Alternatives to Spacedrive

Cross-device file explorer built on a distributed virtual filesystem. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Spacedrive.

  • Double Commander

    A free dual-pane file manager in the Total Commander tradition, running on Linux and macOS too.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Double Commander is a GPL open-source file manager on Windows, macOS and Linux with dual panes and FTP, but it has no cross-device library sync.

  • Sigma File Manager

    Modern file manager with tabs, dual-pane view, global search and media previews.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Sigma File Manager is GPL open source with tabs, dual pane, global search and media previews on Windows and Linux, but it offers no peer-to-peer sync.

  • Files

    A file manager for Windows with tabs, columns, tags and dual panes, built the way Explorer should have been.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindows

    Files is an MIT open-source Windows file manager with tabs, tags and cloud provider integration, replacing Spacedrive's cross-device libraries with a Windows-only tool.

  • Nemo

    Cinnamon's file manager, a Nautilus fork with more built-in options.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Nemo is a GPL Linux file manager with dual panes and extensions, best integrated on Cinnamon, and it works on local folders rather than synced libraries.

  • muCommander

    An open-source, cross-platform dual-pane file manager with remote filesystem, cloud storage and archive support.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    muCommander is open source rather than source-available and stable, offering a dual-pane manager on all three desktops with FTP, SFTP, SMB, S3 and cloud access, without peer-to-peer library sync.

  • TagSpaces

    An offline file organizer that adds color-coded tags to files and folders without a database.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    TagSpaces is open source and organises files across desktop, mobile and web with tags stored alongside files, relying on third-party sync services instead of peer-to-peer libraries.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Spacedrive as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • ForkLift

    Dual-pane macOS file manager with built-in SFTP, S3 and WebDAV.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Spacedrive is free, cross-platform and syncs libraries peer to peer between devices, but it is source-available, still pre-release and not a remote-protocol client.

  • Path Finder

    Professional Finder replacement for macOS with dual panes and a drop stack.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Spacedrive is a free cross-device file explorer with peer-to-peer library sync, but it is source-available and still pre-release.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.