Meneaufile vs Total Commander, Directory Opus, XYplorer and Double Commander

Two-pane file managers share the same way of working: the source on one side, the destination on the other, and the function keys to act. They differ in the systems they run on, their price, and what they can open besides folders.

At a glance

	Meneaufile	Total Commander	Directory Opus	XYplorer	Double Commander
Platforms	Windows 10 and 11, Linux (x86_64 and ARM64), Android	Windows; a separate Android app	Windows	Windows	Windows, Linux, macOS
Price	Free, no account, no ads	Shareware, paid licence	Paid	Paid, free trial	Free, open source (GPL)
Panels	1 to 9	2	1 or 2	1 or 2	2
Browsed like folders	FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and S3 servers, mailboxes, Git and Subversion repositories, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases, phones over USB, processes, services, scheduled tasks, the Registry	FTP servers; the rest through plugins	FTP and SFTP servers	Local folders and network shares	FTP and SFTP servers; the rest through plugins

Written in October 2026. Prices, versions and plugins change: check each publisher's site before choosing.

What Meneaufile brings together in one window

Up to nine panels, from a single column to a three-by-three grid: several folders, servers and repositories in view at once.
Twelve modules browsed like folders, with the same keys everywhere: an SFTP server, a PostgreSQL database, an IMAP mailbox, a Git repository or the Registry all read as rows and columns.
A viewer that reads everything (F3): syntax-coloured code, rendered Markdown and HTML, CSV tables, images, PDF, video and sound, and hexadecimal for the rest.
Compare, back up, synchronise: two files line by line (F8), a mirror backup that lists its deletions before making them (F10), two folders aligned arrow by arrow (F11).
A password vault, where the modules' connections pick up their credentials.
The same application on Windows, Linux and Android, released on the same day on all three, with a manual in 25 languages.

Try Meneaufile

It downloads without an account or sign-up: Windows, Linux and Android. The manual describes each module, and the release notes what each version brings.