Files

One of the basic tools of Windows is the File Explorer, a basic function of the system that, however, has interesting third-party alternatives. One of them is Files, an open source file manager that is now gearing up for Windows 11, where it will make its public debut in just over a month.

Files or Files UWP in its early days, is an alternative to the classic file explorer in Windows 10. A free tool that is also open source. A project accessible on GitHub that offers all the basic functions of Windows Explorer, with the addition that it does support tabs and also adopts Fluent Design and that now prepares its landing on Windows 11

For Windows 11 on October 4

After passing through Windows 10, a version in which it can already be used, the tool is currently in the closed beta phase. A testing period that is about to end, because the developer has posted on his Twitter account a release date: on October 4, 2021

Files for Windows 10, we have already mentioned, allows the use of tabs with a design based on Fluent Design. In addition, integrates almost all the functions that classic Windows Explorer already has in its context menu when right-clicking the mouse. In addition, the application supports functions such as FTP access.

Files supports the use of themes and is a really attractive browser, both in the usable aspect and in the visual, an aspect in the one that stands out the one that can use side panels, that is, you can view folders or files in two different locations in the same window, or the ability to access a preview of the files in the explorer just by pressing the space bar to mention just some improvements.

There is little more than a month left to check the improvements that arrive in the version for Windows 11, although in the images you can see some already exclusive to this version of Windows , such as rounded corners and redesigned icons In the meantime, you can learn about the evolution of Files by accessing the development community on Github.