# zhanghai/MaterialFiles

Material Design file manager for Android

Repository: https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialfiles
Homepage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.zhanghai.android.files
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, android-application, material-design, file-manager, kotlin, kotlin-android
Last push: 2026-04-06T02:43:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3020, "days_push": 149, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8813, forks 714 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.839145+00:00)

## What it is
Material Files is an open-source Material Design file manager for Android 5.0+. It supports local and remote file management (FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV), archives, root access, and Linux-aware file details.

## Use cases
- manage files on android phone
- browse files over sftp or smb on android
- extract and create zip archives on android
- file manager with root access
- open source alternative to stock android file manager
- view file permissions and symlinks on android

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, open-source, Material Design file manager on Android
- you need to access files on FTP, SFTP, SMB, or WebDAV servers from your phone
- you need root file browsing or Linux-style file attributes on Android

## When to avoid
- you need a file manager for desktop platforms like Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you need cloud storage integrations beyond WebDAV (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox)
- you prefer a heavily featured manager with built-in media players or app managers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, gui
- domain: files, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: file-manager, material-design, kotlin, sftp, smb, ftp, webdav, archive-extraction, root-access, open-source, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- zhanghai/MaterialFiles (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.839145+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:25:10.645693+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.839145+00:00, sha 0d9d2fb4364c)
  - homepage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.zhanghai.android.files (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:16.531094+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.