4 yr. ago • 97%

Which file manager do you use?

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?

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Solid Explorer

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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.

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- I forgot to mention that *both of them* are open-source.
  
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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.

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- 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.
  
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  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?
  
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- 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.
  
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  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 guess the only good option is Simple File Manager https://f-droid.org/ru/packages/com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.pro/

I use CX File Explorer, it is free, but not FOSS.

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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)
  
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  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.
  
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I use Material Files

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- This one. Allows you to also use sftp to access your remote files over SSH
  
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  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.
  
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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.

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Total Commander

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X-plore, even paid for it.

It has replaced ES File Explorer 3.2.4.1 that I've used since 2014.

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Not FOSS, but I use Files by Google, FX File Explorer and old version of ES File Explorer.

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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.

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Total Explorer

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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.

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For Nas and regular files I use cx file explorer, it's really good

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