🍺 BREW Explorer

← all casks

ForkLift

brew install --cask forklift v4.6.4

Dual-pane file manager with built-in FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, and cloud storage support.

Why you might care

ForkLift combines a capable Finder replacement with integrated remote file access, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools. It's a commercial native macOS app with a long history (since the early days of OS X), favored by power users and developers who work with remote servers and cloud storage regularly.

Categories

Alternatives

Transmit Commander One Total Commander Cyberduck
330
30-day installs · #639
1.1k
90-day · #562
4.8k
365-day · #508

Links

Blurb generated by claude-haiku-4-5 on today.

Raw metadata
{
  "alternatives": [
    "Transmit",
    "Commander One",
    "Total Commander",
    "Cyberduck"
  ],
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "uninstall": [
        {
          "delete": "/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.binarynights.ForkLiftHelper",
          "launchctl": [
            "com.binarynights.ForkLiftHelper",
            "com.binarynights.ForkLiftMini"
          ],
          "quit": [
            "com.binarynights.ForkLift-4",
            "com.binarynights.ForkLiftMini"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "app": [
        "ForkLift.app"
      ],
      "target": "/Applications/ForkLift.app"
    },
    {
      "zap": [
        {
          "trash": [
            "~/Library/Application Support/ForkLift",
            "~/Library/Caches/com.binarynights.ForkLift-4",
            "~/Library/Cookies/com.binarynights.ForkLift-4.binarycookies",
            "~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.binarynights.ForkLift-4",
            "~/Library/Logs/ForkLift",
            "~/Library/Logs/ForkLiftMini",
            "~/Library/Preferences/com.binarynights.ForkLift-4.plist",
            "~/Library/Preferences/com.binarynights.ForkLiftMini.plist",
            "~/Library/Saved Application State/com.binarynights.ForkLift-4.savedState"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "auto_updates": 1,
  "categories": [
    "file-transfer",
    "productivity"
  ],
  "deprecated": 0,
  "deprecation_reason": null,
  "desc": "Finder replacement and FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon s3 client",
  "disable_reason": null,
  "disabled": 0,
  "display_name": "ForkLift",
  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T22:44:23+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T00:47:34+00:00",
  "full_token": "forklift",
  "github_default_branch": null,
  "github_last_commit_at": null,
  "github_readme_excerpt": null,
  "github_repo": null,
  "github_stars": null,
  "github_topics": [],
  "homepage": "https://binarynights.com/",
  "homepage_og_description": "Manage your files quickly across local drives and remote servers with ease. ForkLift is a robust FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3/Backblaze B2/Google Drive/Rackspace Cloud Files client and a powerful and versatile file manager.",
  "homepage_og_image": "https://binarynights.com/images/icon_256x256.png",
  "homepage_title": "Forklift 4",
  "installs_30d": 330,
  "installs_365d": 4753,
  "installs_90d": 1145,
  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T00:47:34+00:00",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:05:01+00:00",
  "llm_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "names": [
    "ForkLift"
  ],
  "one_liner": "Dual-pane file manager with built-in FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, and cloud storage support.",
  "rank_30d": 639,
  "rank_365d": 508,
  "rank_90d": 562,
  "raw_hash": "d178ce3090eb05ec",
  "ruby_source_path": "Casks/f/forklift.rb",
  "tap": "homebrew/cask",
  "token": "forklift",
  "version": "4.6.4",
  "why_use_this": "ForkLift combines a capable Finder replacement with integrated remote file access, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools. It\u0027s a commercial native macOS app with a long history (since the early days of OS X), favored by power users and developers who work with remote servers and cloud storage regularly."
}