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Tablacus Explorer vs Explorer++: catalog facts
Tablacus Explorer	Explorer++
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows	Windows
Tabbed browsing in a small download under 1 MB Portable with no installation	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
Windows only Many useful features need add-ons to be chosen and set up	Windows only The last tagged release is from January 2024
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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