GhostCommanderisadual-panelfilemanager(aswellasaFTP,SFTP,SMB,WebDAV,Drive,BOX,Dropboxclient!)whichwillletyoutomanageyourfileslocallyorremotelyaswellastweakyoursystemintherootmode.
Thisisanopensourcesoftware(seehttp://tinyurl.com/gc-source)anddoesnotshowanyadvertisement!Theprojectexistsonlybecauseofyourdonations.
Themainideabehindtheuserinterfaceisclassic:copyandmovefilesfromonepaneltoanother.Simple.
Also,tonotoverloadthedisplaywithextracheckboxes,fileselectionismadeasfollows:eachfilerowisdividedbytwozones:tappingontheleftyouopenfilesandfolders,tappingontherightyouselectmultipleitems.Ifyouarelefthanded,thatcouldbeswappedinthesettings.
WritingaccesstoexternalsdcarddrivesandUSBOTGisprovidedthroughaspecial"StorageAccessFramework"mode.Nativemodecangiveonlyaread-onlyaccesstoexternaldrives.
GhostCommandersupportsFTPandSFTPserversandWindowsnetworkshares,aswell(withplugins)asGoogleDrive,BOXandDropboxcloudstorage,plusitcancreate/extractcryptedZIParchivesandworkwiththemasitwasaregularfolder.
Foradvancedusers,thisfilemanageralsosupportsroot(superuser)mode,whichisessentialtoworkwithprotectedsystemfilesonarooteddevices,liketweakingthesystem,changefilepermissionattributes/owners(chmod/chown).
Thisfilemanagerisverycustomizableandcomeswithalotofoptionswhichallowyoutoadjustitsappearanceandbehaviortoyourpersonaltastesandhabits.
Here'salistofthefilemanager'sfeatureswhichinclude,butarenotlimitedto:
*easysortingbyname,extension,sizeordate
*customizablemultiselect(bytapping,orselectbywildcards)
*root/superuser(su)mode:remountpartitionsandmakechangesinsystemfiles
*changefileownerandpermissions(inrootmodeonly)
*modifyingfilesonexternalSDcardviatheStorageAccessFramework(SAF)mode
*ZIParchivesupport:createandextractZIPfiles,viewinsideaZIPwithoutextracting
*built-inFTPclient:uploadto/downloadfromyourownsiteorapublicone
*favoriteshortcutsforfoldersandlocations
*calculationoffileandfoldersizeandMD5andSHA-1
*filesearchbycontentandotherproperties
*texteditor(built-inorexternal)
*textandpictureviewers
*sendsfilesviaemail,Bluetoothandsoon
*personalization:colors,fontsize,interfacelanguage,customtoolbar,etc
*WindowsnetworksupportviaanoptionalSMBplugin
*Streamingaudio/videofromaremotelocationtoaplayerapp
*AccesstotheGoogleDrive,DropboxandBOXoranyWebDAVenabledcloudstorage(withplugins)
Requestedpermissionsexplanation:
INTERNET-tomakeFTPandothernetworkpluginsbeabletoconnecttotheservers.
Noconnectionisestablishedwithoutyourcommandtodoso.
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE-tonottolettheWiFigodownduringafiletransfer.
WAKE_LOCK-tonottoletthephonegotoadeepsleepduringafiletransfer.
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE-toletthefilemanagercopyfilestothesdcard.
VIBRATE-toletthephonevibratewhenalongfileoperationisdone.
INSTALL_SHORTCUT-tocreateshortcuticonstothedesktop.
MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS-todosowhenyouhaveaskedthat.
ACCESS_SUPERUSER-tolettheroot:modeofthefilemanagerfunctioningproperly.Notusedforanyotherpurposes.
USE_CREDENTIALS-onlytolettheGoogleDrivepluginaccesstotheGooglebasedservices.
Thewebsite:http://tinyurl.com/gc1site
Thesource:http://tinyurl.com/gc-source
Votefornewfeatures:http://tinyurl.com/gc-user
Helpwithlocalization:https://crowdin.com/project/ghost-commander
Ifyoulikethisapplication,asmalldonationtohelpfurtherdevelopmentwillbeappreciated.
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