I’ve always used X-plore but am now searching for a FOSS alternative.
I use Material Files
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!
I mean, you can click an .apk to run it with the installer (of choice even). That’s all the file management part. Next you want it to also manage your photos, play videos?
I don’t mean installing apps, I mean viewing installed apps and being able to extract apks from them by “copying” them to a folder, as well as some other things.
You want an app manager, not a file manager.
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.
It is thr best bur on grapheneos, only the file manager from grapheneos has full access. I had to switch between file managers and one day I gave up. I only use the built-in one …
I use GrapheneOS too and I don’t have this issue. Did you give it the right permission?
Maybe I should have a look again?
I use it for nextcloud/webdav and accessing the data storage folder of gpslogger which was historically in the android/data folder.
Edit: it’s still forbidden to access android/data … they introduced that “security/privacy” features 1-2 years ago when they also forbid to us ethe Downloads folder directly for provacy reasons
IIRC there’s a special setting to give it full access that you actually have to go into settings to add (you can’t just add it from the prompts).
I can’t find anything
Settings - > Apps - > Special App Access - > All Files Access.
I don’t have a rooted phone. It does not work.
No update since 2024. It it abandoned?
I honestly didn’t even notice that, it still works perfectly fine. I just looked at the repo and it seems like the developer is technically still working on it but very rarely. There just haven’t been enough changes for a new release.
I like this one but not in development anymore.
Another person here posted its actively maintained fork: https://lemmy.ml/comment/27551987
For my phone I’m using Amaze, for my Tablet Ghost Commander because of its “Ability to copy and move files between its two panels”.
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
Material Files and Amaze
I like Ghost Commander
I typically don’t use this style of file manager on desktop but on mobile it just seems to work well for me.
NFile looks good, (haven’t tried it yet)
Very feature-rich and the interface looks cool. Thx!
You’re welcome :)
getting downvoted for recommending something I haven’t tried… It’s an app not a dish people lol
Well at least this one’s FOSS.
Not sure why there’s always a bunch of people rushing to shill for their favorite proprietary trash app in every thread.
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 :)
