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Explorer++File Pilot
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Freemium

Free during the beta, with a paid license also offered.

Windows Windows
  • Tabbed browsing with bookmarkable tabs, which Explorer only gained much later
  • Completely portable when configured to save settings to a file rather than the registry
  • Very small standalone download
  • Fast flattened search across whole drives
  • Windows only
  • The last tagged release is from January 2024
  • Still in beta (v0.8.5)
  • Windows only
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-3.0 License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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