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Iniscape Commander
A dual-pane file manager for macOS, Windows and Linux, built for speed: the window never waits on a slow disk or network, and copies are instant clones where the file system allows.
Free, including for commercial use.
What it does
Viewer for text and images
Built for speed: a file of any size opens at once.
Find Files and Multi-Rename
Find by name and content; rename many files at once, with a preview.
Folder tabs and a hotlist
Each panel keeps its tabs across launches; the hotlist holds favourites.
Two-panel navigation
Each panel follows its folder, updating itself as files change.
Zip archives open as folders
Browse, view and copy out; archives are read-only.
Install
Requirements: macOS 12+ on Apple silicon, Windows 10+ on x64 or Linux (glibc 2.28+) on x86_64.
macOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://github.com/iniscape/commander/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash
Windows (PowerShell)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c 'irm https://github.com/iniscape/commander/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 -OutFile $env:TEMP\install.ps1; & $env:TEMP\install.ps1'
Installs for the current user, without admin rights; not code-signed yet. Uninstall
Privacy
No account, no analytics, no telemetry. It checks GitHub for updates daily, which can be turned off in Settings.
Support
Bugs and feature requests are tracked on GitHub. Open an issue