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Dolphin vs Nimble Commander

Dolphin

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Nimble Commander

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Side by side

FigureDolphinNimble Commander
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYes—
macOS—Yes
LinuxYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · File Manager Software8.8 (#3)8.2 (#28)
Archive supportYesYes
Batch renameYesYes
Dual-pane viewYesYes
Free planYesYes
Supported platformslinux,windowsmacOS
SupportThe product page links to the Dolphin Handbook and KDE forum for help, and to bug reporting and source code pages.The support page directs users to the GitHub Q&A section for questions and problems and to the Ideas section for feature suggestions.
Tabbed interfaceYesYes

Plans

Dolphin

  • DolphinFree

Dolphin pricing →

Nimble Commander

  • Nimble CommanderFree

Nimble Commander pricing →

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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Nimble Commander

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