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android		MaterialFiles
	Project
26	Mentions	38
2,052	Stars	5,152
3.8%	Growth	-
9.5	Activity	9.3
1 day ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

android

Posts with mentions or reviews of android. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-11.

How to keep tabs on GitHub Repositories' new releases of software?
2 projects | /r/androidapps | 11 Apr 2023

Otherwise, I am thinking of just polling the release page (for example https://github.com/home-assistant/android/releases/latest) with some API and checking for changes in the new URL that it redirects to. But this seems quite "dirty" really.
Homeassistant and tasker with MQTT {help please}
1 project | /r/tasker | 23 Jan 2023

If You have Home Assistant's companion app installed on the phone You can broadcast intent from HA to other apps.
Does anyone know how to get the home icon on the lock screen of NP1 like this image?
1 project | /r/NothingTech | 10 Jan 2023

I found this Link on Github which states the same thing for android 12
Wear OS not reaching Home Assistant local server through public IP/DDNS over bluetooth when phone is connected to LAN.
1 project | /r/fortinet | 1 Dec 2022

I recently bough a Wear OS smartwatch. Installed Home Assistant app on it and connected to my HA server using my domain name. Now the problem is the smartwatch cannot reach HA server when it is connected to my phone over bluetooth and my phone is connected to my LAN. If my phone is not connected to my LAN it works. Also If I disconnect bluetooth and force the watch to use wifi then it works. This issue is well explained in a bug on github.
What are some nice open source Android projects?
20 projects | /r/androiddev | 28 Nov 2022
Wear OS complication hell... How do you use them?
2 projects | /r/WearOSDeveloper | 14 Nov 2022

here where most of that code lives: https://github.com/home-assistant/android/tree/master/wear/src/main/java/io/homeassistant/companion/android/complications
What Foss apps you can't live without.
49 projects | /r/fossdroid | 16 Oct 2022

Home Assistant https://github.com/home-assistant/android
That time I forgot to create alerts for a leak sensor
2 projects | dev.to | 20 Feb 2022

I opened up the Home Assistant app on my phone and pulled up the sensor. It had, indeed, worked as designed and clearly showed that the leak started at about 11:30pm the night before… it was currently about 7:30am.
⟳ 2 apps added, 58 updated at f-droid.org
19 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 29 Dec 2021

Home Assistant (version 2021.12.1-minimal): Control all your devices in your Home Assistant instance
Home Assistant now has an app for Wear OS
2 projects | /r/WearOS | 20 Dec 2021

Created another issue for that feature request today, thought the same thing today also. I was too focused for icons that I missed that earlier.

MaterialFiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of MaterialFiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-14.

Show HN: Material Files – Material Design File Manager for Android
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2024

Only through davx apparently https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/issues/191
Profiles sharing a directory?
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 9 Dec 2023

You could try installing Material files in both profiles. It's also on fdroid. Set up the ftp server, choose what folders you want to share, in one profile and then connect to it in the other profile.
Top 10 Android Apps in 2013 (not available on the Google Play Store)
13 projects | /r/androidapps | 5 Dec 2023

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles Best file manager by far. Clean, open source, works on Android TV, Tablet and smartphone without any issue.
All my Open Source App Alternatives
28 projects | /r/opensource | 30 Jul 2023

File explorator→ Material Files ♥️

31 projects | /r/fdroid | 29 Mar 2023

File explorator→ Material Files ♥️
Using Pixel with a Mac
5 projects | /r/GooglePixel | 7 Jul 2023

I use Filezilla and Material Files to transfer large / multiple files via ftp. Otherwise Neardrop works great for quick file sharing.
What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
11 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Jun 2023

I think you'd like Amaze and Material Files. They both don't have an option for webdav though.
Why Material Files (Play Store version) has the permission to check the advertisement ID?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 8 May 2023

According to comments in this commit this permission is used for Google analytics.
[App] A Few cool (Material You) Apps
10 projects | /r/HowToMen | 1 May 2023

Material Files, the best file manager in my opinion, great material you implementation as well.
Recommendation for an open source file manager free of ads ?
3 projects | /r/androidapps | 14 Apr 2023

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles Material Files. best looking file manager imho

What are some alternatives?

When comparing android and MaterialFiles you can also consider the following projects:

room-assistant - Presence tracking and more for automation on the room-level

AmazeFileManager - Material design file manager for Android

WearAuthn - Use your Wear OS watch as a FIDO2 security key via Bluetooth and NFC.

KeePassDX - Lightweight vault and password manager for Android, KeePassDX allows editing encrypted data in a single file in KeePass format and fill in the forms in a secure way.

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

Simple-File-Manager - Easy app for managing your files without ads, respecting your privacy & security

find3 - High-precision indoor positioning framework, version 3.

Aliucord - A modification for the Discord Android App

koreader - An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

Simple-Notes - A simple textfield for adding quick notes without ads.

dohot - DoHoT: making practical use of DNS over HTTPS over Tor

MagiskOnWSA - Integrate Magisk root and Google Apps (OpenGApps) into WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android) [GET https://api.github.com/repos/LSPosed/MagiskOnWSA: 403 - Repository access blocked]