Alternatives to Cloud Commander
A self-hosted, web-based dual-pane file manager with a built-in console and text editors. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Cloud Commander
A self-hosted, web-based dual-pane file manager with a built-in console and text editors.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Cloud Commander.
FileBrowser Quantum
A self-hosted web file manager with user management, sharing, file previews and editing.
FileBrowser Quantum is a self-hosted web file manager with user management and share links, packaged for Docker, though version 2.0.0 is still in beta.
FileGator
A self-hosted, open-source web application for managing and sharing files and folders through a browser.
FileGator moves the server to PHP and adds a multi-user interface with Amazon S3 support, but it has no built-in console or editors.
Tiny File Manager
A single-file PHP web file manager that you drop onto a server to manage files in a browser.
Tiny File Manager is a single PHP file for PHP hosting or Docker, replacing the Node.js server but lacking the dual-pane layout and console.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Midnight Commander
Two-panel file manager for the terminal, with an editor and remote access.
Double Commander
A free dual-pane file manager in the Total Commander tradition, running on Linux and macOS too.
Spacedrive
Cross-device file explorer built on a distributed virtual filesystem.
muCommander
An open-source, cross-platform dual-pane file manager with remote filesystem, cloud storage and archive support.
