S3 Explorer The modern S3 browser desktop client for S3-compatible storage. An application to browse, edit, and navigate millions of objects with a smart local index
— across all your buckets, on every S3-compatible provider.

for Windows, Linux & macOS

Everything you need and even more

A focused desktop tool that handles the boring parts of S3 so you can move fast.

Connectivity

All S3-compatible providers — AWS, GCS, MinIO, Backblaze, R2, and more

25+ provider presets with auto-config
Custom endpoints and regions
Session tokens and temporary credentials
Path-style and virtual-host addressing
TLS by default, plain HTTP for local dev
Encrypted local storage of credentials

Browsing

Navigate millions of objects without breaking a sweat

Local indexing for full-text search
Incremental indexing on demand
100× faster than flat listings on huge buckets
Clickable breadcrumb
Sort by name, size, or date
Pagination via continuation tokens

Editing

Read, edit, and inspect right inside the app

Built-in code editor for text files
Image editor for previews and crops
Auto-detect text vs binary (UTF-8)
Content-Type customization
Versioning, tags, and headers management
ACL viewer and bucket configuration

Performance

Built for speed on tiny buckets and gigabyte uploads alike

Parallel uploads (up to 30 concurrent)
Multipart upload for files over 50 MB
Smart prefix-level caching
6 tunable performance settings
Bucket statistics with TTL cache
Retry with exponential backoff

UX & Productivity

Keyboard-friendly, drag-and-drop, polished

Drag & drop from filesystem
Paste from clipboard (text or files)
Keyboard shortcuts for everything
Copy path, key, or presigned URL
Duplicate, rename, move (copy + delete)
Metrics dashboard for usage and S3 impact

Cross-platform

Native binaries for every desktop

macOS Universal (Intel + Apple Silicon)
Windows x64 and ARM64 (Surface, Snapdragon)
Linux x86_64 and aarch64 (deb / AppImage / rpm)
Auto-update with Ed25519 signature
Dark mode and compact view
10 languages out of the box

Compatible with every S3 provider

One app for AWS S3, every cloud-native S3 service, and your self-hosted setups.

Scaleway

Hetzner

Linode

Oracle Cloud

Alibaba OSS

IBM Cloud

Vultr

Exoscale

Ceph

Garage

SeaweedFS

Dell ECS

Zenko CloudServer

NetApp StorageGRID

Cloudian HyperStore

Scality RING

… and any other S3-compatible service via custom endpoint.

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S3 Explorer The modern S3 browser desktop client for S3-compatible storage. An application to browse, edit, and navigate millions of objects with a smart local index — across all your buckets, on every S3-compatible provider.