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Which file manager do you use? (lemmy.ml)
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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?

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[–] rjc@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

Solid Explorer

[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Material Files is fantastic.

FOSS (free and open-source), and supports root, if you need it.

Amaze is amazing (I'm sorry, it was stronger than me) too.

[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I forgot to mention that *both of them* are open-source.

[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 points 11 months ago

Thanks for checking that for me.

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

[–] Erska@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use Material Files

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This one. Allows you to also use sftp to access your remote files over SSH

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months 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 4 points 11 months 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.

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Total Explorer

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Not FOSS, but I use Files by Google, FX File Explorer and old version of ES File Explorer.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months 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 points 11 months 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.

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Total Commander

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For Nas and regular files I use cx file explorer, it's really good