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Material Files

Material Design file manager for Android.

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Cost / License

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • F-Droid
5.0
Excellent4 reviews
51likes
3comments
0news articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  File Search
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  File Archiving
  4.  Root explorer
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Material design
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  No registration required
  10.  No Coding Required
  11.  Shared Folders

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Tubby 9417
0

Clean interface and lightweight. I chose Material Files because it supports Samba, and so can be used to transfer files between devices efficiently and easily.

Xandru4
0

This should be default on android

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Ituaf
0

Clean interface and lightweight. Exactly what I was looking for in a mobile file explorer. Works pretty well on e-ink devices too.

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What is Material Files?

Features

  • Open source: Lightweight, clean and secure.
  • Material Design: Follows Material Design guidelines, with attention into details.
  • Breadcrumbs: Navigate in the filesystem with ease.
  • Root support: View and manage files with root access.
  • Archive support: View, extract and create common compressed files.
  • NAS support: View and manage files on FTP, SFTP and SMB servers.
  • Themes: Customizable UI colors, plus night mode with optional true black.
  • Linux-aware: Like Nautilus, knows symbolic links, file permissions and SELinux context.
  • Robust: Uses Linux system calls under the hood, not yet another ls parser.
  • Well-implemented: Built upon the right things, including Java NIO2 File API and LiveData.

Material Files information

  • Developed by

    Hai Zhang
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    24 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • French
    • German
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish
    • Italian
    • Romanian
    • Japanese

AlternativeTo Categories

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GitHub repository

  •  7,959 Stars
  •  583 Forks
  •  575 Open Issues
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Material Files, and it has gotten 51 likes

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