Software · Utilities & files

Glint

A fast file explorer for Windows: every folder's size, instant search across NTFS drives, and ripgrep search inside files.

Completely free
Windows
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: GitHub, Winget
Publisher: Shadi Saadi
Latest version: 0.9.5
Latest activity: 9 November 2026
Source code: github.com/shadijhade/glint

Overview

Glint is a file manager, available on Windows.

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

“A fast file explorer for Windows: folders in milliseconds, the size of every folder, instant search on any drive, tabs, dual pane and a disk-usage map.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Glint is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

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) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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