S3 Explorer
The modern desktop app for S3-compatible storage. Browse, edit, and navigate millions of objects with a smart local index — across 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.
… and any other S3-compatible service via custom endpoint.
Ready to take control of your S3 storage?
Free download, no signup, works offline. Buy a license whenever you want to support development.