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Install forklift with Homebrew Cask
Finder replacement and FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon s3 client. Version 4.7.7 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Finder replacement and FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon s3 client
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Project history and usage
ForkLift is a commercial dual-pane macOS file manager, Finder replacement, remote-transfer client, and folder-synchronization tool.
Project history
BinaryNights first released ForkLift in 2007 as a Mac file-transfer application with multi-threaded transfers. Later generations expanded it into a general dual-pane file manager and Finder replacement.
ForkLift 4 combines local file operations with SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, major cloud-storage services, network filesystems, synchronization, workspaces, remote editing, Git awareness, and command-line-tool integration.
Adoption history
ForkLift has remained part of the independent Mac-software ecosystem across multiple major generations. Its combination of Finder replacement, remote-transfer client, folder synchronizer, and power-user utilities has made it useful to developers, administrators, and users managing files across local and hosted systems.
How it is used
Users browse and manipulate local or remote files in two panes, connect to server and cloud protocols, synchronize directory trees, edit remote files, manage archives, and save frequently used connections as favorites.
ForkLift can synchronize favorites through iCloud. Remote passwords and refresh tokens may be stored in the macOS Keychain; private SSH keys remain at user-selected paths. No official fixed configuration-file path was verified.
Why package nerds care
ForkLift packages a broad set of traditionally separate command-line and graphical workflows—local file management, FTP-family transfers, cloud access, synchronization, archive browsing, Git status, remote editing, and terminal handoff—into one native dual-pane Mac application.
Its Homebrew cask makes a commercial Finder replacement reproducibly installable, while saved remote credentials remain protected by the macOS Keychain rather than a documented plaintext credentials file.
Timeline
- 2007: ForkLift first appeared with multi-threaded file-transfer support.
- 2020s: ForkLift 4 broadened the dual-pane client with modern cloud, synchronization, workspace, and remote-editing workflows.
Related projects
- ForkLift overlaps with dedicated transfer clients such as Transmit and Cyberduck while retaining a broader Finder-replacement role. It can also invoke external comparison applications such as Kaleidoscope for selected files.
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security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for forklift. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version4.7.7
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://binarynights.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:forklift |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.7.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/forklift |
| Homepage | https://binarynights.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://binarynights.com/ |
| Source archive | https://download.binarynights.com/ForkLift/ForkLift4.7.7.zip |
| SHA-256 | d2811c3a21d3e8597f5909e6d25ca8e1cefcc40aba7116f745a22adf7317583f |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | forklift |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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