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Forklift 4

The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.

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Remote Connections

Connect to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Rackspace CloudFiles, SMB, AFP and NFS remote volumes.

Easily manage your files across networks.

Connect to multiple servers at a time and even copy between them with drag and drop.

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Sync

Compare local or remote source and target folders identifying matching, modified, new and deleted files.

Synchronize them one or two-way with a single mouseclick, or save it as a favorite.

If you are a web developer, you'll love this feature.

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Preview

The preview panel shows you useful information about the selected file.

Playback audio and video files, inspect images, PDFs and other popular document types.

Quick edit text files in place, both on local drives and remote servers.

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Quick Open

Easily access your favorites, devices, menu commands.

Open a file with a desired application.

Apply a saved Multi Rename preset on selected files or folders.

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Multi Rename

Rename a large number of files on your local drives or remote servers.

Change case, replace text using regular expressions, add dates or sequences, and combine them in a saved preset.

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Themes

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Dual Pane

The most effective way of file management. Split panes horizonally or vertically, or use a single pane.

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Favorite Sync

Keep all your favorites, synclets, and rename presets synchronized across multiple computers via Dropbox.

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Dropbox Support

Copying Dropbox links to files located in your Dropbox directory is just a right-click away.

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Transfers

Reorder transfers, set conflict management rules, error handling, limit download and upload bandwidth.

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Tags

Organize your documents and files with tags: add, edit, remove, search, or filter them within ForkLift.

Sync Browsing

Given two identical folder structures. Browse in one pane and let ForkLift do the job for you in the other pane.

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Tabs

Open different folders in the same pane, instead of separate windows.

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Search

Search and filter by name, extention, kind, tags or content, even on remote servers.

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Quick Select

Select files by typing a filename, an extension, or a tag and add them or exclude them from the selection.

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Remote Editing

Set your preferred editor in ForkLift to edit remote files and we take care of uploading your changes as you save.

Command Line Tools

Extend ForkLift's capabilities to the max by invoking command line tools and apply them by using shortcuts.

App Deleter

ForkLift comes with an application deleter to remove the last morsels of an application you want to uninstall.

Archive Management

Browse local and remote archives as if they were ordinary folders. You can even Quick Look, search and filter.

Keyboard Control

Control every operation straight from the keyboard, including selecting files by pressing the spacebar.

Multilingual

ForkLift speaks English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Workspaces

Save different layouts with opened tabs and locations and load what you need at the moment.

FXP Copy

FXP Copy lets you transfer data directly between FXP-enabled servers without passing through your Mac.

Git Support

ForkLift knows git and will show you the status of individual files. You can add, commit, push, and pull.

Open in Terminal

An absolute must for powerusers. Open a Terminal, iTerm, Hyper, or Kitty window at your current local path.

Hidden Files

Make hidden files and folders visible easily by using a shortcut or pressing a button in the toolbar.

Share

Share gives you an easy way to share all kinds of documents and other files instantly.

Default File Viewer

Set ForkLift as the default file viewer and almost every app will point to ForkLift instead of Finder.

File Compare

Compare two text or images files with Xcode's FileMerge, Kaleiodoscope, Beyond Compare, or Araxis Merge.

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Rating: ★★★★★ [4.6, 374 reviews]*
Latest version: 3.5.8 (Sept 20, 2022)
Requirements: macOS 10.12+
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