# EmpiricCommander File Manager

> Dual-pane SFTP, SSH and Git

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6763745217](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6763745217)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6763745217`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Burlac Mihail
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Version:** 2.15.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-02
- **First published:** 2026-05-13
- **Size:** 33 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/empiriccommander-file-manager/id6763745217)
- **Website:** [https://www.empiricapps.com/empiric-commander](https://www.empiricapps.com/empiric-commander)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.empiricapps.com/privacy](https://www.empiricapps.com/privacy)

## Description

A real file manager for iPad - and for Mac and iPhone. Two panes side by side, drag between them, and move files where they belong without exporting or round-tripping through the Files app.

PHOTOS OFF YOUR PHONE
The Files app cannot see your photo library. EmpiricCommander can: browse your albums like folders and copy them to a USB-C drive, your NAS, SFTP, S3 - any destination, no account required. Originals are copied byte for byte with EXIF and location intact, a second run copies only what is new, and Free Up Space deletes a photo only after the copy has been read back and verified.

THE WHOLE LOOP, NO MAC NEEDED
Clone a repository over HTTPS or SSH, open a file in the built-in editor with syntax highlighting, stage your changes, commit, and push - on iPad and iPhone, without a separate terminal app. A commit log with a rendered branch and merge graph shows what happened, per-file diffs show exactly what changed, and merge conflicts are resolved in-app, per file.

A REAL SSH TERMINAL
An interactive shell to your server, from inside the file manager, on Mac, iPad and iPhone. iOS ships no ssh binary, so this is a full client implementation rather than a wrapper around a system tool.

CONNECT TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE
SMB network shares (your NAS, Mac, or Windows PC), SFTP with key authentication, S3 and S3-compatible storage, FTP, WebDAV, Azure Blob, Dropbox, and more - browsed, copied, and moved like local folders. Your connection list syncs across your devices through iCloud; passwords stay in the Keychain and are never uploaded.

BUILT FOR REAL FILE WORK
- Dual-pane on Mac and iPad, with a tab bar on iPhone.
- Streaming transfers, including remote to remote, with progress that survives leaving the app.
- Folder Sync in four modes, and Compare Folders with SHA-256 verification so you can prove a copy is byte-for-byte identical.
- Batch rename with regex, numbering and dates, previewed before it runs.
- Browse inside ZIP archives like folders; create ZIP and TAR/GZ; read password-protected archives.
- Duplicate finder, disk-usage treemap, checksums, permissions editor.
- Quick Look plus rich preview for CSV, JSON, Markdown, YAML, TOML and source code.
- Full hardware-keyboard support on iPad: arrows, shift-selection, Tab, Esc, Return, Space.

ON-DEVICE AI
Describe a batch rename in plain words, or summarize a document, using Apple Intelligence. It runs entirely on your device: no account, no API key, no per-use cost, and your filenames and file contents never leave the device.

ONE PURCHASE, THREE PLATFORMS
Buy once and use EmpiricCommander on your Mac, iPad and iPhone - one device of each type. Not a subscription. This major version and all of its updates are included.

PRIVACY
No tracking. Diagnostics are strictly opt-in.

## Rankings

- #1,092,561 — Overall

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