A path bar you can type in.
Enter a path. Autocomplete it. Go there. Yes, this needed to be said.
Free forever. Open source forever.
A free file manager
that actually pulls its weight.
Freeloader is a free, open-source Finder alternative and native Mac file manager. Finder alternatives want your money. Finder wants your patience. Freeloader wants neither.
v0.2.9 · macOS 15+ · Signed & notarized · Intel & Apple Silicon
FREE
OSS!
NO SUBSCRIPTION✦NO UPSELLS✦NO NONSENSE✦JUST YOUR FILES✦NO SUBSCRIPTION✦NO UPSELLS✦
Yes, it exists
Less hunting.
More finding.
Native macOS furniture, plus the controls Finder keeps pretending nobody asked for.
The shocking feature list
File management.
What a concept.
Built for people who have, at some point, tried to manage a file on a Mac.
Cut means cut.
⌘X and ⌘V move files like every reasonable person expects.
Transfers with receipts.
Real progress, byte counts, speed, errors, pause, resume, and cancel.
Your right click, promoted.
New file, new folder, Terminal here, copy path, checksums, and more.
Sorting for grown-ups.
Use more than one criterion. Your folders contain multitudes.
A tree. If you want one.
Expandable folder navigation in the sidebar, without forcing it on everyone.
Your server is invited.
Mount SMB shares with native macOS authentication—without taking a field trip through Finder.
THE FREELOADER PLEDGE
Free as in no invoice.
Open as in no secrets.
Freeloader is native macOS software under the MIT license. Read every line. Fork it. Fix it. Make it weird. There is no telemetry business, subscription treadmill, or suspiciously essential feature waiting behind a paywall.
Read the very short fine print →Go ahead. Be a Freeloader.
Your files already cost enough.
Download it, drag it to Applications, and get the missing verbs back.
Download for MacFree. Obviously.