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dirwise

A fast, keyboard-friendly file manager for Windows — column view, tabs, split view, instant preview and Ctrl+K.

  • Completely free
  • Windows
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

dirwise is a file manager, available on Windows.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: split view, Markdown support and keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Dirwise is a free, open-source file manager for Windows 10 and 11 with column view, tabs, split view, instant preview and a Ctrl+K command palette.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Dirwise is a free, open-source file manager for Windows 10 and 11 with column view, tabs, split view, instant preview and a Ctrl+K command palette.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Space previews images, PDF, video, audio, text, source code and Markdown.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Keyboard shortcuts” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

dirwise is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub arcly-studio/dirwise (MIT)

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