Material Files
Material Files is a free, open-source file manager for Android. Open source Material Design file manager. It has 9,153 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Android
- Kotlin
- File managers & sync
- Actively maintained
About Material Files
An open source Material Design file manager. Features: - Open source: Lightweight, clean and secure. - Material Design: Follows Material Design guidelines, with attention into details. - Breadcrumbs: Navigate in the filesystem with ease. - Root support: View and manage files with root access. - Archive support: View, extract and create common compressed files. - NAS support: View and manage files on FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV servers. - Themes: Customizable UI colors, plus night mode with optional true black. - Linux-aware: Knows symbolic links, file permissions and SELinux context. - Robust: Uses Linux system calls under the hood, not yet another ls parser.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Material Files from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
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What is Material Files?
Material Files is a free, open-source file manager for Android. Open source Material Design file manager. It has 9,153 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Material Files free and open source?
Yes. Material Files's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Material Files?
You can install Material Files from F-Droid (package me.zhanghai.android.files) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.7.5).
Is Material Files still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 24, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.