Simple-File-Manager

Easy app for managing your files without ads, respecting your privacy & security

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Easy app for managing your files without ads, respecting your privacy & security

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Observed mentions: 2019-03-29 14:56:57 UTC to 2024-09-22 16:58:40 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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bscphil·Sep 22, 2024

I'm surprised to hear this. Fortunately it doesn't look like the source code itself got taken over [1], and of course F-Droid, which is always the best place to get any open source Android application, still has the same version as the latest Github release. [2] These applications are blessedly feature complete, and I haven't noticed any issues being "stuck" on the F-Droid versions. [1] https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.filema...

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q87b·Sep 11, 2023

Warning, the reaction to massive security issues in a bundled PDF reader of the file manager made me uninstall all of these apps. Safety of my device and data is paramount. https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager/iss... https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager/iss... where the developer shows no grasp of security "what can happen to an app without internet access?" A "simple" file manager should not come with a PDF reader.

In A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions

pmontra·Mar 29, 2019

I gave up on ES File Explorer many years ago. I don't remember what I used in between (file explorers are kind of commodities) but I'm using this now https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager I think I could build it from source but I don't have an Android dev environment anymore so I installed the app from Google Play. It asks surprisingly few permissions: read/modify/delete content on the SD card and access to fingerprint hardware.

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