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Top 12 C++ File Manager Projects

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  1. NanaZip

    The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience

    Project mention: 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-09

    https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip

    It includes the above patches as well as few QoL features.

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  3. explorerplusplus

    Explorer++ is a lightweight and fast file manager for Windows

  4. FarManager

    File and Archive Manager

    Project mention: People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-27

  5. ai-file-sorter

    Cross-platform desktop application for content-aware file organization and renaming. Supports local and remote LLMs, preview-based workflows, and fully user-controlled changes.

    Project mention: Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-12

    Yes, I have that working via Roo Code in VS code. Doing a little searching I found this which looks promising: https://github.com/hyperfield/ai-file-sorter

  6. nimble-commander

    Nimble Commander - dual-pane file manager for Mac

    Project mention: Nimble Commander: free dual-pane file manager for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-08

  7. Ultracopier

    Ultracopier acts as a replacement for files copy dialogs. Features: play/pause, speed limitation, on-error resume, error/collision management ...

  8. Katalog

    Katalog is an application to manage catalogs of disks and files to search and get statistics.

  9. heirloom

    Heirloom apps — Modernized File Manager and Program Manager for Windows

    Project mention: Show HN: Modernized File Manager and Program Manager from Windows 3.x | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-06

    Binaries are available, although Windows Defender is not liking the most recent version. The previous one is fine.

    https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom/releases/

  10. NewBreeze

    NewBreeze File Manager based on Qt

  11. Filer

    A file manager that can also render the desktop

  12. fsmng

    The new kind of file manager for Windows

  13. tff

    Terminal File Finder Written In C++ (by hanilr)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source File Manager projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 NanaZip 14,465
2 explorerplusplus 3,201
3 FarManager 2,165
4 ai-file-sorter 1,042
5 nimble-commander 672
6 Ultracopier 474
7 Katalog 140
8 heirloom 98
9 NewBreeze 68
10 Filer 36
11 fsmng 11
12 tff 7

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