ForkLift is a professional-grade dual-pane file manager and file transfer client, designed for efficient management of local and remote files. It integrates powerful file operations, multi-protocol remote connections, smart synchronization, and batch processing tools, making it a core tool for developers, system administrators, web designers, and professional users to enhance file management efficiency.
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## 1. Efficient Dual-Pane File Management
– **Dual-pane layout**: Supports vertical or horizontal split-screen display of two directories. Drag and drop to quickly transfer files between local-local, local-remote, and remote-remote locations, with intuitive comparison of directory structures.
– **Multi-tab browsing**: Each pane supports multiple tabs, allowing simultaneous management of multiple directory paths with smooth, lag-free switching.
– **Synchronized browsing**: When enabled, navigation in one pane mirrors the folder tree in the other, ideal for aligning local project and remote deployment paths.
– **Complete file operations**: Supports all basic file operations such as copy, cut, paste, delete, and create new, providing more precise control and progress feedback than the native file manager.
## 2. All-Protocol Remote Connections
Supports mainstream remote and cloud storage protocols, allowing simultaneous connections to multiple servers for unified cross-platform file management:
– Transfer protocols: SFTP, FTP, FTPS, WebDAV
– Object storage: Amazon S3 and S3-compatible services (such as Wasabi, Digital Ocean Spaces), Backblaze B2, Rackspace CloudFiles
– Cloud drive services: Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox
– LAN protocols: SMB, NFS
## 3. Smart File Synchronization
– **Two-way sync engine**: Automatically compares source and target directories, accurately identifying matched, new, modified, and deleted files. Supports both one-way and two-way sync modes.
– **High-performance analysis**: Sync analysis is up to 20 times faster than previous generations, maintaining quick response even with large numbers of files.
– **Sync preview**: Preview all files to be changed before executing synchronization, avoiding mistakes.
– **Sync favorites**: Save frequently used sync configurations as favorites and trigger sync tasks with one click, suitable for regular backups, website deployment, and more.
– **FXP server-to-server transfer**: Supports FXP copy mode, transferring files directly between two remote servers without going through the local device, greatly improving cross-server transfer efficiency.
## 4. Core Feature Tools
### ForkLift Mini
A lightweight tool that resides in the menu bar and works even when the main app is not running. It supports quick access to saved remote connections, mounting remote storage as local disks, drag-and-drop uploading files to remote servers, and running sync tasks in the background.
### Disklet Disk Mounting
Mount remote servers and cloud storage as local disks, allowing you to open, edit, and save remote files directly in any application just like local files, without manual download and upload.
### Batch Rename
A powerful multi-file batch renaming tool that supports:
– Filename case conversion (four formats)
– Text replacement with advanced regular expression matching
– Inserting prefixes, suffixes, or custom text at specified positions in filenames
– Adding creation date, modification date, or current date
– Adding sequential numbers with customizable start value and step
– Saving rename rules as presets for one-click reuse
### Remote Editing
Associate with the local default editor to directly open and edit remote files. Changes are automatically uploaded to the server upon saving, eliminating the tedious manual download and upload process.
### Archive Management
Browse files inside common archive formats such as ZIP, RAR, GZ, and TAR without extracting. Supports searching and filtering files within archives and extracting individual files directly.
## 5. Efficiency Enhancement Features
– **Quick Open**: Use a keyboard shortcut to bring up a quick launch panel for instant access to favorite paths, frequently used apps, commands, and rename presets.
– **Global Search**: Search by filename, extension, file type, tag, or file content. Remote server files can also be searched directly.
– **Quick Select**: Quickly filter and select files in the current directory by typing keywords, making batch operations more efficient.
– **File Tags**: Add custom tags to files for categorized management and quick filtering. Tags support autocomplete.
– **Transfer bandwidth limit**: Set a maximum bandwidth for file transfers to avoid consuming all network resources.
– **Activity view**: Monitor all ongoing copy, move, delete, compress, and other tasks in real time, with progress and speed display, and support for pause, resume, and cancel.
## 6. Advanced Professional Features
### Git Integration
Built-in Git support displays the Git status of files directly in the file list and supports common Git operations such as add, commit, push, and pull without switching to the terminal.
### File Comparison
Integrates with mainstream comparison tools such as FileMerge, Kaleidoscope, Beyond Compare, and Araxis Merge to compare differences between two files or folders with one click.
### Workspaces
Save currently open tabs, pane layouts, and paths as workspaces to quickly switch work environments for different project scenarios.
### App Uninstaller
Completely uninstall applications, automatically cleaning up associated preferences, caches, and residual files to free up disk space.
### Terminal Integration
Open the system terminal, iTerm, or Hyper command-line window in the current directory with one click for seamless command-line operations.
### Custom Tools
Add custom command-line tools and configure keyboard shortcuts to trigger them, extending the software’s functionality.
Version 4.7.6 Update Details:
##New Features
Added an option in the “Window” menu to move a tab to the other pane.
In “Column View”, double-click the divider between columns to automatically expand that column to the ideal width needed to display its contents.
##Experience Improvements
Improved the interaction of the Pathbar: when folder names are truncated due to long paths, hovering or dragging over them automatically expands to show the full name.
Changed the color of the box around the tab close button (X) on hover to improve visual recognition and align with native macOS behavior.
Improved navigation experience when using the “Go > Enclosing Folder” command in “Column View”.
Improved horizontal alignment of icons in “Icon View”.
##Bug Fixes
Fixed incorrect display of “Applications” icons in tabs and the “Quick Open” popup.
Fixed an issue in macOS 27 Golden Gate where files from remote locations could not be dragged out of ForkLift in “Column View”.
Fixed truncation of long label text in certain languages in the “Batch Rename” window.
Fixed occasional truncation of activity titles during synchronization in the “Activity” popup.
Fixed compatibility issues with some SFTP servers.
Fixed an issue in macOS 27 Golden Gate where the sidebar would widen after each app restart.
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