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54 open-source file managers and sync apps

Open Source File Managers for Android

The most popular open-source file managers and sync apps for Android on GitHub are LocalSend, Material Files and ServerBox. appsgit lists 54, 45 of them on F-Droid, each with its license, last commit and store links.

Updated Oct 28, 2026

Open Source File Managers for Android

Showing 1-48 of 54 by GitHub stars. All mobile apps A to Z · JSON API

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What are the best open-source file managers and sync apps?

By GitHub stars, LocalSend is the most popular (96,116 stars), followed by Material Files and ServerBox. Each page lists the license, the last commit and the F-Droid, Google Play or App Store link when the project publishes one.

Which of these apps work on iPhone?

10 of the 54 open-source file managers and sync apps listed here run on iOS, including LocalSend and ServerBox, and 53 run on Android.

Are these apps on F-Droid?

45 of the 54 are on F-Droid, which builds them from source. 40 of those have no anti-features (such as ads, tracking or a non-free network service) flagged by F-Droid; each app page lists any that are.

How are these open-source file managers and sync apps chosen?

Apps come from the F-Droid index (apps whose source code is on GitHub), GitHub topics such as android-app, flutter-app, ios-app and jetpack-compose, and a short hand-checked list of official apps that are not on F-Droid. An app is listed only if its license is OSI-approved or FSF-free (F-Droid's license first, then GitHub's), the repository has a README and a commit in the last six months and is not archived, and it has 100+ GitHub stars (F-Droid apps) or 300+ stars (everything else). Libraries, SDKs, templates, samples and demo apps are left out. Source-available apps are never listed.