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About

OneCommander is a modern file manager for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Features include tabs, dual-pane browsers, columns navigation, built-in preview, editable themes, color tags, and much more.
It is free for home use and doesn't have ads.

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Features
  • Fast (DirectX and custom rendering. Not an UWP app)
  • Tabs (saved between sessions)
  • Dual-pane browsing
  • Miller-Columns navigation (improved over MacOS Finder) or Standard layout
  • Dark and Light themes (user editable themes, icons, scripts)
  • File Preview built-in (Press Spacebar). Additional support for QuickLook and Seer
  • Long Unicode Path support (not limited to Windows' 260 characters in path)
  • Organize Favorites into project groups
  • Quick Filtering of current folder (type to filter)
  • Picture Preview with Metadata and GPS photo location
  • Adaptive view and dynamic columns, with file age, metadata, folder sizes
  • Named windows (save tabs, layout and position)
  • ToDo Tasks and Notes in any folder
  • Paste text and images directly as files, or paste video links to download as mp4
  • File Automator with RegEx renaming and Image Converter
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Requirements

OneCommander requires Windows 10 or Windows 11 and .NET 4.8 Framework (pre-installed on Windows 10 and 11)

4K or other high-PPI screen recommended (above 100 PPI)

SCREENSHOTS
Screenshots
Program in dual-pane view and Nord theme, showing columns navigation and dynamic files columns, sidebar favorites with editable folder icons. Program in light acrylic theme and columns navigation mode, showing color tags, column with folder size, and standard Windows context menu. Program in white theme with thumbnails and details in the same view, files filtering, and preview window for files. Files in dark theme with album cover loaded as browser background. Explaining the relative file dates as color/heat encoded file age.
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Free for home use.

Professional/Commercial use requires a Pro license (Lifetime: $ 25 $ 30) which includes additional features and future updates.

Installer / Setup (Recommended)
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Installer (MSI)

3.86.1.0 (2024-06-30)

MSI MD5: 3592cb12576a43d890551dd1643931f3
MSI SHA256: 05d3794f480a337aac90bb4517679bdeb6a9e58406a1468a232411a292628a80


Additional ways to install:

Portable
Download (3.86.1.0)
Unblock zip and extract in a new non-system folder.
Note: Must not be installed in cloud folder; Not for computers with more than one user account

ZIP MD5: d55b770ab9e4c1b6919ad70ef323861b
ZIP SHA256: a9f046bf964a3d828d3f510367109e1fe8d8aceab9237b2ea121bdd993aa8391

Microsoft Store
Download (3.83.1.0)
Requires Microsoft Store account + additional limitations.

Chocolatey:
choco install onecommander

Scoop (in Extras)
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install onecommander

Winget (several updates behind)
winget install OneCommander --source winget --silent

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More information
  • Free for home use and no ads
  • Commercial use is allowed with the lifetime Pro license. (What is commercial use?)
  • Privacy tldr: OneCommander is not collecting or transmitting users' data
    Detailed Terms/Privacy Policy.
  • 64-bit software (x64 platform)
  • GPU Hardware DirectX accelerated where possible
  • Security: DEP (permanent), ASLR (high entropy)
  • Memory safe language C#/.NET Framework
Feedback
Help/Feedback
See Online Help - User manual or Download PDF

This program doesn't attempt to be just a better-looking Windows File Explorer with tabs or a MacOS Finder for Windows with columns, but to challenge the existing workflows that remained unchanged since the '90s. That is where your feedback comes in, and with it, the program is constantly evolving.

Designer? You can improve the look of the program by designing your own themes through editing theme XAML files or creating your own icons for files, folders, or menu items.
Developer or sysadmin? Run your own PowerShell, Batch, Python or other scripts on selected items or current folder (look for the scripts menu) to extend program's functionality.

Get in touch
If you didn't find what you were looking for in the Help you can talk to other users and the developer on:
Discord (new)
Google Groups
Twitter/X (@onecommander)
or reach out directly to developer through email (look into About dialog)

Program is in active development, with weekly feature updates (see release notes / changes log). Please report any issues to be fixed in the next update.

Future
What is next?

Follow @OneCommander on Twitter/X for development updates.

Support the program development by providing feedback and bug-reports, purchasing the license, and/or by helping your social media circle discover the program.