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

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