Brutal Copy 2

The fastest file copy engine on Windows.

Brutal Copy 2 finished first in all six of our published benchmarks, up to 21 times faster than Windows Explorer. It verifies what it copies, lets you reorder a job while it runs, and scripts the ones you repeat.

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Brutal Copy 2 Pause Errors0

Copying 81,741 files (1.26 GB)

C:\Corpus\linux-6.6 → C:\Corpus Destination\BrutalCopy Test

100.00%

COMPLETE

Threads 16

inode.c

ext4.h

super.c

stat.h

bpf_preload_kern.c

ELAPSED0:18

REMAINING0:00

COMPLETION--:--

SPEED71.68 MB/s

Files: 81,741 / 81,741 1.26 GB / 1.26 GB Hash: None

Live replay of benchmark 01 at its real length: 81,741 files in 18 seconds. The speed profile is illustrative. Point at the graph for details.

While it runs

Reorder a copy without stopping it

Expand the progress window and the job is broken down by file type: how many, how big, and how much is still to go.

Need the documents before the thumbnails? Select a type and press Prioritize, and the rest of the queue is reordered on the spot. No pausing, no restarting.

Brutal Copy 2 Pause Errors0

Copying 81,741 files (1.26 GB)

C:\Corpus\linux-6.6 → C:\Corpus Destination\BrutalCopy Test

34.27%

COMPLETE

FilesErrors

EXTENSION BREAKDOWN — SIZES1.26 GB

.c47.2%609 MB

.h42.8%552 MB

.rst1.9%24.8 MB

.dtsi1.6%20.3 MB

.json1.5%18.8 MB

(none)1.0%13.3 MB

.dts0.9%12.0 MB

other3.1%40.6 MB

Selected: .h

Counts Remaining Sizes Prioritize

Files: 35,816 / 81,741 442.53 MB / 1.26 GB Hash: None

Automation

Script the jobs you repeat

A scripting language built for file work: copy, move, hash, compress and rename, with variables, loops and conditions.

Write it in an editor with highlighting, autocomplete, breakpoints and a variable inspector. Or build it from drag-and-drop blocks, or describe the job and let AI draft the script. Then run it from the app, or headless from the command line.

Brutal Copy CopyScriptHistoryDashboard

RunStopBlocksOutlineAI untitled.bcs

DebugProfileBreakpoint (F9)ContinueOverInto Paused at line 3

1// Find Large Files — list files >= 100MB under a folder

2var dir = "C:\\"

3var large = FindLarge(dir, "100MB")

4Print($"Found {large.Count} large file(s)")

5foreach (f in large) {

6 Print(f)

OutputVariablesWatchProfiler

NameValue

dirC:\

Afterwards

Every operation, accounted for

The Dashboard turns your history into numbers: operations run, data moved, files copied, average speed, errors and success rate.

Below it, a log records every job: when it ran, what moved where, and how it finished. When a copy matters, you have the receipts.

Brutal Copy CopyScriptHistoryDashboard

Total Operations119

Data Moved744.67 GB

Files Copied1,045,550

Avg Speed843.6 MB/s

Errors4

Success Rate96.62%

Data moved by operation type

by data moved745 GB

Copy745 GB Move19.5 KB

Recent operations

WhenTypeStatusFilesSize

06/11/2026 18:39CopyCompleted81,741 / 81,7411.26 GB

06/11/2026 18:32CopyCancelled45,173 / 81,7411.26 GB

06/11/2026 13:45CopyCompleted81,741 / 81,7411.26 GB

In Windows

Start from Explorer

Right-click in Explorer to copy, paste or move with Brutal Copy, or drag and drop as you always have. There is no need to open the app first.

On Windows 11 the entries sit under “Show more options” for now.

Also built in

The parts you only notice when a copy goes wrong somewhere else.

Verify as you copy

Hash while copying with BLAKE3, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-1, MD5, CRC32 or CRC32C, or compare two folders afterwards in the File Hasher.

Files that are in use

Locked files are detected and can be copied through a volume snapshot instead of failing the job.

Recovery mode

Periodic checkpoints protect a long job against a crash or a power cut.

One read, many destinations

Send the same files to several destinations at once, reading the source only once.

Clashes and metadata

Overwrite, overwrite if newer, overwrite if larger, rename, skip or ask. Timestamps, attributes, junctions and symlinks are preserved.

Tuned to the drive

The engine adapts to NVMe, SSD, hard disk and network targets, and can keep Windows Defender from rescanning the job's files mid-copy.

Secure delete

Wipe files with DoD 5220.22-M, Gutmann, random or zero passes.

History you can replay

Every job is kept with its speed graph, and can be run again from the History tab.

On the roadmap Folder syncAI-assisted operationsBatch renameDuplicate finderDisk analyzer Returning in upcoming updates. Not in the current release.

Performance

Six real-world workloads against five other tools. Brutal Copy 2 finished first in every one. Times shown; lower is faster.

Brutal Copy 2 fastest in every test

6 / 6 first place

01 NVMe → NVMe Linux 6.6

1 Brutal Copy 2 0:18 1×
2 Ultra Fast Copy 3:14 10.8×
3 RoboCopy 3:17 10.9×
4 FastCopy 3:42 12.3×
5 Windows Explorer 6:30 21.7×
6 TeraCopy 6:49 22.7×

02 NVMe → NVMe LLVM 18.1.8

1 Brutal Copy 2 0:35 1×
2 Ultra Fast Copy 5:00 8.6×
3 FastCopy 5:40 9.7×
4 RoboCopy 10:49 18.5×
5 Windows Explorer 11:35 19.9×
6 TeraCopy 11:39 20.0×

03 NVMe → HDD (Dock) Linux 6.6

1 Brutal Copy 2 2:52 1×
2 Ultra Fast Copy 18:59 6.6×
3 RoboCopy 20:58 7.3×
4 Windows Explorer 50:53 17.8×
5 FastCopy 57:56 20.2×
6 TeraCopy 1:01:47 21.6×

04 NVMe → Network HDD Linux 6.6

1 Brutal Copy 2 13:16 1×
2 Ultra Fast Copy 21:31 1.6×
3 RoboCopy 24:17 1.8×
4 TeraCopy 39:07 2.9×
5 FastCopy 1:03:41 4.8×
6 Windows Explorer 1:15:48 5.7×

05 NVMe → NVMe gemma .gguf

1 Brutal Copy 2 0:07 1×
2 RoboCopy 0:14 2.0×
3 Ultra Fast Copy 0:18 2.6×
4 TeraCopy 0:22 3.1×
5 FastCopy 0:25 3.6×
6 Windows Explorer 0:26 3.7×

06 NVMe → HDD (Dock) gemma .gguf

1 Brutal Copy 2 3:45 1×
2 TeraCopy 3:51 1.0×
3 RoboCopy 4:20 1.2×
4 FastCopy 4:21 1.2×
5 Ultra Fast Copy 4:34 1.2×
6 Windows Explorer 4:35 1.2×

NVMe → NVMe · Linux 6.6 · shorter bar = faster

Brutal Copy 2 0:18 1×

Ultra Fast Copy 3:14 10.8×

RoboCopy 3:17 10.9×

FastCopy 3:42 12.3×

Windows Explorer 6:30 21.7×

TeraCopy 6:49 22.7×

Times are min:sec (or h:mm:ss); the multiplier is how much longer each tool took than Brutal Copy 2. Results vary by hardware.

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See the speed for yourself

Every tool running the same job, side by side: Windows 11, RoboCopy, TeraCopy, FastCopy and Ultra Fast Copy.

Reproduce it yourself

Download the exact files we tested, extract the archives, and copy them between the same kinds of drive. We clear the Windows file cache between runs so every tool starts cold.

Linux 6.6 source (many small files)
linux-6.6.tar.xz
LLVM 18.1.8 source (many small files)
llvmorg-18.1.8.tar.gz
Gemma model (one large file)
gemma-4-E2B-it-BF16.gguf

What people say

Reviews from people using Brutal Copy.

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Outstanding application. Speed is insanely fast

I've used this app since 2025 or so in early builds and I can tell you 1 thing. It's way faster than most if not all file transfer applications out th...

Moath Al Ayel

How it compares

25 capabilities across the leading Windows file copy tools.

Capability	Brutal Copy 2	TeraCopy	FastCopy	robocopy
Size-aware I/O dispatch	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Zero-alloc micro-file path	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Raw P/Invoke I/O	✓ Yes	✗ No	✓ Yes	✗ No
Overlapped I/O pipeline	✓ Yes	✗ No	✓ Yes	✗ No
9 inline hash engines	✓ Yes	~ Partial	~ Partial	✗ No
BLAKE3 hashing	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No
Multi-destination copy	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
VSS snapshot copy	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No
Defender exclusion	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No

Capability	Brutal Copy 2	TeraCopy	FastCopy	robocopy
Crash recovery checkpoints	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	~ Partial
6-mode conflict resolution	✓ Yes	~ Partial	✗ No	~ Partial
Locked file detection	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ No	~ Partial
Damaged media recovery	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
9-algorithm file hasher	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Secure delete (DoD, Gutmann, +)	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No

Capability	Brutal Copy 2	TeraCopy	FastCopy	robocopy
Scripting language (60+ verbs)	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Visual block editor	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Folder sync engine	⌛ Coming soon	✗ No	✗ No	✓ Yes
AI-powered operations	⌛ Coming soon	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Advanced tool suite (rename, dedupe, analyze)	⌛ Coming soon	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Dashboard with analytics	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No

Capability	Brutal Copy 2	TeraCopy	FastCopy	robocopy
Shell extension (Win11 native)	⌛ Coming soon	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No
Full CLI with verb grammar	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No	✓ Yes
Portable mode	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ No
Enterprise licensing	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ No	✗ No

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Brutal Copy 2

Pro

Version 2.0.0.28 75.2 MB November 2026

System Requirements

Windows 10 (22H2)/11 64-bit
No .NET runtime required (self-contained)
100 MB disk space

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Installation notes

Run the installer as Administrator for the Explorer integration.
There is no .NET runtime to install. Brutal Copy 2 is fully self-contained (built on .NET 10 with Native AOT) and runs out of the box on Windows 10 (22H2) and Windows 11.
For portable mode, extract to any folder and place a portable.flag file next to the exe.
Enterprise deployments can use brutalcopy register-shell from the command line.

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