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Material Files

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Material Design file manager for Android.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • F-Droid
5 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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2comments
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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.  Shared Folders
  10.  No registration required
  11.  No Coding Required

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Material Files information

  • Developed by

    Hai Zhang
  • Licensing

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

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    21 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

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

AlternativeTo Categories

File ManagementFile Sharing

GitHub repository

  •  6,740 Stars
  •  468 Forks
  •  497 Open Issues
  •   Updated Nov 3, 2024 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Material Files, and it has gotten 37 likes

Material Files was added to AlternativeTo by cincinnatus on Apr 26, 2021 and this page was last updated Dec 5, 2023.

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Top Positive Comment
Tubby 9417
Apr 3, 2024
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.

Ituaf
Aug 21, 2023
0

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

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.