macOS 11 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
AltPane is a keyboard-first, dual-pane file manager for the Mac. Copy with F5, move with F6, select with a right-click drag — and get back to work.
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Two signature moves
Two small habits that change how fast you work. Both shown in real recordings.
Right-drag selection
No more clicking file after file. Hold the right button and sweep across a run of files to mark them all at once.
Favorite folders
Add the folders you work in to your favorites, then jump back to any of them without retracing the path.
The moves you make a hundred times a day, each on a single key.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Watch real AltPane workflows. Start with right-drag selection and favorite folders, then explore the rest.
Demos: 19
The two-panel workflow, done natively on the Mac.
F5 copies and F6 moves straight to the other panel. Shift+F5 and Shift+F6 let you choose the destination.
34 colour buttons for copy, move, compress, extract, filter, rename and more. Arrange them the way you like.
Compress the selection into the other panel, or extract an archive straight into it.
Rename many files at once with search and replace, patterns and counters.
Type a mask such as *.pdf to filter a panel. AltPane remembers what you typed.
Open FTP and SFTP servers and work with them like a local folder.
A thumbnail grid you can resize, built-in light and dark themes, and nine languages.
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AltPane is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3. It is a modified version of Nimble Commander by Michael Kazakov; it is not an official release, and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with him. The complete source code comes with every download. When you buy AltPane, you pay for a pre-built app, so you do not have to compile it yourself — and you support its development.
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