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When comparing fman vs Eagle.cool, the Slant community recommends fman for most people. In the question“What are the best file managers for Windows?” fman is ranked 6th while Eagle.cool is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose fman is:
Windows, Mac, and Linux are supported.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Works on all operating systems
Windows, Mac, and Linux are supported.
Pro Simple to use
Pro Makes finding commands *by name* easy
Pro Slick
Pro You can use Dropbox to sync
Eagle sorts files in essentially a custom folder hierarchy called an 'eaglepack'. Everything is stored locally, but you can sync to the cloud by uploading the eagle folder to the cloud.
Pro Varied import options
You can import from files on your PC or from online galleries like Pinterest, etc. On import Eagle pulls metadata like the URL the image was saved from.
Pro Fleshed out drag and drop
Thumbnails in the GUI reference the full size file in file explorer, so you can freely drag and drop into your app of choice, e.g Premiere Pro.
Pro Wide multimedia handling including image, video, gif, 3d, font, etc.
Handles 81 types of files in Windows and 90 in MacOS.
Pro Browser extensions
Has extensions in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge browser. Takes screenshots of pages and lets you categorize it straight away.
Pro Can handle large files
Pro Manage and sort by tag, category, colors, etc.
Eagle includes smart folders you can configure to hide/show content dependent on custom parameters like color, tags, category, folder, etc. Eagle pulls a sample of colors from every image you upload and you can easily filter and search by color.
Pro Ideal for designers
Cons
Con No (text) file viewer
Con No explicit bookmark support for directories
It though remembers the visited directories and allows to search in this list in most-recently used order and by name.
Con Mainly for key-board-orientated users
The interface is most naturally navigated by arrows and keystrokes. The target market is software developers.
Con Has no menu bar
Hence it is not well suited for visually orientated users which find or remember commands by using a mouse and a menu. Even the fman's hero Sublime Text uses a menu bar.
Con Requires email address to download
Doesn't say what it will do with this data. It is in contrast to the new laws in Europe where only necessary information is allowed to be collected. A download should not require an email address.
Con Still quite buggy
So, for example, sorting only is remembered if triggered by command and not be clicking the table column header using the mouse.
Con Settings can't be found by the GUI
You need to know which files to edit.
Con Default dark theme
No choice between dull-dark or fresh-light.
Con No portable bundle available
On Windows only a net-installer is available.
Con 30$ price
There's a 30 day no credit card required free trial.
Con Limited Cross-Functionality
There is no web version. You need to install the software if you want to access your asset from an eagle file. Missing an Android/ IOS app.
