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Solid Explorer vs CIFS Documents Provider: catalog facts
Solid Explorer	CIFS Documents Provider
Paid Distributed through Google Play; the homepage does not list the price.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Android	Android
Dual-pane browsing with drag and drop between locations Access to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Mega and more in one app	Makes SMB shares available to any app that uses the system file picker Supports Samba and Windows (CIFS) shares
Android only Homepage gives little detail on pricing or recent changes	Android only, version 8.0 or later Only useful for apps that support the Storage Access Framework
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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