Nimble Commander for Mac
Minimalist dual-pane file manager.
Free
In English
Version 1.8.0When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Nimble Commander overview
Nimble Commander is a modern file manager designed specifically for Mac computers. It is built with efficiency in mind, providing blazing performance and immediate user-interface feedback. On other hand, Files exploits the classic dual-pane ideology and traditional hotkeys layout, while maintaining a clean, minimalist UI design.
Features:
- Classic dual-pane interface: Files delivers full keyboard access with the fastest way to handle file-management tasks.
- Efficiency: Files starts almost instantly. It has a small memory footprint and it works blazingly fast.
- Uninterrupted experience: Most of Files' work is done in the background, allowing users to focus on their tasks without unnecessary interruptions.
- Built-in file-attributes editor and file viewer with textual/hexadecimal presentation.
- External editors integration, including native apps and terminal ones.
- Searching for files with file mask, filtering by file size and containing text.
- Archives building and browsing them as regular folders.
- Built-in terminal emulator.
What's new in version 1.8.0
- Updated for macOS Tahoe.
- Added a new presentation mode: Gallery.
- Added support for up to four hotkeys per action.
- Added syntax highlighting for Dart, Diff, Rust, and Zig.
- Added configurable padding between rows in Brief and List modes.
- Added an option to dim secondary columns in List mode.
- Updated the icons in the Settings dialog.
- Improved handling of config files by allowing symlink traversal.
- Allowed external tools to use the %r / %-r placeholders when the panel has no items.
- Extended the application documentation.
- Fixed a bug causing the Go To popup to appear on the wrong screen.
- Fixed an issue in the Find Files dialog where the text search query would sometimes not apply.
- Fixed a bug causing incorrect handling of external tool icons placed on the toolbar.
- Fixed a bug that prevented correct symlink resolution in some archives.
- Fixed a bug causing symlinks to regular files to be compressed incorrectly.
- Disabled the File Attributes dialog for VFSs that do not support it.
- Reassigned the hotkey for the internal viewer to F3.
- Raised the minimum supported macOS version to Big Sur.
- Removed the Dropbox VFS.
- Many other internal improvements and minor fixes.
Nimble Commander for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.8.0
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Mar 3, 2021
Version: 1.2.9
Very configurable, geeky, taylored to power users.
If you like command line and fiddling, this is for you.
If you are looking for something like the Finder but with a dual-pane interface and other features, it is not.
Oct 1, 2018
Version: 1.2.4
Using Nimble Commander for over a year now. Of all the Finder replacements Nimble Commander Pro is te one I like best. It is very fast, very stable and a pleasure to use. One of the best if not the best file manager you can buy.
Feb 27, 2018
Version: 1.2.4
Great update with important bug fixes. Nice enhancements too.
Sep 28, 2017
Version: 1.2.2
New update seems more stable, even a little faster, and judging from the support forum discussions, new functionality will keep on coming. Love this file manager. Every time I return to the Finder it's a big yuk. ;)
NOTE FOR FUTURE USERS: you need to buy a Pro license from the magnumbytes store, i.e. do not buy the app on the Mac App Store, the reason in the latter case being sandboxing and restricted functionality, no admin mode etc.
Sep 19, 2017
Version: 1.2.2
I rely on NC every day, at work and at home, since over 2 years. Like most users who look for a dual panel file manager, I came from the Windows world and used Total Commander for a long time. Before discovering NC, I tried PathFinder, Commander One, CRAX and others. They feel sluggish, have a bloated UI and just don't feel like a true TC replacement.
NC is easily the closest thing to TC on the Mac. The program is constantly updated, the author is really dedicated and responsive and there is a steadily growing community on the support forum. If you are looking for a true TC replacement on the Mac, try out NC.
