I’ve always used X-plore but am now searching for a FOSS alternative.
Material Files and Amaze
I use Material Files
This is the only one I like. I think it’s done right under the hood. Good balance between features and looks like stock, without being too overloaded with options. It hasn’t been updated in a while, though nothing seems broken AFAIK.
I like it. It supports hosting a ftp server and automatically finding SMB servers in the local network. This is the first file manager I’ve found that does these two things. But no app management unfortunately. Thanks!
No update since 2024. It it abandoned?
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Not FOSS but been using Solid Explorer for forever, has all the features I need.
Fossify’s File Manager is what I use daily.
It is very pleasant-looking, but lacks many important features, e.g. SMB/FTP/etc support.
I use Ghost Commander from f-droid
Better than Material Files for SFTP but it reprompts for the SMTP password inconsistently on app switch. Kind of annoying but whatever.
Discovered it an hour ago. I like how functional and customizable it is, although admittedly somewhat ugly.
Yes, it is fugly.
Me too. It even supports connecting to SFTP servers (maybe needs an extension).
I’ve been using this for years.
Not FOSS, but MiXplorer is free (PlayStore version is paid, but the version from Google Drive is free and has integrated mechanism to download updates) and probably best option I ever found.
You can connect to various remote storages, including those on local network, which is what I needed. Also has integrated file viewers and editors and can preview files in archives.
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This one is really nice! App management and SMB support are the features I’ve primarily been looking for.
Alas is not in F-Droid
it’s a fork, the original one is on fdroid but recently unmaintained :)
