Material Files
An open-source Material Design file manager for Android 5.0 and later.
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About Material Files
Material Files is an open-source file manager for Android 5.0 and later, built with a Material Design interface. It handles the everyday tasks of browsing, copying and organising files on a phone or tablet.
It can also reach files on other machines over network protocols including FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV, so it covers much of what a separate transfer app would do. The project has an active history of about 2,400 commits and is translated by volunteers on Transifex.
Strengths
- Clean Material Design interface
- Network access over FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV
- Open source with community translations
Limitations
- Android only
- No desktop companion app
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Hai Zhang
- Platforms
- Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Android users who want an open-source file manager that can reach network shares
- Categories
- File transfer, File managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Material Files
Compare allSoftware that can replace Material Files for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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 closed source and tied to Google's ecosystem, focusing on storage cleanup and offline nearby sharing rather than FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV network access.
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 stays free and open source on Android, adding a built-in FTP server for sharing from the phone plus SFTP, cloud connections and 7z handling.
Fossify File Manager
An open-source Android file manager without ads, built to respect privacy and security.
Fossify File Manager is also open source and ad-free on Android, but network or cloud storage support is not documented, so SMB and WebDAV access may be lost.
MiXplorer
A free, ad-free Android file manager with tabs, dual panels, network storage and archive support.
MiXplorer is free and ad-free but closed source, adding tabs, dual panels, wide archive support and heavy customization, with some features needing separate add-on apps.
Solid Explorer
An Android file manager with dual panes, cloud storage access, network connections and root access.
Solid Explorer is a paid, closed-source Android app that adds dual panes, root access and connections to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Mega.
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 and closed source, offering a dual-pane tree view, FTP, SMB, SFTP, cloud services, root access and a Disk Map storage view.
Material Files as an alternative
Listings that name Material Files as an alternative.
AndFTP
An Android client for FTP, FTPS, SFTP and SCP servers with resumable transfers and folder sync.
Material Files is a free open-source Android file manager that reaches FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV shares, but it lacks AndFTP's SCP support and custom server commands.
Owlfiles
A cross-platform file manager for local, network, NAS and cloud storage, formerly FE File Explorer.
Material Files is a free open-source Android file manager reaching FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV, though it lacks cloud services and any desktop companion.
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