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One Commander vs Eagle.cool

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When comparing One Commander vs Eagle.cool, the Slant community recommends One Commander for most people. In the question“What are the best file managers for Windows?” One Commander is ranked 9th while Eagle.cool is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose One Commander is:

Free for non commercial use.

Specs

OS Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher

PlatformsWindows, macOS

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Pros

Pro
Free

Free for non commercial use.

Pro
Simple and fast

Fast search and filter.

Pro
Miller columns

Like Finder from macOS.

Pro
Multi tab support

Pro
Themes

Light, dark and customizable themes/colours.

Pro
Default file manager setup

Can make it the default file manager such that windows explorer stays out of the way for most of the work.

Pro
File previews

Pro
File / folder filters

Pro
Folder views can be saved and applied

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

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Cons

Con
Folders cannot be sorted by size

Con
Cannot access Android device connected by USB

Con
Cannot access Android device by FTP

And can never will as this is clarified by developer that this feature will never be added.

Con
It doesn't have UNDO function

Very important. When you work with valuable data files, this function can't be ommited.

Con
Navigating folders by Ctrl+Tab has considerable delay

Con
Browsing Recycle Bin is very slow

Navigating away from Recycle Bin tab and coming back to it reload the Recycle Bin which is very slow as mentioned. Program has an option to open recycle bin in Windows File Explorer, which suggests that developer is aware that opening Recycle Bin is problematic.