EmpiricCommander

EmpiricCommander is a dual-pane file manager for iPad and iPhone, inspired by classic Norton Commander. Built 100% in SwiftUI, privacy-first, and blazingly fast.

Manage files across local storage, iCloud, and six cloud and network providers from a single keyboard-friendly interface. Copy between Google Drive and S3. Browse a ZIP archive as if it were a folder. Summarize a PDF or rename a batch of files with on-device AI. Organize your Downloads folder in one tap.

DUAL-PANE BROWSING Browse two folders side by side on iPad and on large iPhones in landscape. Single-pane with tabs on iPhone portrait. Up to 10 tabs per side. Adapts to your screen automatically.

REMOTE CONNECTIONS Connect to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 (and S3-compatible: MinIO, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Cloudflare R2), Azure Blob Storage and Google Drive. Browse remote files like local ones. Drag and drop between local and remote.

ON-DEVICE AI Powered by Apple Intelligence and run entirely on your device - your file names and contents never leave it.

• Summarize files and PDFs to get a quick overview without opening them
• Summarize several files at once
• Rename files by describing the change in plain language - no patterns to learn
• Filter Disk Usage by simply typing what you are looking for Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence. A manual equivalent is always available.

BUILT-IN SHELL (iPad) OmniShell - a custom in-process shell with piping, redirection, tab completion, and 20+ commands. Manage files without leaving the app.

ARCHIVE BROWSING Step into ZIP archives as if they were folders. Browse contents, extract individual files, or unzip everything with one click.

RICH PREVIEW Preview files in place: syntax-highlighted source code, formatted JSON trees, CSV tables, Markdown, rendered HTML pages, PDFs, and config or dotfiles.

POWERFUL TOOLS

• Tree View: hierarchical folder browsing with expand/collapse
• Duplicate Finder: SHA-256 based, find and clean wasted space
• Disk Usage: visual breakdown with treemap
• Batch Rename: add prefixes and suffixes, change case, number sequentially, or change extensions - or just describe the change in plain language
• File Comparison: diff folders side by side
• Folder Sync: mirror, update, or merge directories
• Shelf: persistent cross-source collection of files you're working with
• Workspaces: save and restore tab layouts

KEYBOARD ON iPAD External-keyboard support: arrow keys to navigate, Tab to switch panes, Space to select, Return to open, Esc to clear selection. Toolbar buttons labeled with classic F-key conventions (F2 Rename, F5 Copy, F6 Move) for muscle memory.

PRIVACY-FIRST Zero tracking, zero analytics, zero third-party tracking SDKs. Credentials live only on your device, in the system Keychain. Cloud connections go directly from your device to the provider - Empiric Apps servers never see your files.

PRICING Try EmpiricCommander free for 7 days - full access to every feature, no card required. After the trial, a one-time In-App Purchase keeps the app running on up to 3 devices: 1 Mac + 1 iPad + 1 iPhone.

It's not a subscription. Pay once, own it for the entire v1 major version, free updates included. A future v2 will ship as a separate purchase with a discounted upgrade path for v1 owners.