Sally
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sally, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Sally's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No ads · no telemetry · no paid edition |
The facts
Each one read from Sally's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archive support
- Yeschecked 25 Sep 2026
- Downloads
- Releases include runtime ZIPs for x64, x86, and ARM64, plus separate debug-symbol ZIPs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dual-pane view
- Yeschecked 25 Sep 2026
- Find
- Find can save and load results, preserve Unicode search roots, and filter results to files, folders, or all items.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project identifies Sally as modified Open Salamander software licensed under GPLv2.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintainer and origin
- Sally is an independent Open Salamander fork maintained by Elias Bachaalany; the upstream authors do not provide support for it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Modern paths
- It supports Unicode filenames and Windows long paths up to 32,767 characters across many file operations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Bundled plugins include archive tools, FTP Client, File Comparator, Checksum, DiskMap, Registry Editor, viewers, and automation tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The project describes Sally as having no ads and no telemetry.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sally is a fast, keyboard-first dual-panel file manager for Windows power users.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Shell overlays
- File panels can show status badges from tools such as TortoiseGit, TortoiseSVN, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Drive.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maintainer invites bug reports, focused testing, translation help, feature requests, and donations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal
- Sally can launch Windows Terminal profiles, including PowerShell, WSL distributions, and Command Prompt, in the active panel’s folder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- The interface offers Light, Dark, and System theme modes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Viewers
- The Web Viewer uses WebView2 and supports workflows for HTML, Markdown, XML, SVG, and PNG previews.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 25 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux compatibility
- Sally is a native Windows application that the project says runs under Wine on Linux.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windowschecked 25 Sep 2026
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