Orchard Commander
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Version 2.1

Written in Rust

The classic two-panel workflow on macOS, Windows and Linux

Orchard Commander is a two-panel file manager for getting file work done fast. It works the same way on every operating system, so you only learn it once.

Download Free and open source · Other platforms
~/Pictures/Sweden
  • ..<UP>
  • Midsommar<DIR>2026-06-20 18:40
  • Gotland<DIR>2026-07-02 09:15
  • forest-ravine.jpeg3.9 M2026-09-14 16:02
  • gamla-stan.jpeg4.6 M2026-08-22 11:37
  • red-cottage.jpeg2.1 M2026-08-03 20:48
  • west-coast.png4.6 M2026-07-19 13:05
4 photos, 15.2 M · 412 G free
gamla-stan.jpeg
Colourful gabled houses on Stortorget in Gamla Stan, Stockholm
2048×1536 · JPEG · 4.6 M

All your file work in one window

Source and destination sit side by side, so copying or moving takes one keystroke. Previews, archives, servers, batch renaming and a terminal are built in, and you rarely need to open another app.

Same workflow on macOS, Windows and Linux

Orchard Commander looks and behaves the same on all three systems. Shortcuts and layout don't change, so switching between machines doesn't mean relearning anything.

  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux

Shortcuts you may already know

Copy, move, rename and search each have their own key, as in classic two-panel file managers. If that style is new to you, the common keys are quick to learn, and the mouse works too.

Tools that save a trip to another app

Previews

Code, Markdown, PDFs, images, audio and video show up in the other panel, including files on a server.

Batch rename

Name files by date, counter or music tags. You see every new name before it's applied and can undo the whole batch.

Archives and servers

Zip, 7z and rar files open like folders. SFTP, SMB, WebDAV and S3 work like your local disk.

sweden-2026.zip/west-coast
  • ..<UP>
  • forest-ravine.jpeg3.9 M2026-09-14 16:02
  • gamla-stan.jpeg4.6 M2026-08-22 11:37
  • red-cottage.jpeg2.1 M2026-08-03 20:48
  • west-coast.png4.6 M2026-07-19 13:05
zip · 15.2 M
west-coast.png
Smooth granite rocks along the Swedish west coast
1024×768 · PNG · 4.6 M

Search

Results appear as a folder, so you can preview, select and move them together.

Terminal

It opens below the panels in the current folder and follows along as you browse.

Made for working across systems

Orchard Commander is meant for people who use more than one operating system and want to manage files the same way on each of them. It is free and open source, and the source code is on GitHub.

Part of the Orchard family

Orchard Music Player plays the music you own and Orchard Download Manager handles resumable, queued downloads. All three share the same look and color schemes, and all are free and open source.

Orchard Music Player Orchard Download Manager

Version 2.1.1

Download Orchard Commander

macOSYour system

Apple silicon · macOS 12 or later

Download for macOS Orchard-Commander-macOS.dmg
brew install --cask sandboxly/tap/orchard-commander
WindowsYour system

Windows 10 and 11 · 64-bit

Download for Windows Orchard-Commander-Setup.exe
Also:Portable .zip
LinuxYour system

x86-64 · Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 36, Debian 12 or newer

Download for Linux Orchard-Commander-Linux-x86_64.AppImage
Also:.deb.rpm.tar.gz
Omarchy and Arch Linux, one command:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sandboxly/orchard-commander/main/packaging/omarchy/install.sh | bash

Release notes and older versions are on GitHub. The getting started guide covers installation and the first steps.