Double Commander — The Complete Guide: A Two-Pane File Manager for Projects, Drawings and Versions

Double Commander is an open-source file manager with two panes side by side, inspired by Total Commander. Copying and moving between project folders — for example from a working folder to a submission folder — becomes faster and more precise. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Double Commander

Double Commander team

Two-pane file manager in the Total Commander style — batch rename, archives, content search and FTP.

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What you get

Two panes and tabs — source and destination in front of you.
Batch rename — by pattern, for hundreds of drawings at once.
Text search inside files — plus quick viewing and editing.
Archives as folders — browse into a ZIP file like a normal folder.
FTP and SFTP connections — and heavy operations that run in the background.

Who it suits

Anyone managing thousands of files, drawings and versions: preparing a submission, copying only the latest revisions and renaming to the client’s naming convention. Users coming from Total Commander will find a familiar environment, and it supports Total Commander plugins too.

Related tools

To find files by name in seconds — Everything. For advanced renaming — Bulk Rename Utility. For archives and compression — 7-Zip.

Everything

voidtools

Instant file search by name across the whole PC — find the latest revision of a drawing buried in project folders.

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Bulk Rename Utility

TGRMN Software

Rename thousands of files at once by rules, numbering and EXIF data — free for private use at home only.

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7-Zip

Igor Pavlov

File compression and extraction — ZIP, 7z, RAR and more, with strong compression and AES-256 encryption.

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WinSCP

Martin Přikryl

SFTP and FTP client for Windows — move files to servers, HPC clusters and controllers, with sync and scripting.

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The bottom line

Double Commander brings order back to crowded project folders. Open source and free for any use, including commercial work.

Double Commander — The Complete Guide: A Two-Pane File Manager for Projects, Drawings and Versions