INingve·Dec 9, 2025Submission
Nimble Commander: free dual-pane file manager for macOS
1 points · Open discussionmikekazakov
nimble-commander
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nimble-commander
Nimble Commander - dual-pane file manager for Mac
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What it is
Nimble Commander - dual-pane file manager for Mac
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I've been using Nimble Commander for a while now. Snappy, similar to Total Commander on Windows and I love it. The developer recently made it open source and published the code…
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Observed mentions: 2018-03-30 20:50:55 UTC to 2025-12-09 07:39:45 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesNimble Commander now free and open source
3 points · Open discussionNimble Commmader (https://github.com/mikekazakov/nimble-commander) is the real deal for dual panel managers fanboys with macs.
In The History of Development of Norton Commander (2010)I've been using Nimble Commander for a while now. Snappy, similar to Total Commander on Windows and I love it. The developer recently made it open source and published the code on GitHub here: https://github.com/mikekazakov/nimble-commander
I'm not sure if that's the kind of open source you were looking for, but may be worth checking out.
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