I use one called X-Plore. It’s actually very good. Even has a WiFi server, conpressed archive support, etc. but the downsides are that it’s close sourced and some features are behind a paywall (though IMO they are worth it).
So I was thinking of moving to some free or open source software. Any recommendations?
Material Files is fantastic.
FOSS (free and open-source), and supports root, if you need it.
Amaze is amazing (I’m sorry, it was stronger than me) too.
I forgot to mention that *both of them* are open-source.
I use MiXPlorer.
It’s free (not sure if FOSS), and there are non-essential-but-nice-to-have features that are paid, just to support the dev - but the free features are awesome, and more than enough for me.
This one is really great and does everything you expect from a file manager. I’ve been using it for years. But yes, it’s not FOSS.
Yeah, truly nothing holds a candle to this one. The only drawback is closed source code
I am a long time Solid Explorer user and I’ve tried MiXPlorer a few times but always went back to Solid. What does MiXPlorer do that Solid can’t?
I’ve only tried Solid for 5-10 mins whenever I needed something quickly off the play store (need to download mixplorer from XDA), so maybe I haven’t seen everything Solid does. But a few key features of mix that I like:
- App organisation - apks, install, uninstall, view system, etc
- Seamless root support
- Tabs that can be saved
- A less hand-holding experience throughout. The UI generally stays out of your way
It’s not FOSS. FOSS means Free Open Source Software (Free as in freedom, not as in free beer). MiXPlorer is neither open source nor licensed under a FOSS license. It’s proprietary.
Thanks for checking that for me.
I know what FOSS means - I wasn’t sure if MiXPlorer is FOSS or not.
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I use a couple of simple apps, the gallery is great, the file manager is not amazing but it does the job, I guess I haven’t encountered many issues because I use it together with other apps (a different pdf viewer, a different zip manager, etc)
I used it too, the biggest issue is no webdav support, than zip support is bad, pdf viewer is bad, no built-in image viewer, so you always switching to gallery (it is great, but switching back and forth is not good) eventually I decided why using two file managers instead of one and CX is really good and simple to use.
I use Material Files
This one. Allows you to also use sftp to access your remote files over SSH
Same for me, switched from Total Commander, since Material Files is a bit more comfortable to use. For some reason I do not get the same upload speeds to my home server though, and I cannot figure out why.
That said Total Commander sometimes lost connection and I had to start over, so I am ok with slower upload if its more consistent.
I had been using Solid Explorer and decided to try some open-source options. Amaze seems to be the best of them, but I went back to Solid Explorer after trying it for a few weeks.
Total Commander
X-plore, even paid for it.
It has replaced ES File Explorer 3.2.4.1 that I’ve used since 2014.
Not FOSS, but I use Files by Google, FX File Explorer and old version of ES File Explorer.
I’m using FX. It’s been around since forever, still gets updates, and just works flawlessly.
Never found something I wanted to do in a file manager that it couldn’t, so never really had to try anything else.
Total Explorer
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For Nas and regular files I use cx file explorer, it’s really good
