Best file explorer solution?
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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.
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I used this many years ago, but their privacy policy was awful. I checked it before posting and it's way better now but it's still not the best, from their
Privacy page"We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information with trusted third-party service providers"
Use mixplorer if you are going to use a close source file manager, is more private with more features.
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Have you tried mixplorer?
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Yes, but is not foss, which is one of the features op asked
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I also found it was connecting to google
https://lemmy.today/post/9077336/7415361 -
Xplore but it's not foss.
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Shit. I will cut off it's internet access then. Maybe it's copium but mixplorer is very feature rich and yeah it's not FOSS and that's OK I guess
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Thanks I will check it out and yeah It doesn't have to be foss worst case I will cut off it's internet access.
