Nimble Commander

Fast and powerful file manager

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

Nimble Commander is a dual-pane file manager designed exclusively for Mac users. Optimized for efficiency, it delivers blazing-fast performance and instant user interface feedback. While embracing the powerful concepts of traditional dual-pane managers, Nimble Commander features a minimalist and clean UI. Best of all, it's completely free and open-source. Key Features: • Lightning-fast performance: Launches almost instantly, with a small memory footprint and incredible speed. • Remote connectivity: Connect to FTP, SFTP, WebDAV servers, with support for remote file editing. • Advanced batch renaming: Use counters, regular expressions, timestamps, casing, capitalization, and more. • Integration with external tools: Extend functionality seamlessly with your preferred tools. • Archive browsing: View archives like folders, with support for 7z, rar, zip, tar, iso, and many other formats. • Customizable UI: Adjust keyboard shortcuts, fonts, colors, and presentation modes (traditional or monospaced text-based UI). • Powerful search and filtering: Find files instantly as you type, with support for exact and fuzzy searches. • File editing: Open files with your preferred editor, automatically chosen based on file extensions. • File attributes editor: Manage permissions, flags, timestamps, and ownership. • Versatile file viewer: Supports text, hex, and preview modes, syntax highlighting, encoding options, and on-demand loading. • System and volume information: View detailed volume statistics and system information, with a virtual folder listing active processes. • File search: Search by name, size, or content (even within archives), optionally presented as a temporary file panel. • Archive creation: Create encrypted ZIP archives effortlessly. • Extended attributes support: Browse, create, and modify extended attributes (xattr). • Spotlight search: Lightweight integration for quick file searches. • QuickLook integration: Preview files as an overlay, floating window, or within the file viewer. • File tagging: Create and manage file tags with ease. • Full keyboard access: Manage files efficiently using only the keyboard. Questions or Suggestions? Join the discussion at https://github.com/mikekazakov/nimble-commander/discussions.

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- Updated for macOS Tahoe. - Added a new presentation mode: Gallery. - Added support for up to four hotkeys per action. - Added syntax highlighting for Dart, Diff, Rust, and Zig. - Added configurable padding between rows in Brief and List modes. - Added an option to dim secondary columns in List mode. - Updated the icons in the Settings dialog. - Improved handling of config files by allowing symlink traversal. - Allowed external tools to use the %r / %-r placeholders when the panel has no items. - Extended the application documentation. - Fixed a bug causing the Go To popup to appear on the wrong screen. - Fixed an issue in the Find Files dialog where the text search query would sometimes not apply. - Fixed a bug causing incorrect handling of external tool icons placed on the toolbar. - Fixed a bug that prevented correct symlink resolution in some archives. - Fixed a bug causing symlinks to regular files to be compressed incorrectly. - Disabled the File Attributes dialog for VFSs that do not support it. - Reassigned the hotkey for the internal viewer to F3. - Raised the minimum supported macOS version to Big Sur. - Removed the Dropbox VFS. - Many other internal improvements and minor fixes.

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    • Seller
      • Michael Kazakov
    • Size
      • 24.5 MB
    • Category
      • Utilities
    • Compatibility
      Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English and Russian
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • Copyright
      • © 2025 Michael G. Kazakov