FFShare
FFShare is a free, open-source file manager for Android. Compress image, video and audio files through ffmpeg before sharing them. It has 1,108 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Kotlin
- File managers & sync
- Actively maintained
About FFShare
FFShare pipes image, video and audio files through ffmpeg before you share them. Doing so reduces the file size and also has the added benefit of stripping all metadata that may be attached to those files. To do this this just share your media files and choose FFShare. The app will open showing the compression progress and when it's done a new share dialog will reappear with the new compressed file. Split APKs The APK downloaded from F-Droid is the app full version with all features and abi compatibility included. A choice of smaller APKs can be found at Source Code This app is open source and hosted on GitHub. A star would be greatly appreciated.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds FFShare 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 FFShare?
FFShare is a free, open-source file manager for Android. Compress image, video and audio files through ffmpeg before sharing them. It has 1,108 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is FFShare free and open source?
Yes. FFShare's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only 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 FFShare?
You can install FFShare from F-Droid (package com.caydey.ffshare); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: u2.0.0).
Is FFShare still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 10, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 23, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.