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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.
Operating system support
The operating systems the file managers can run on without emulation.
Manager views
Information about what common file manager views are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).
| File manager | Icon view Tabs for directory tree hierarchy: | List view | Column view | Thumbnails | Grouping | Content dependent 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. | Twin-panel (OFM) | Panel tabs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beesoft Commander | ||||||||
| Directory Opus | ||||||||
| Disk Order | ||||||||
| DOS Command Center | ||||||||
| Dos Navigator | ||||||||
| emelFM2 | ||||||||
| Finder | ||||||||
| freeCommander | ||||||||
| GNOME Commander | ||||||||
| Konqueror | ||||||||
| Krusader | ||||||||
| Macintosh Explorer | ||||||||
| MeeSoft Commander | ||||||||
| Midnight Commander | ||||||||
| Nautilus | ||||||||
| Path Finder | ||||||||
| RageWork | ||||||||
| Servant Salamander | ||||||||
| Total Commander | ||||||||
| Tux Commander | ||||||||
| Volkov Commander | ||||||||
| Windows Explorer | ||||||||
| xplorer² | ||||||||
| ZTreeWin | ||||||||
| File manager | Icon view | List view | Column view | Thumbnails | Groups | Content dependent | Twin-panel (OFM) | 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 | SFTP & SSL | |||||
| Disk Order | (FTPS & SFTP) | |||||
| emelFM2 | ||||||
| Finder | ||||||
| GNOME Commander | ||||||
| Konqueror | ||||||
| Krusader | ||||||
| Nautilus | ||||||
| Path Finder | ||||||
| RageWork | ||||||
| Servant Salamander | ||||||
| Total Commander | ||||||
| Windows Explorer | ||||||
| Xffm | ||||||
| ZTreeWin | ||||||
| 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 | Paste clipboard as file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Opus | |||||
| Disk Order | |||||
| emelFM2 | |||||
| Finder | |||||
| Konqueror | Only text can be pasted as a new file. | ||||
| Krusader | |||||
| Nautilus | |||||
| Path Finder | Path Finder apparently integrates with Knox, an encryption utility. | ||||
| RageWork | |||||
| Servant Salamander | |||||
| Total Commander | |||||
| Tux Commander | |||||
| Windows Explorer | 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. | ||||
| Xffm | Can automatically generate image previews. | ||||
| ZTreeWin | Encryption is supported for Zip and Rar, other formats depend on the editable ARCHIVER.BB2 file | ||||
| File manager | File compression | File encryption | Rename busy files | File preview | Paste clipboard as file |
Browse Features
| File manager | Browse compressed folders | Slideshows | Directory Sizes | Branch Sizes | Directory Compare | Synchronizer | Find as you type (Type-ahead find) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Opus | |||||||
| Disk Order | |||||||
| Dos Navigator / NDN | |||||||
| emelFM2 | |||||||
| Finder | |||||||
| Konqueror | |||||||
| Krusader | |||||||
| Midnight Commander | Can browse .tar, .tar.gz, and .tgz files. | ||||||
| Nautilus | |||||||
| Path Finder | |||||||
| RageWork | |||||||
| Servant Salamander | |||||||
| Total Commander | |||||||
| Tux Commander | |||||||
| Windows Explorer | |||||||
| Xffm | Can browse compressed tar files. | ||||||
| xplorer² | |||||||
| ZTreeWin | |||||||
| 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 | Save searches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Opus | ||||
| Disk Order | ||||
| emelFM2 | ||||
| Finder | ||||
| Konqueror | ||||
| Krusader | ||||
| Nautilus | ||||
| Path Finder | ||||
| RageWork | ||||
| Servant Salamander | ||||
| Total Commander | ||||
| Tux Commander | ||||
| Windows Explorer | ||||
| xplorer² | ||||
| ZTreeWin | ||||
| File manager | File name/content search | Basic metadata search | All metadata search | 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 | ||||
| Disk Order | ||||
| emelFM2 | ||||
| Finder | ||||
| Konqueror | ||||
| Krusader | ||||
| Nautilus | ||||
| Path Finder | ||||
| RageWork | ||||
| Servant Salamander | ||||
| Total Commander | ||||
| Tux Commander | ||||
| Windows Explorer | ||||
| ZTreeWin | ||||
| File manager | Filesystem support | Attribute columns | File previews | Metadata indexing |
Notes
See also
External links
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