The best file managers for Android

There is no shortage of file managers for android, both free and paid

The popular Paid file managers are

  • MiXplorer = Paid, no trial, plugins to add functionality
  • Solid Explorer = 14 Day trial, during trial, you get ads (Root explorer, archiver, Chromecast, File categorization) + Local + FTP, LAN, sFTP, WebDav, NextCloud, etc…..
  • File Commander = 7 Day Trial, during trial there are ads, FTP, LAN, cloud providers, etc…

Free and open source

  • Material Files = Simple file manager, but well done in terms of design and good android development practices, Open source mostly written in kotlin (Github =>)
  • Amaze File Manager = Simple material design file manager, written in both Java and Kotlin (Github =>)
  • NextCloud Android client = Works with the self hosted Next Cloud (But so do unofficial managers) (Github =>)

Free but not open source

  • File Manager by Xiaomi = Has network options (LAN, FTP)
  • Google Files = Basic, supports Google Drive and OneDrive, google drive launches the drive app

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