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Fileside vs Spacedrive: catalog facts
Fileside	Spacedrive
Paid Paid licence with a free trial.	Free Free to download and use. The source is published but under a source-available licence…
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Tiled multi-pane layouts saved per project Keyboard palette for jumping between folders	Every file gets a content hash, so the same file on two machines is recognised as one item…
Paid after the trial No Linux version	The Functional Source License is source-available rather than open source, and the project is still pre-release and…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License: FSL-1.1-ALv2
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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