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I've always used X-plore but am now searching for a FOSS alternative.

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[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like it. It supports hosting a ftp server and automatically finding SMB servers in the local network. This is the first file manager I've found that does these two things. But no app management unfortunately. Thanks!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mean, you can click an .apk to run it with the installer (of choice even). That's all the file management part. Next you want it to also manage your photos, play videos?

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't mean installing apps, I mean viewing installed apps and being able to extract apks from them by "copying" them to a folder, as well as some other things.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You want an app manager, not a file manager.

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

Having it built in tha file manager is very convenient for me. I've been using it this way in X-plore for ages.