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Dolphin vs FileBoss

Dolphin

apps.kde.org

FileBoss

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Side by side

FigureDolphinFileBoss
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial—Yes
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYesYes
LinuxYes—
Plans published16
Spec score · File Manager Software8.8 (#3)7.8 (#57)
Archive supportYesYes
Batch renameYesYes
Dual-pane viewYesYes
File operationsIt supports creating, moving, deleting, compressing, sharing, and duplicating files and folders.Its tools cover copying, moving, deleting, comparing, merging, and purging files and folders.
Free planYesNo
Supported platformslinux,windowswindows
Tabbed interfaceYesYes

Plans

Dolphin

  • DolphinFree

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FileBoss

  • Personal license (one home computer)$50, paid once
  • Home license$65, paid once
  • Single business license$69, paid once
  • Business 2-pack$99, paid once
  • Business 5-pack$239, paid once
  • Business 10-pack$399, paid once

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In their own words

Dolphin

Dolphin is KDE’s file manager for browsing and managing files on local storage, including hard drives, USB sticks and SD cards, as well as remote machines and internet cloud services. It supports creating, moving, deleting, compressing, sharing and duplicating files and folders. Multiple tabs let users work in several folders, while split view supports drag-and-drop copying or moving between panes. Choose among grid, detailed and tree views, and configure most of the application’s behavior. The right-click menu supports custom actions. An integrated terminal runs commands in the current folder. Plugins extend workflows with Git and Nextcloud, while listed extensions cover services such as Google Drive, Amazon S3 and Samba. Dolphin is free and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later. Linux installation is available through AppStream stores or distribution package managers, and Flathub is listed. Windows installers are available as nightly builds for testing. KDE links to a handbook, forum, bug reporting and source code for support and contribution.

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FileBoss

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