EF Commander 2025.10 + Portable by EFSoftware

EF Commander is an easy-to-use yet sophisticated and feature-rich file manager designed to meet the needs of users ranging from beginners to professionals. It was developed in response to frequent user requests and has evolved into a powerful Windows file manager for both novice and advanced users.

If you’ve ever used and liked Norton Commander, you’ll like this dual-windowed program, complete with bubble and online help. You can search directory trees and directories and perform actions, including Run, on files.

EF Commander is also a file archiver, viewer, and FTP client. It’s compatible with Windows desktop and server editions from Windows 95 to Windows 11.

You can check file attributes, perform search-and-replace operations, and manage files efficiently using drag-and-drop. Use the internal editor or set your preferred external editor for editing tasks. Easily view files and customize the interface buttons to match your workflow. With just a click, access system and disk information, making EF Commander a versatile file manager with built-in editing and system tools for Windows.

EF Commander features:

• Easy to use. The modern interface gives you complete control over your files and folders.
• Tabbed interface. Define only the views you need for each pane to manage your folders and files.
• Built-in media player. EF Commander features a high-quality, full-featured audio player with a playlist and ID3 tag support. It efficiently plays MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, WMA, and WAV files, utilizing minimal system resources.
• Multi-rename tool — A versatile function for easily renaming multiple files in a single processing step. It uses a flexible system for defining renaming rules, including options for MP3 files and EXIF data.
• Thumbnails. Quickly and easily get an overview of your photos or other image collections.
• Parallel file operations. All lengthy operations run with multitasking, enabling various operations or some instances of the same task to execute simultaneously, such as numerous ‘copy’ commands.
• Direct link to PDAs with Windows CE. EF Commander was the first file manager in the world to offer this feature. With it, you can handle your data as if on your desktop or laptop computer.

Additional features:

• Burn CDs and DVDs directly from EF Commander. Nero Burning ROM is required.
• Internal packers for more than 20 archive formats. With EF Commander, you can easily compress files or entire folders into a wide range of archive formats — all without requiring external software. Supported formats include 7-Zip, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CPIO, GZIP, IMG, ISO (ISO9660), LHA, RAR, RPM, SFX, SQX, TAR, TBZ, TGZ, ZIP, Zip64, and ZOO.
• Internal viewer for more than 30 file formats. View images and videos, and play audio in MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, WMA, and WAV formats without requiring additional software.
• Use XnView and IrfanView as add-ons. Enlarge the number of available formats to 400 or more. EF Commander runs quietly in the background and allows you to manage files in the internal viewer, quick view mode, or as thumbnails.
• Fast FTP/FTPS client. The built-in FTP client features resume download capabilities, FxP (server-to-server transfers), and FTPS secure connections (SSL/TLS).
• Internal text and HEX editor. EF Commander includes full-featured text and hex editors for files, limited only by your system’s available resources.
• Functions to split/join large files. Split large files into smaller parts and easily recombine them when needed.
• Create and verify checksums to ensure data integrity. EF Commander supports SFV, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 formats.
• Synchronize function. Synchronize your notebook or your LAN with your workstation.
• External plug-in support for packers, viewers, file systems, and contents. Supported formats include WLX, WCX, WFX, and Winamp decode plugins.

The first version was written in 1994 for the OS/2 operating system, using Presentation Manager, as a personal replacement for the DOS-based Norton Commander. In 1996, it was ported to the 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating system.