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Double Commander

Double Commander is a free, cross-platform, open-source dual-panel file manager inspired by Total Commander.

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Double Commander is a free, cross-platform, open-source dual-panel file manager inspired by Total Commander. It offers a familiar two-panel workflow for organizing, transferring, and managing files, making it well-suited for self-hosted servers and homelab environments.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

72/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 12 days ago
Popular
3452 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 13 days ago

GitHub stars
52
Open issues
0
Last commit
2026-09-30
Latest release
ffd4f1a0-ls327
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
steady

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-doublecommander)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 2 CPU core(s). ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Docker setup Set PUID and PGID on the LinuxServer.io image to match your host user and group. source

Fetched 4 days ago - each note links to its source

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Checked 12 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Is there a reported way to use Double Commander in a browser in a self-hosted setup?

A self-hosted user described running Double Commander in a browser using the LinuxServer.io Docker image and Guacamole.

How can container ownership be aligned with host users in the LinuxServer.io image?

The image provides easy user mappings using PGID and PUID.

Which file is used for Double Commander settings?

The documentation help index identifies settings as being in doublecmd.xml.

Answers sourced from doublecmd.github.io, github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 14 days ago - public community threads