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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (13 children)

ES File Explorer was very good at the beginning, but it enshittified quickly. Nowadays MaterialFiles is the best file explorer for Android, and it has more features than ES had ever. And it's open source so it can't have a similar fate. Google Play link, F-droid link

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Looks nice! I use the Fossify File Manager; they seem very similar.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Fossify looks similar, but it misses some crucial features I use frequently. I downloaded it now to check it, Material can do these things, while Fossify can't:

    • Open multiple windows for commander like usage
    • Connect to remote shares with SFTP, FTP, SMB or Webdav
    • Connect to app storage with Storage Access Framework
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Material files doesn't have anywhere near enough. ES File Explorer could open a bunch of files, a text editor, sftp, ftp, audio, image viewer, etc. ES File Explorer was intolerable on the free version, but if you paid a few quid, you got a perfect product.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    MaterialFiles can connect to ftp, sftp, webdav and smb. It has a text editor. There is built in image viewer and music player in most roms nowadays, and MaterialFiles has an "open with" option where you can select what you want to do with a file.

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