I use one called X-Plore. It’s actually very good. Even has a WiFi server, conpressed archive support, etc. but the downsides are that it’s close sourced and some features are behind a paywall (though IMO they are worth it).

So I was thinking of moving to some free or open source software. Any recommendations?

  • DeadNinja@lemmy.world
    92·
    1 year ago

    I use MiXPlorer.

    It’s free (not sure if FOSS), and there are non-essential-but-nice-to-have features that are paid, just to support the dev - but the free features are awesome, and more than enough for me.

    • singularity@programming.dev
      2·
      1 year ago

      This one is really great and does everything you expect from a file manager. I’ve been using it for years. But yes, it’s not FOSS.

    • Rustmilian@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      It’s not FOSS. FOSS means Free Open Source Software (Free as in freedom, not as in free beer). MiXPlorer is neither open source nor licensed under a FOSS license. It’s proprietary.

      • DeadNinja@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for checking that for me.

        I know what FOSS means - I wasn’t sure if MiXPlorer is FOSS or not.

    • FierroGamer@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      I use a couple of simple apps, the gallery is great, the file manager is not amazing but it does the job, I guess I haven’t encountered many issues because I use it together with other apps (a different pdf viewer, a different zip manager, etc)

      • mintycactus@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I used it too, the biggest issue is no webdav support, than zip support is bad, pdf viewer is bad, no built-in image viewer, so you always switching to gallery (it is great, but switching back and forth is not good) eventually I decided why using two file managers instead of one and CX is really good and simple to use.

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        Same for me, switched from Total Commander, since Material Files is a bit more comfortable to use. For some reason I do not get the same upload speeds to my home server though, and I cannot figure out why.

        That said Total Commander sometimes lost connection and I had to start over, so I am ok with slower upload if its more consistent.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.ca
    62·
    1 year ago

    I had been using Solid Explorer and decided to try some open-source options. Amaze seems to be the best of them, but I went back to Solid Explorer after trying it for a few weeks.

  • SSUPII@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    X-plore, even paid for it.

    It has replaced ES File Explorer 3.2.4.1 that I’ve used since 2014.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m using FX. It’s been around since forever, still gets updates, and just works flawlessly.

    Never found something I wanted to do in a file manager that it couldn’t, so never really had to try anything else.