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If you like fast apps, maybe check out FilePilot, a Windows explorer alternative. https://filepilot.tech/ https://filepilot.tech/ It's amazingly fast, though
by kyrra 1y ago
If you like fast apps, maybe check out FilePilot, a Windows explorer alternative.
https://filepilot.tech/ https://filepilot.tech/
It's amazingly fast, though it's missing some features and will be really expensive when it leaves beta.
- aloisdg 1y agoI like dolphin but pcmanfm is fastet
- qwerty456127 1y agoIn my opinion Total Commander has always been the most ideal (also fast) file management tool since Windows 3.x. It was named Windows Commander back in the days but it still supports Windows 3.x as Total Commander.
- vlachen 1y agoI never knew it was a Windows program. I've been using it on my Android phones for years.
- gymbeaux 1y agoDo you know how it compares to Dolphin for interacting with very large (100k+ files) directories? Dolphin is the only file manager I’ve found that keeps up with the large directories- GNOME (Nautilus) and Windows Explorer are dogshit slow, even after the file list populates. macOS Finder is somewhere in the middle but still very slow.
- worthless-trash 1y agoWhen you have 100k+ files sometimes the filesystem itself matters. Have you set your expectations appropriately, aka compared it to a raw ls/dir ?
- Lammy 1y agoCheck out ROX-Filer https://github.com/rox-desktop/rox-filer https://github.com/rox-desktop/rox-filer
- ct0 1y agohow does it compare to directory opus?
- QuicklyNow 1y agoI made an account to thank you for this. I've been looking for a _fast_ alternative to explorer since Windows XP. But one that doesn't require a change in workflow. This is the fastest I've tried by far. I've only been using it for 5 minutes, but I'm sold. Earlybird discount too! Thank you for posting this, and if you have any other speedy apps you'd recommend I'd welcome suggestions. Mine top suggestions are Speedcrunch [0] (calculator app) and Everything [1] file search combined with Listary [2] [0] https://github.com/ruphy/speedcrunch https://github.com/ruphy/speedcrunch [1] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/ [2] https://www.listary.com/ https://www.listary.com/ (For reference, I've tried Total Commander, DOpus, Files, Explorer XP, XY Explorer, Explorer ++, FreeCommander, Double Commander, Q-Dir)
- jpsouth 1y agoEverything (the tool) is ridiculously fast, I’ve used it for quite a while now and it’s nice to see it mentioned here.
- zerkten 1y agoHave you tried xplorer²? I only know about it because I was into Windows programming using the WTL eons ago.
- kyrra 1y agoI'll check these out, thanks! I learned about File Pilot (whose author posts here: https://x.com/vkrajacic https://x.com/vkrajacic) from Casey Muratori (https://x.com/cmuratori https://x.com/cmuratori) who pushed it a bunch because he loves fast things.
- ajolly 1y agoListary has slowed down tremendously ever since they included search. For a launcher I'm still using "find as run robot", which truly is a 90s era piece of softer but works blazingly fast. I do have a plug-in to tie it into search everything.
- Oleksa_dr 1y agoAll of these ‘fast’ file managers have a big problem: they don't support system calls to dialog windows. Mostly users interact with the explorer in this scenario to open/save a file in ‘BrowserOS’
- zerkten 1y ago>> they don't support system calls to dialog windows. It's a little unclear what you mean exactly. Do you want the browsing experience changed for the system's file open/save dialogs? i.e. a third-party file explorer opens instead with all of it's features.