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SoftHarbor

File Management

42 apps

FREE

Pairs phones and computers on the same network to share files and the clipboard, mirror notifications and use the phone as a remote.

GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesCommunicationFile Management

LocalSend

Tien Nam Do

FREE

Sends files and text between nearby devices over the local network, with no internet connection or account; apps for desktop and mobile.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

7-Zip

Igor Pavlov

FREE

File archiver with high-ratio 7z compression and support for dozens of archive formats.

LGPL-2.1-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File ManagementUtilities

calibre

Kovid Goyal

FREE

Ebook library manager that converts between formats and sends books straight to a connected reader.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementProductivity

Cryptomator

Skymatic GmbH

FREE

Encrypts a folder file by file before it reaches cloud storage, so sync keeps working per changed file.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

Cyberduck

iterate GmbH

FREE

Browser for remote storage, connecting to SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and consumer cloud drives in one window.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

Czkawka

Rafał Mikrut

FREE

Finds duplicate files, similar images and empty folders, then lets you review before deleting anything.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

digiKam

digiKam Team

FREE

Photo manager for large libraries, with tagging, face detection and batch editing tools.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignFile Management

Directory Opus

GPSoftware

ONE-TIME

Explorer replacement that can take over every Windows folder window, with scripting and custom toolbars.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Double Commander

Double Commander contributors

FREE

Cross-platform two-pane manager modelled on Total Commander, with the same plugin interface on Linux.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Duplicati

Duplicati Inc.

FREE

Backup tool that sends encrypted incremental blocks to cloud storage, managed from a browser interface.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Everything

voidtools

FREE

Reads the NTFS index directly, so filename searches across a whole drive return as you type.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Files

Files Community

FREE

Modern Windows file manager with tabs, dual pane and column layouts, following current Fluent design.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FileZilla

Tim Kosse

FREE

Long-running FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with a transfer queue and a side-by-side local and remote tree.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

ForkLift

BinaryNights, LLC

ONE-TIME

macOS dual-pane manager that doubles as an SFTP and cloud client, sold with a perpetual licence.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FreeCommander XE

Marek Jasinski

FREE + ONE-TIME

Dual-pane Windows file manager with folder comparison and sync built in; donors get the 64-bit build.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FREE + ONE-TIME

Folder comparison and sync tool that transfers only the differences it finds between two locations.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FSearch

Christian Boxdörfer

FREE

Instant filename search for Linux, keeping its own index so results appear without scanning the disk.

GPL-2.0-or-laterLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Keka

Aone

FREE

macOS archiver that compresses by dragging onto its window and splits large archives into volumes.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Kopia

Kopia contributors

FREE

Backup tool with content-addressed deduplication, offering both a desktop window and a command line.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FREE

Dual-pane manager for Linux desktops, handling archives, mounts and remote shares as ordinary folders.

GPL-2.0-or-laterLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Midnight Commander

Midnight Commander contributors

FREE

Text-mode two-pane manager that works over SSH sessions, with a built-in viewer and editor.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementSystem Tools

MusicBee

Steven Mayall

FREE

Music manager for large libraries, with automatic tagging and device synchronisation.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoFile Management

NanaZip

M2-Team

FREE

7-Zip derivative rebuilt for modern Windows, adding the new context menu and Microsoft Store updates.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Nextcloud Desktop

Nextcloud GmbH

FREE

Sync client for a Nextcloud server, with selective sync and virtual files that download on demand.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

OnionShare

Micah Lee

FREE

Shares files, hosts a site or runs a chat room straight from your machine over a temporary Tor address.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

PeaZip

Giorgio Tani

FREE

Archive manager reading over two hundred formats, with a two-pane browser and archive integrity checks.

LGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File ManagementUtilities

rclone

Nick Craig-Wood

FREE

Command line tool that copies and syncs between more than seventy cloud storage services and local disks.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

restic

Alexander Neumann

FREE

Command line backup program with encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and a verifiable repository format.

BSD-2-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

Syncthing

The Syncthing Foundation

FREE

Syncs folders directly between your own devices, with no central server holding a copy of the files.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File Management

TagSpaces

TagSpaces UG

FREE

Organises files by tags written into filenames or sidecar data, so the tags survive outside the app.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementProductivity

TestDisk & PhotoRec

Christophe Grenier

FREE

Recovers lost partitions and carves deleted files back off a disk by reading their signatures.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Total Commander

Christian Ghisler

ONE-TIME

Two-pane file manager for Windows driven by keyboard shortcuts and extended through a plugin system.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

FREE

Disk encryption that mounts encrypted containers as drives and can hide a second volume inside the first.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

Vorta

Manuel Riel

FREE

Desktop front end for BorgBackup, turning repository setup and scheduling into a settings window.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

WinDirStat

WinDirStat contributors

FREE

Shows disk usage as a coloured treemap where each rectangle is a file sized by how much space it takes.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsFile Management

WinRAR

win.rar GmbH

ONE-TIME

The reference tool for creating RAR archives, with recovery records and multi-volume splitting.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

WinSCP

Martin Přikryl

FREE

File transfer client for SFTP, FTP and SCP, with a two-pane layout and scripting support.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsFile Management

WizTree

Antibody Software

FREE

Disk space analyser that reads the NTFS master file table directly, so a full drive scan finishes in seconds.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsFile Management

XYplorer

Donald Lessau

FREE + ONE-TIME

Tabbed file manager that runs portable from a folder; the free edition stays usable after the trial ends.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

Yazi

sxyazi

FREE

Terminal file manager written in Rust, doing image previews and file operations without blocking the UI.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools