When comparing Nimble Commander Pro vs Double Commander, the Slant community recommends Double Commander for most people. In the question“What are the best alternatives to Mac Finder?” Double Commander is ranked 1st while Nimble Commander Pro is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Double Commander is:
You can use same tool in all desktop OS environments.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Queued Operations
Long running file moves and copies go into a queue and there is zero impact on the UI, it remain responsive and very snappy.
Pro Doesn't Shift Focus like Finder
When you click/context click on a file/folder your display doesn't shift removing the other thing you want to see from view.
Pro Batch Rename UI
Allows numeric re-sequencing, and pattern matching/replace, with a preview so you can see what the new names would be.
Pro Free version available
Don't know what is missing from the Pro version.
Pro Balance between Power and UI similar to Finder
For those unfamiliar with Command One workflows, Nimble Commander Pro is similar enough to finder. For those familiar with Commander One workflows -- Nimble Commander pro provides similar (maybe identical) keyboard shortcuts.
Pro Blazing speed
Pro Multi-platform (Linux, Windows, MacOS X)
You can use same tool in all desktop OS environments.
Pro Source code is available (true free software)
If the developer loses interest there is at least the possibility that someone else will pick up the torch.
Pro Configurable
Lots of options allow you to configure DC the way it suits you best: Tools, Fonts, Colors, Hotkeys, Mouse, Fileviews, Plugins, Layout, Toolbars, Tabs, Icons etc.
Pro Directory Hotlist
Save shortcuts to folders. Organize them in a treeview with submenus. Define a name and sorting for each entry.
Pro Powerful tcmd-like search tool (alt+F7)
Pro tcmd-like multi-rename tool (CTRL+M)
Pro DC uses TCmd plugin API
so you can use documentation from Total Commander for writing plugins. WCX (packer), WDX (content), WFX (file system), WLX (lister).
Pro Closely follows TotalCommander UX
For instance, the 'Settings | Layout' pane is quasi-identical to TCs.
Pro Very sophisticated
Although it is lightweight and simple to use, it can do very sophisticated tasks, like copying files from directories which have a certain extension or file size or have a certain text pattern in them. Also, it's very customizable and stable.
Pro It's that good, you can replace tcmd on windows too
Pro Source code written in (Object) PASCAL
It's all a matter of perspective. I'm not for an argument about IDE's, frameworks etc, but to me that's a big plus. I think it should be a tie, it's either a pro or a con or should that be neither a pro nor a con. It just depends on context.
Cons
Con No Vertical Scrollbar for Panels
When viewing a folder with a lot of items, instead of adding a vertical scrollbar with one list, it uses a mulit-column (within the panel) list and a horizontal scroll bar. This makes it much harder to work through a single list, as clicking on any of the multiple columns cause a focus shift on the scroll bar.
Con Apparently only one developer
Con Freeze after mouse double-click on directory list item
Con Much slower on Linux and Mac than on Windows
Con Source code written in Pascal language
But this does not affect users negatively. It's just programmers problem.