probably a long shot but are there any lightweight alternatives to windows file explorer for 2024?
i’m stuck on windows for now until the time comes to grab a new laptop. so sick of the default one in windows 11 though.
Surprisingly enough KDE’s Dolphin
Nightly Installers on the bottom:
You’ll want the bottom x86_64.exe👍
Had a great experience with Dolphin on the Steamdeck. It supports tabs which is a great positive over the Windows File Explorer imo. (I know the Windows 11 File Explorer also has tabs but I’d rather not touch Windows 11 with a ten foot pole.)
That looks very interesting, gonna try it out in a VM later.
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thanks all - i was looking at some awesome windows lists on github but most were for file transfer clients not file explorers so i figured i’d ask. will check all of these out today.
There’s a few of them, the open source options include Double Commander, Files, Explorer++, Spacedrive (links files from multiple devices into one explorer), and Sigma File Manager. QTTabBar is an extension for the windows file manager which provides tabbed browsing as well. Here’s a list covering these and many others with links to official websites for each one: https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-explorer/?p=2
Are there any that integrate FTP support, such as Nautilus does on Linux?
KDE’s Dolphin runs on Windows and has that integrated. I don’t know for sure, though, that FTP support works on Windows…
Looks like trolCommander, muCommander, and WinSCP all have FTP support on Windows.
If you’re fine with or want a two-pane Commander, Double Commander supports FTP.
I feel like a lot of alternative file explorers do!? Pretty sure I’ve seen it relatively often/regularly.