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Ribbon File Manager

Clone of File Explorer

Free file manager with a ribbon toolbar like Windows Explorer, a breadcrumb address bar and Windows-style properties.

Screenshot of Ribbon File Manager

Image: Ribbon File Manager

What works the same as File Explorer

  • A ribbon with File, Home, Share, View and Manage tabs, in groups of large and small buttons.
  • Back, forward, up and refresh buttons, and a breadcrumb bar that switches to an address box.
  • Icon sizes from extra large to small, plus list, details, content and thumbnail views.
  • A properties window with General, Security and Details tabs.
  • Select all, select none or invert the selection.

What is missing

  • It was built and tested on Linux; the project says it is designed to be portable to Mac and Windows.
  • The Network section is only a placeholder.

How to get started

  1. Click Download and pick the file for your system: the AppImage for Linux or the portable zip for Windows.
  2. Or run it from source: install GTK3 and PyGObject first, as the project page explains.
  3. Start it with the ribbonfm command.

Compatible files

File Explorer projects Not tested yet

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Project created in August 2026. Data from version v1.16, August 26, 2026.