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Explorer++Tablacus Explorer
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source.

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
  • Tabbed browsing in a small download under 1 MB
  • Portable with no installation
  • Windows only
  • The last tagged release is from January 2024
  • Windows only
  • Many useful features need add-ons to be chosen and set up
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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