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Xplorer vs Explorer++: catalog facts
Xplorer	Explorer++
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows	Windows
Tabbed browsing, split panes, and multiple file views Inline previews for more than 50 formats	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
Currently in beta	Windows only The last tagged release is from January 2024
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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