muCommander vs ranger
muCommander
mucommander.com
ranger
ranger.fmSide by side
| Figure | muCommander | ranger |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · File Manager Software | 8.5 (#12) | 7.0 (#95) |
| Batch rename | Yes | Yes |
| Dual-pane view | Yes | Yes |
| File operations | It supports copying, moving, renaming, batch renaming, and emailing files. | Ranger supports common file operations, including creating, copying, deleting, and changing permissions, as well as renaming multiple files at once. |
| License | muCommander is released under the GNU GPL v3 license. | The project repository identifies Ranger’s license as GNU General Public License Version 3. |
| Navigation | It supports multiple tabs, universal bookmarks, a credentials manager, and configurable keyboard shortcuts. | Features include multi-column display, tabs, bookmarks, mouse support, and changing the shell’s directory after Ranger exits. |
| Portable version | Yes | Yes |
| Product | muCommander is an open source, dual-pane file manager. | Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings and a curses interface for browsing directory hierarchies. |
| Tabbed interface | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
muCommander
muCommander is a free, open-source dual-pane file manager for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its file operations include copying, moving, renaming, batch renaming, and emailing files. Users can keep multiple locations open in tabs and navigate with universal bookmarks, a credentials manager, and configurable keyboard shortcuts. The virtual filesystem works with local volumes and protocols or systems including FTP, SFTP, SMB, NFS, HTTP, Amazon S3, Hadoop HDFS, and Bonjour. Dropbox and Google Drive are the listed cloud storage services. Archive support includes ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR, GZip, BZip2, ISO/NRG, AR/Deb, and LST. Other features include checksum calculation, customizable toolbars and themes, and support for many languages. A portable version is available, and downloads are also listed for FreeBSD and other Java-supporting operating systems. Running the software requires Java 11 or later. muCommander is released under the GNU GPL v3 license and costs nothing. The download page lists SHA-256 checksums for release packages and an RPM GPG key. Support options include the Gitter community, GitHub issues, and FAQ.