I use material files but i don’t know if it is still maintained? Last update is from may 2022. Any newer recommendations?
Edit. I forgot to add that I prefer open source apps
Mixplorer has absolutely never failed me over the past decade or so.
I downloaded MiXplorer today. It’s really great. Thanks for the tip!
Pro tip: You can host FTP servers from your phone. You can access that from your computer’s file manager and just drag and drop things on and off of your phone.
Funny, I never get files from my computer to my phone, its the other way around.
If I want some folders and files to be on both I use Syncthing for that.
To each their own, it’s pretty infrequent that I think about my phone’s file system at all.
Ah, then you’re farther along than I am, but I’m glad I could introduce you to an app with powerful features you can make use of. I hope to take the plunge into the world of self-hosting before too much longer.
Mixplorer for sure
mixplorer FTW
Is there a git repo for the code?
It’s not open source but it’s quite literally the best Android application I’ve ever seen, by a significant margin. It’s from the good old days where apps were small, very well designed, very polished and did not collect data.
It’s FX, a gem ever more lost to time. The site is a bit old and unmaintained so SSL certificates may give you a bit of trouble, but you can just ignore the warnings, it’s just an info page.
FX, despite not receiving updates for years has so many features of such great quality, I’ve yet to find any alternative with a truly competing interface and feature set.
Been using it for 10 years and it has been the pinnacle of Android.
Edit: I know you’ll be detracted from trying it since it’s not FOSS, but seriously give it a shot.
Mixplorer is the only answer
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FYI material files is maintained, there just hasn’t been a release since may 2022. The last update was June 9 which you can see on the git repo https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles
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Ghost Commander is a winner for me as well, because it’s also an FTP client, and is dual-pane (and because it’s FOSS, of course). Been using it for what must be at least 10 years now, across many devices, and have no complaints whatsoever.
If anyone is intrigued, here’s a link to Ghost Commander on F-Droid.
I’ve been using solid explorer for years now
Moved to Solid Explorer after ES got enshittified. No complaints here but will move to something FOSS when it gets 90% as good.
I’ve been using Amaze, it’s nice, although I use it sparingly.
https://github.com/TeamAmaze/AmazeFileManagerany app from the ‘Simple’ suite is always worth checking out. (search ‘simple files’ on f-droid). i personally prefer the stock grapheneos one, but use Simple gallery
Total Commander. For FOSS, Ghost Commander, similar but not exactly on par yet, at least in UX.
I also use Total Commander, latest versions also include WiFi Web download for easy transfer for other devices. Ghost Commander also seems nice, going to use it for a bit.
The WiFi plugin was perfect to transfer game ROMs and other stuff to/from an older Android TV that didn’t support much of anything else.
Now it is integrated in the base app, no more need for plugin.
Are you sure you don’t have the plugin? I had an older 3.33d version. I uninstalled the plugin, updated TC to 3.42d, tried “send via WiFi” and it asked to download the plugin.
I have 3.42. Choose a file, select it (check) and press the copy/move icon, in the popup dialog the lower right choice is ‘Via WiFi’.
Look at your installed apps if you don’t have the TotalCmd-Wifi Transfer plugin.
You’re right, I have it installed.
I use material files too cause its been suggested a lot in r/degoogle in reddit. But I’m not sure if its still maintained. Anyone has a better app which is also FOSS?
It’s maintained, zanghai updates dependencies every week: https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/commits/master
Just no new releases. I haven’t found any bugs and it has all the features I need, so I don’t miss anything. When an app is finished, you don’t need new releases every week.