Best file explorer solution?
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Material Files is the best, IMO.
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I prefer Solid Explorer but sadly it's not FOSS. 2 things are missing:
- It doesn't have multiple page support. Solid has 2 pages and I use one for my phone storage and one for my server
- You can't change the way the folders are displayed, a 2 grid view is kinda ugly for me and I prefer a smaller view
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Compressed files management (7zip mostly) and ways to access obb and data folder in Android
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Thank you
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Thanks but like I said material files doesn't support what I need but it's a very nicely designed app
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Thanks but like I said material files doesn't support what I need but it's a very nicely designed app
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Gonna give it a try thanks
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Sounds like Root Explorer would be suitable.
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It handles browsing networked resources incredibly smoothly
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another vote for material files. it's the only good one that can access smb shares. the only alternative I found was ghost commander and it's just absolutely horrible to use
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I like FX Explorer
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CX explorer but it is not FOSS.
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Ghost commander
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+1 for this, I've been using it for what seems like forever now, it's been solid
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It's not open-source, though, right? That's what led me to finally leave it... Incredibly powerful tool otherwise.
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I don't believe so, no
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Where can I find it?
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Another vote for the incredible MiXplorer
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It does support un/compressing of archives and access to any system folders, if you give it root (not possible without root for any app, except if you have a zero day exploit).
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I haven't found a perfect Foss file explorer, so I use 2, material files and ghost commander.
Material files
Pros:
It shows the disks sizes
Can deal with compressed files (zip, 7zip, tar)
Multiple windows support
Cons:
You need to reset the app to update disk size and to show new ones
Images are cropped
Multiple windows are worst and not as intuitive as multiple panels
It have issues when trying to open files with other apps, particularly librera.
Ghost Commander
Pros:
Many personalization options
Dual panel
Light weight and fast
Cons:
Can't deal with 7zip files
It's only view mode is list view
Don't show disks available space
One Foss app many people don't know about that is worth mentioning is
Index which try to bring a linux desktop file manager to android.
