and documents folders so you don't have to. You control which folders Sparkle organizes. Select your downloads, desktop, and document folders. Recents are where any files added to your desktop, downloads, or documents folder go before being organized. Your manual library houses your pre-existing folders, add files and folders here that you don't want Sparkle to organize. Your AI library organizes all your files going forward. Sparkle builds a custom folder structure based on how you work. It’s great at designing an organizational method that works specifically for you. Simply save files to your downloads, desktop, and document folders, and let Sparkle organize them for you. Sparkle never opens, reads, or downloads your files. It uses file names to organize your life so you don’t have to.
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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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    nnn

    nnn

    nnn

    It's tiny, nearly 0-config and incredibly fast. It is designed to be unobtrusive with smart workflows to match the trains of thought. nnn can analyze disk usage, batch rename, launch apps and pick files. The plugin repository has tons of plugins to extend the capabilities further e.g. live previews, (un)mount disks, find & list, file/dir diff, and upload files. A patch framework hosts sizable user-submitted patches which are subjective in nature. Open with desktop opener or specify a custom opener. Plugin for image, video and audio thumbnails. Run plugins and custom commands with hotkeys. Create (with parents), rename, duplicate files and dirs.
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    Deta Surf

    Deta Surf

    Deta Surf

    Surf puts you at the center of your digital life. It's a browser, file manager, and AI assistant, all in one. Your Surf data is stored on your device. Deta is a company whose purpose is to elevate minds through delightfully human computing. We want to create joyful products that enhance human intelligence in the many forms it presents, whether understanding, decision-making, or creativity. That's our starting point. Deta Surf is a browser that aims to put us, the user, back in the middle of our digital lives. Here's more of the context behind it. We think the web browser pulled the personnel out of the computer. It scattered our stuff all over the web. We spend our time context-switching between remote institutions that hold it, feeling underpowered and overwhelmed. Surf is modern, in the sense that you can plug your context directly into AI, to get the most out of it. But its design was largely inspired by much older ideas.
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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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