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A multi-panel file manager that shows both ends of the same job without switching windows.
The conventions of two-panel file managers, the ones you keep in your fingers: the function keys act, right-click opens a single menu, the same everywhere.
Nine layouts, from a single panel to a grid of nine. The mullion between two neighbours — the bar Meneaufile is named after — moves their split, and each layout keeps its own proportions. The active panel is outlined on all four sides: you always know where you are typing.
A remote server over SFTP on SSH is browsed from the keyboard like a disk: read a file without downloading it, copy both ways, rename, delete. Nothing to install at the other end, and the password stays in the encrypted vault.
Text coloured by language, rendered Markdown and HTML, CSV tables, images, PDF, video and sound through mpv, and everything else in hexadecimal. Search within the file, full screen, next file without closing.
Line by line, both versions side by side, with changes highlighted. A binary file says so instead of showing noise.
zip, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, and the self-extracting archive on Windows. One archive per item if you like, a password on the zip, and the option to move the originals into the archive.
The destination ends up strictly identical to the source, anything no longer in the source being removed. The list is shown first: a backup that deletes without warning cannot be undone.
The two panels compared file by file, with one arrow per line that a click cycles through. When the dates are equal and the sizes differ, nothing is proposed rather than overwriting at random.
Eleven criteria: content, PDF text, a regular expression, depth, dates, size, the X largest, smallest, newest or oldest files. Stopping the search keeps what has already been found — you work in it.
Every long action takes its turn: two copies on the same disk go slower than a single one. The title bar button shows progress, the list says what comes next, and you can force, advance or cancel a task.
Native shell context menu, recycle bin, clipboard shared with Explorer, drag and drop from the desktop, system icons, Windows properties.
A server, a database, a Git repository, a mailbox, a password vault: in Meneaufile everything opens as rows and columns, and the same keys work on all of them.
What you can look at without opening anything else: a file, and what fills a disk.
What a day with it looks like.
The left panel shows your working folder, the right one the SFTP server. F11 compares the two, tells you what changed on each side, and you choose line by line what goes and what comes. Nothing moves until you have seen the list.
F10 aligns the stick with your folder: what was added or modified is copied, and what you deleted disappears from the backup too. The deletions are listed first, because that is the part you cannot undo — and the stick ejects itself at the end, if you asked for that.
The log opens with F3, coloured, with its search and its occurrence counter. Two clicks later, the MySQL database is open on the relevant table, sorted on the column you care about. And the server password, you pick it up from the vault instead of hunting for it elsewhere. Without leaving the window.
Twenty-nine pages in English, with their screenshots: everyday gestures, each module, the shortcuts, the settings, and what has limits. The question mark in the title bar opens it from the app.
Windows, Linux and Android. The same version, released on the same day.
The portable version unzips wherever you like — a USB key, for instance — and keeps its settings and data in its own folder: nothing is written to the PC you run it on. It does not update itself — come back here.
The APK is installed by hand: Android will ask you, once, to allow installs from your browser. It is not on the Play Store, so it does not update itself — come back here.
Two forms: the AppImage, a single file you make executable — no installation, no root rights —, and the Debian package for those who prefer apt and want a menu entry maintained by the system.
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# x86_64: the AppImage, one file, nothing to install
wget -O Meneaufile.AppImage https://meneaufile.novaclic.pro/download/linux-x64
chmod +x Meneaufile.AppImage
./Meneaufile.AppImage
# x86_64: or the Debian / Ubuntu package
wget -O meneaufile.deb https://meneaufile.novaclic.pro/download/linux-x64-deb
sudo apt install ./meneaufile.deb
# 64-bit ARM (Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 on a 64-bit system): the Debian / Ubuntu package
wget -O meneaufile.deb https://meneaufile.novaclic.pro/download/linux-arm64-deb
sudo apt install ./meneaufile.deb
# 64-bit ARM: or the archive, libraries first
sudo apt install libgtk-3-0 libsecret-1-0 libmpv2 libepoxy0
wget -O meneaufile.tar.gz https://meneaufile.novaclic.pro/download/linux-arm64
tar xzf meneaufile.tar.gz
./meneaufile/meneaufileThe x86_64 packages are built on Debian 12 — the oldest still-supported system that carries Flutter, and therefore the widest reach. The 64-bit ARM packages serve the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 on a 64-bit system, and other ARM machines running Debian or Ubuntu.
Release notes — what the latest one brings.
| Platform | Form | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 and 11 (x64) | Installer, in Program Files | Available |
| Windows — Light version | The same installer, thirty megabytes lighter | Available |
| Linux (x86_64) | AppImage, or .deb package |
Available |
| Linux (ARM64) | .deb package, or .tar.gz archive |
Available |
| Android | APK, outside the store | Available |
The Windows installer goes into Program Files, for every account on the machine, and therefore asks for administrator rights. Uninstalling removes what it installed, and nothing else. The Light version does without video, sound, PDFs, the password vault and mail: it can be carried on a stick and run on a machine that is not yours, without leaving secrets behind.
Meneaufile is free to download, with no account to create and no ads. The supporter licence is an optional purchase at a fixed price, which pays for the site hosting and the time spent on what comes next. Each tier has its counterpart, and a personal receipt is sent to you by email.
Plus: builds before their release, sent by email as soon as they are ready.