Best file menager on android?
I use material files but i don't know if it is still maintained? Last update is from may 2022. Any newer recommendations?
Edit. I forgot to add that I prefer open source apps
I use material files but i don't know if it is still maintained? Last update is from may 2022. Any newer recommendations?
Edit. I forgot to add that I prefer open source apps
Another vote for Solid Explorer. Two panes side by side and can connect to a lot of remotes, even Samba so you can use Windows shared folders.
same, I just checked, I bought the full version in 2016 (for like a dollar ?) and been using it since.
Moved to Solid Explorer after ES got enshittified. No complaints here but will move to something FOSS when it gets 90% as good.
Same, the ability to access Google drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox files alongside your local files is awesome.
I've still been using it, since it has continued to be reliable. I have Mixplorer too. Should probably try using that too to see how it compares.
@moe @gamedeviancy
Simple File Manager Pro, for me. Just does everything I need. Been using it for years
Pro tip: You can host FTP servers from your phone. You can access that from your computer's file manager and just drag and drop things on and off of your phone.
Hehe, nice. Luckily I have my own NAS with WebDAV which I use to transfer/access files anywhere. And MiXplorer supports WebDAV, so that's a win. :)
Edit: This might be an option too to share files with this app.
Ah, then you're farther along than I am, but I'm glad I could introduce you to an app with powerful features you can make use of. I hope to take the plunge into the world of self-hosting before too much longer.
It's not open source but it's quite literally the best Android application I've ever seen, by a significant margin. It's from the good old days where apps were small, very well designed, very polished and did not collect data.
It's FX, a gem ever more lost to time. The site is a bit old and unmaintained so SSL certificates may give you a bit of trouble, but you can just ignore the warnings, it's just an info page.
FX, despite not receiving updates for years has so many features of such great quality, I've yet to find any alternative with a truly competing interface and feature set.
Been using it for 10 years and it has been the pinnacle of Android.
Edit: I know you'll be detracted from trying it since it's not FOSS, but seriously give it a shot.
Total Commander. For FOSS, Ghost Commander, similar but not exactly on par yet, at least in UX.
I also use Total Commander, latest versions also include WiFi Web download for easy transfer for other devices. Ghost Commander also seems nice, going to use it for a bit.
The WiFi plugin was perfect to transfer game ROMs and other stuff to/from an older Android TV that didn't support much of anything else.
Are you sure you don't have the plugin? I had an older 3.33d version. I uninstalled the plugin, updated TC to 3.42d, tried "send via WiFi" and it asked to download the plugin.
I've been using Amaze, it's nice, although I use it sparingly.
https://github.com/TeamAmaze/AmazeFileManager
I use material files too cause its been suggested a lot in r/degoogle in reddit. But I'm not sure if its still maintained. Anyone has a better app which is also FOSS?
It's maintained, zanghai updates dependencies every week: https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/commits/master
Just no new releases. I haven't found any bugs and it has all the features I need, so I don't miss anything. When an app is finished, you don't need new releases every week.
Fx is a huge suite in its own. Earlier I realized that when you import settings back it also imports your Google drive mount configs too.
Ghost Commander is a winner for me as well, because it's also an FTP client, and is dual-pane (and because it's FOSS, of course). Been using it for what must be at least 10 years now, across many devices, and have no complaints whatsoever.
If anyone is intrigued, here's a link to Ghost Commander on F-Droid.
I don't know which phone do you use, but I'm generally pretty satisfied with the default file managers which are preinstalled on Android devices (in my case, it's Samsung). Is there anything special you require from the file manager app which can't be done with the default one?
Graphene os on pixel phones. It uses default android manager that personally I don't like. Lack of features like bookmarks, file shortcut etc.
X-plore. Its the only one that lets you open multiple folders at once like you would on a desktop computer. It also is a built in FTP manager and will even replace your need to have separate cloud apps like Google Drive and Dropbox.
Filemanager +
Has everything I need, good UI, good quick access to commonly used folders and SD card, good file manipulation options.
The Material Files repo shows the last update was three weeks ago, but the latest version on the releases page and f-droid are from 2022. This is confusing...
The last commit was three weeks ago. The last release was 2022.
So anything after 2022 you need to build from source to use.