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Explorer++Xplorer
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.

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, split panes, and multiple file views
  • Inline previews for more than 50 formats
  • Windows only
  • The last tagged release is from January 2024
  • Currently in beta
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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