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
Solid File Explorer, bought it forever ago, and it hasn’t let me down yet.
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.
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…
Or download it from Google Play Store?
The Play Store is also using version 1.5.2 released in May 2022
Filemanager +
Has everything I need, good UI, good quick access to commonly used folders and SD card, good file manipulation options.
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.
mixplorer FTW
Is there a git repo for the code?
The Best one. Still supports android 2.2 btw
Ohhh this one is good. Thx for the tip
Accept no substitute.
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.
I’ve been using solid explorer for years now
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.
same, I just checked, I bought the full version in 2016 (for like a dollar ?) and been using it since.
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, the ability to access Google drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox files alongside your local files is awesome.
As well as Nextcloud! It’s my pick as well.
Moved to Solid Explorer after ES got enshittified. No complaints here but will move to something FOSS when it gets 90% as good.
I use Material Files and is so far the best you can get, as fa I know. Didn’t seen any better Fime manager over the time and some applications just are not regulary updated, bjt still gets updates over the years. Same thing for Material Files.
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.
Now it is integrated in the base app, no more need for plugin.
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 have 3.42. Choose a file, select it (check) and press the copy/move icon, in the popup dialog the lower right choice is ‘Via WiFi’.
Look at your installed apps if you don’t have the TotalCmd-Wifi Transfer plugin.
You’re right, I have it installed.
Material files. Seems to do the job for me.
Mixplorer for sure
I use Google files with disabled Internet permission.
How do you disable they permission?
With an app like NetGuard or Rethink: DNS + Firewall. Both apps can be found on F-Droid.
You need an operating system like calyxOS or LineageOS or just a firewall that allows blocking internet access of apps
FX file explorer has been my main for years. Local/remote/ssh
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.
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.