Alternatives to Solid Explorer
An Android file manager with dual panes, cloud storage access, network connections and root access. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Solid Explorer
An Android file manager with dual panes, cloud storage access, network connections and root access.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Solid Explorer.
X-plore File Manager
An Android file manager with a dual-pane tree view, cloud and network access, and root support.
X-plore File Manager is freemium instead of paid, offering a dual-pane tree view, FTP, SMB, SFTP, cloud services, root access and a Disk Map view.
MiXplorer
A free, ad-free Android file manager with tabs, dual panels, network storage and archive support.
MiXplorer is free and ad-free, adding tabs, dual panels, wide archive support and deep customization, with some features in separate add-on apps.
Material Files
An open-source Material Design file manager for Android 5.0 and later.
Material Files is free and open source, reaching FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV shares, but without dual panes or cloud drive integration.
Amaze File Manager
An open-source Android file manager with a Material Design interface, SFTP support and a built-in FTP server.
Amaze File Manager is free and open source, with SFTP and cloud connections, 7z handling and a built-in FTP server for sharing from the phone.
Files by Google
Google's Android file manager for freeing up storage, finding files and sharing them offline with people nearby.
Files by Google is free but closed source, focusing on storage cleanup and offline nearby sharing, without dual panes or root access.
Fossify File Manager
An open-source Android file manager without ads, built to respect privacy and security.
Fossify File Manager is free, open source and ad-free, though network and cloud storage support is not documented.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Solid Explorer as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
AndFTP
An Android client for FTP, FTPS, SFTP and SCP servers with resumable transfers and folder sync.
Solid Explorer is a paid dual-pane Android file manager with network connections, root access and cloud accounts such as Dropbox and Google Drive, rather than a dedicated transfer client.
Owlfiles
A cross-platform file manager for local, network, NAS and cloud storage, formerly FE File Explorer.
Solid Explorer is a paid Android-only dual-pane file manager combining network connections, cloud accounts and root access, without desktop or iOS versions.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
TagSpaces
An offline file organizer that adds color-coded tags to files and folders without a database.
Documents by Readdle
Full-featured iOS file manager with a built-in PDF reader and cloud integration.
