File Manager

File manager for SDCard only

2019-08-17

OI File Manager (4.2@53,857) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 11/2012; Testbericht 10/2013
Explorer (4.1@85,426) Ǥ 12 img thumbs, zip/unzip, edit text
My Files - SD Card Manager (4.1@7,205) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-07-28
SD File Manager File Explorer (4.1@1,601) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-07-05

File manager supporting all local file systems

2019-08-17

Root Explorer (4.7@31,871; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 12 Test 11/2012; Vorstellung 8/2013; Video Review 10/2013; root users only; remount, permissions, bookmarks, email, thumbnails, APK binary XML viewer…
MK Explorer (File manager) (4.6@23,274) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-03 XDA; ZIP/RAR, root; phone & tablet optimized
File Manager - My Files (4.6@396) 7
Simple File Manager Pro (4.5@640; ~EUR 1.00) 4 Github
File Manager File Explorer (4.4@248,844) Ǥ 23 Kurzvorstellung 1/2013; Phone & Tablet optimized;
File Handler (4.4@42) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-08-09
File Manager -- Take Command of Your Files Easily (4.3@302,551) Ǥ 36
MT Manager (4.3@1,149) Ǥ 12 incl. text editor, HEX editor, DEX editor, media player and more
Open Manager (4.3@427) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-07-22 Github; zip/unzip, appinst, appbackup
Dual File Manager XT (4.2@4,301) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-03-14 Vorstellung 6/2013; zip/gzip/tar, streaming, img preview, …
Zenfield File Manager (4.2@952) Ǥ 9 / Zenfield File Manager Ad-free (4.7@154; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8
Dir - File Manager (4.2@294) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
File Manager Beta (4.2@144) 6 LastUpdate: 2015-02-21
Arc File Manager (4.1@12,724) 5
Explorer (4.1@94) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
File Explorer Root Browser (4@146,811) Ǥ 12 / Root Browser Pro (File Manager) (4.5@1,788; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-04-07 Vorstellung 6/2012
File Manager FS ???? FileSpace storage No ad tracker (3.9@96) Ǥ 7 Github; includes storage manager and music player
File Manager (3.5@14) 3 GitLab
lrkFM - File Manager (0@0) 4 Github

Toolboxes with integrated file managers

2019-08-17

Advanced Tools (4.4@1,665) 19 / Advanced Tools Pro (4.7@146; ~EUR 4.00) 16
Ultra Explorer [Root Browser] (4.3@660) 16 / Ultra Explorer Pro [PREMIUM] - 50% OFF (4.3@72; ~EUR 10.00) 15
NeoFiler Free (3.6@175) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-30 / NeoFiler (4@27; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-30 view/edit, compress/uncompress, webbrowser, taskman, voice memo (full only)

File manager supporting all local file systems & LAN

2019-08-17

Essential File Manager - Pro Advanced (4.7@61) 9 / Advance File Manager/Explorer PRO (4.3@69) 8
File Manager (4.6@772,649) Ǥ 26 with storage analyzer, cloud storage & more
File Manager Plus (4.6@287) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-10-18
Total Commander - file manager (4.5@184,923) 9 Video Demo 3/2012; Vorstellung 5/2012 | 1/2014; Test 10/2012; Plugins for LAN, FTP, WebDAV
X-plore File Manager (4.5@176,908) Ǥ 20 Testbericht 10/2013; Vorstellung 4/2014; Video Howto 11/2016; Phone & Tablet optimized
Solid Explorer Classic (4.5@49,600) 15 LastUpdate: 2017-06-18 / Solid Explorer Classic Unlock (4.7@11,393; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-15 Vorstellung 5/2012 | 10/2013; Testbericht 6/2012 | 12/2012 | 10/2013; Video Walk-Through 3/2019; Phone & Tablet optimized
Ghost Commander File Manager (4.5@12,652) 12 Video Review 8/2013; + SMB Plugin; 2 Panels, ftp, smb, read zip, edit txt, send file via BT, root operations, …
File Manager - Local and Cloud File Explorer (4.5@6,235) Ǥ 15
File Manager (4.5@3,613) Ǥ 15 local, SMB, cloud, FTP/WebDAV, app manager
Computer File Manager (4.5@676) Ǥ 9
File Expert - File Manager (4.4@96,119) Ǥ 24 LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 / File Expert HD File Manager (4@15) Ǥ 24 LastUpdate: 2016-10-19 Intro 6/2012; Testbericht 10/2013; Video Review 11/2013; Review 11/2016; bt/ftp/http/smb/ssh/webdav, box.net,Dropbox, zip/unzip, appman
FX File Explorer: The file manager with privacy (4.4@64,275) Ǥ 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / File Explorer (Root Add-On) (4.2@12,790) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-07-28 / FX File Explorer (Plus License Key) (4.5@3,072; ~EUR 3.00) 0 Vorstellung 11/2012; Review 11/2012; Intro 8/2013; Kurzvorstellung 1/2016; bt,smb,ftp,ssh
Discoverer(Linda File Manager) (4.4@13,523) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-06-30 Video Review 2/2012; app, zip, taskman
AntTek Explorer (4.4@10,426) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-03-04 / AntTek Explorer Pro (4.2@8,615) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-03-03 Kurzvorstellung 4/2012; Phone & Tablet optimized
Far On Droid File Manager (4.4@1,667) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-24 Github
Woopiti (4.4@157) 7 incl. WebDAV, Cloud etc.
File Manager by Astro (File Browser) (4.3@617,684) Ǥ 23 Testbericht 10/2013; Vorstellung 1/2014 | 2/2014; SFTP/SMB/Bluetooth
Computer File Explorer (4.3@80,159) Ǥ 13 Kurzvorstellung 1/2014
AndroXplorer File Manager (4.3@11,215) 8 LastUpdate: 2015-02-02 SMB; Phone & Tablet optimized
Amaze File Manager (4.3@10,539) Ǥ 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014; Review & Tutorial 5/2019 open-source
Media File Manager (4.3@1,225) Ǥ 14
N Files - File Manager & Explorer (4.3@430) 14
File Explorer (4.3@122) Ǥ 9
FireFiles (4.3@45) Ǥ 10 Github
B1 File Manager and Archiver (4.2@17,025) Ǥ 28 Intro 4/2014; Local, Samba, FTP, SFTP, Dropbox and Google Drive, archive manager
Open Explorer Beta (4.2@2,455) 11 / Open Explorer Donate (5@10; ~EUR 1.50) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-05-16
MKC file manager (4.2@614) 9 LastUpdate: 2016-12-18 / File manager / commander HD (4.3@1,863) 13 LastUpdate: 2017-12-12 Dual-Panel; Tablet optimized
File Explorer Manager (4.2@219) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-07-03
file manager (4.1@869) 9 LastUpdate: 2016-05-27
Droid Explorer (4.1@315) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-26 Multi-Tab; FTP; App-Manager
Duo: Holo File Manager w/ Root (4@271) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-27 Dual-panel; lots of plugins
Helios File Manager (3.9@3,403) Ǥ 12
FSync - FTP Client (3.2@164) 8 LastUpdate: 2015-03-12 ftp(s), gestures, encryption, zip/unzip, sync, clipboard, …
ES File Explorer/Manager PRO (0@693) Ǥ 31 Testbericht 10/2013; Vorstellung 2/2013; Video Tutorial 5/2013 (EN); Video Review 9/2013; AppManager, zip,bt,smb,ftp,Dropbox,Box.net,Sugarsync, … Now (2016) includes adware!; reißt Sicherheitsloch auf 1/2019; betreibt im Hintergrund Klick-Betrug 4/2019; und fliegt endlich aus dem Playstore 4/2019 (gets kicked out of Playstore finally 4/2019): good riddance (though a pity for a once great app).
File Manager HD(File transfer) (0@14) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2016-01-26 Review 10/2012; Zip, SMB, Dropbox/GoogleDrive/SkyDrive, …; Tablet optimized

WebDAV File Manager

2019-08-17

WebDAV for Ghost Commander (4.6@171) 0
WebDAV plugin-Total Commander (4.5@1,724) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-21
AntTek WebDAV Client (4@221) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-05-14 AddOn für AntTek Explorer
WebDAV Navigator Lite (3.4@332) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-04-08 / WebDAV Navigator (4.1@154; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 14

MultiCloud-Manager

2019-08-10

GM Files (4.6@29,413) Ǥ 20 internal, external SD & Cloud
All Online Cloud Storage (4.4@1,861) 7
Woopiti (4.4@157) 7 incl. WebDAV, Cloud etc.
Koofr (4.4@148) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Koofr account required
Filement (4.4@23) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-15
SanDisk Memory Zone (4.3@112,339) Ǥ 18 Video Review 6/2012; SugarSync, Box, Picasa, Dropbox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Facebook (FAQ)
File Manager (4.3@8,305) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2017-12-28
uniFile - File Browser (4.3@22) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2014-11-12 cloud browser and more
My Cloud (4.2@79,395) Ǥ 18
Unclouded - Cloud Manager (4.1@7,026) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2016-08-09 Video Demo 7/2014; Intro 8/2014; Vorstellung 4/2015 | 6/2015
+Storage (4.1@2,884) 12 LastUpdate: 2017-06-05 cloud & own computer
TOPDOX File Manager & Docs (4.1@440) Ǥ 20 LastUpdate: 2016-11-03
Cloud Browser (4@81) Ǥ 6
Otixo: Multi-Cloud File Manager (3.8@688) Ǥ 13 remote file-manager for 28 popular clouds (Google Drive, Dropbox, Facebook, OneDrive, FTP, ownCloud, etc.).

File Manager for Amazon S3 Cloud

2019-08-17

S3Anywhere (Amazon S3 cloud) (3.6@246) Ǥ 8 / S3AnywherePro (3.8@44; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Various file managers

2019-08-17

PowerGrasp file manager (4.5@3,488) Ǥ 8 Testbericht 10/2013; Archiver & Cloud Support
Simple File Manager (4.4@2,386) 4 Github
RH File Manager (4.2@112) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-07-14 ZIP and encryption support
Teradesk - Remote File Manager (4.2@103) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2016-05-20 Peer-to-Peer cross-device, cloud (optional), dupe finder, and more
File Manager USB OTG Cast Root FTP WiFi Explorer (4.1@1,589) Ǥ 14 / File Manager Pro Android TV USB Cloud Root WiFi (4.3@922; ~EUR 5.00) 10 Github / Github
Local Storage (4@45) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Intro 10/2016; provides other apps access to files on external/internal storage
Lollipop File Manager (3.9@3,257) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2015-07-09 root support
Lime File Manager (3.9@147) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-09-12 root, compress/uncompress, text editor, database browser, and more
EgoSecure Encryption Anywhere (3.9@146) Ǥ 9 file manager w/ encryption; files & folders, incl. cloud
File Quest (3.7@251) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-12-03 Intro 12/2013; 3D/transparency; support for root, ZIP; lock files/folders; open source: Github
Simple Explorer (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-30 Intro 1/2015; ZIP/RAR/root and more; Github; XDA

A quite specific file manager is AROMA, which can be used in recovery mode.

File Managers remote from PC

2019-08-18

AirDroid: Remote access & File (4.5@566,509) Ǥ 44 Testbericht 4/2012; Howto "Airdroid via USB" 1/2013 (DE) | 10/2013 (DE); Video Tutorial 3/2013 (DE); Video Review 4/2013; Video Demo 6/2013; Sicherheitslücke | security hole
File Manager (4.5@3,613) Ǥ 15 local, SMB, cloud, FTP/WebDAV, app manager
FTPServer (4.4@5,264) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-23 Test 12/2012 | 11/2013
PAW Server for Android (4.3@1,854) 35 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Review 7/2012
WebSharingLite (File Manager) (4.2@5,587) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-23 / WebSharing (WiFi File Manager) (4.5@1,816; ~EUR 3.00) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-23 Video Review 4/2013
WiFi File Explorer (3.9@5,024) Ǥ 11 / WiFi File Explorer PRO (4.1@3,828; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 Testbericht 2/2012; Video Demo 7/2012 | 2/2013

Also see: Manage your Android Device from your Computer

Further Readings:

Amaze File Manager vs MiXplorer vs OI File Manager (4/2019)
Best Android file explorer apps, file browser apps, and file manager apps (3/2019)
ES File Explorer is loaded with garbage, here are 4 better alternatives (10/2016)
6 File Manager Apps for iOS and Android (4/2014 - 4/2018)
Best Free Android File Manager Apps (2/2014)
8 Best file manager apps for Android (1/2014)
Best Free File Manager for Android (12/2013 - 3/2017)
Die besten Dateimanager für Android (10/2013 - 1/2019)
Best file manager apps for Android (10/2013 - 3/2019)

2019-08-23

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