# Open Explorer Beta

Android app · by brandroid.org · Productivity

Open Explorer Beta has 287,203 installs, rated 4.1 from 2,405 ratings, \#3,906 of 185,344 in Productivity.

## Figures

- Installs: 287,203
- Rating: 4.1 · 2,405 ratings
- Price: Free
- In-app purchases: no
- 7-day growth in installs: +2 (+0.0%) (+4 over 16.3 days)
- Rank: #115,175 of 2,942,214 Android listings with an install count (down 4,885 since 2026-11-04)
- Rank: #3,906 of 185,344 in Productivity

## Is Open Explorer Beta safe?

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- Listed on Google Play.
- Made by brandroid.org; developer website listed: brandroid.org.
- On Google Play since 2011-09-02. Last updated 2018-09-20 (over 2 years ago).
- Rated 4.1 from 2,405 ratings.

## Reviews

- Ratings by stars: 5★ 58% · 4★ 15% · 3★ 15% · 2★ 5% · 1★ 8% (2,401 ratings)

## Description

Open Explorer - an open source file manager for all Android devices! (Tablets, Large Phones, Small Phones, Google TV)  
\- Complete file system management  
\- USB, SD and other external media  
\- Auto-detect & install BusyBox  
\- Network Connectable (FTP, SFTP, SMB/Samba/Windows/Lan/WIFI)  
\- Cloud connected (multiple accounts)! (Box, Dropbox, Drive)  
\- Text Editor (Tabbed, Multiple Document Interface)  
\- Smart Folders that scan for different types of media (Videos, Photos, Music, Downloads)  
\- View Pager directory navigation (swipe right to go up a directory)  
\- Superuser/Root ability to read/write system folders (and JB 4.2 user folders)  
\- Disk space heat map shows where your biggest files are  
\- Browse or extract from most common archives - Zip, Tar, TGZip, BZip2, 7zip, RAR  
  
Features to come:  
\- Offline file structure cache, will remember which files you have in different places without needing to connect  
  
\*PLEASE NOTE: OpenExplorer is in Beta. There are still several bugs. If you do not wish to experience these bugs, please do not download this app. If you would like to help me find these bugs, please email me or cooperate with me on GitHub (https://github.com/BrandroidTools/OpenExplorer/). Please remember bad ratings help nobody.  
  
Past Changes:  
v229  
Fixed root/system operations  
v228  
Updated Portuguese, French & Russian  
Allow custom OAuth settings  
v226  
Fixed Root crashes  
Removed Google Analytics  
v225  
Bugfixes with sorting, refreshing, heatmap, external SD  
v222  
Google Drive support! (new permissions required)  
v220  
Box & Dropbox integration (with multiple account authentication!)  
v217  
7zip & RAR extraction support  
v216  
BZip2 support  
v214  
Tar/GZip support  
v212  
Mostly bugfixes  
Prompt before copy overwrite  
v210  
NFC - Beam your clipboard  
Passive root operations  
v209  
Clipboard improvements  
Many concurrency improvements  
File operations serialized  
Large heap requested  
v208  
Reverted Action Bar menu icon on older devices  
Updated German, Spanish, Russian & Dutch translations  
Downloads scanner improved  
v205:  
Fixed Clipboard crash  
Other updates  
v204:  
Fix "Add new Server" crash  
Other bug fixes  
v202:  
Fixed server settings deletion bug  
Scaled other icons  
v201  
Light&Dark Theme Tweaks  
Added scaled version of some icons  
Changed Zip Icon  
Fix thumb scaling  
Add Ukrainian & Chinese to Language preference  
Server settings moved to persistent storage so they don't get deleted if you uninstall  
Other bugfixes  
v200 - 12/21/12:  
Chinese Translation  
Bookmark View UI Updates  
JB 4.2 USB Updates  
Privacy Policy  
v199  
SearchView update to all devices  
Fixed "Select All" crash  
/system remounter for rooted users  
v198  
JB 4.2 (rooted) updates  
v197  
Themes reworked! There are now 4 themes to choose from: dark, light, mix, and pinstripe  
Jellybean expanded notifications for operations  
Donate added to menu  
Updated ActionBarSherlock  
v194  
Improved device scanner - USB OTG  
Updated Japanese  
v191  
Bugfix for when your last viewed path was a network path  
v190  
Updated Russian, Japanese & Turkish translations  
Fixed settings restart bug  
v189  
Added Text Wrapping  
Switched to stericson's RootTools for root thread management - root should work better  
Send/Share + Rename fixed  
Notification Tweaks & Fixes  
Preference Layout Improvements  
v185  
Settings reorganized and updated to be more standard  
Zip files are navigatable  
System activities now appear in action bar for zip & text files  
v182  
Added "heatmap" operation for determining relative folder sibling size  
v179  
Fixed Search  
v178  
Fixed Networked folder selection bug  
Show multi-select checkmarks by default  
v176  
7" Tablet (aka Nexus 7!) tweaks  
New List/Grid item border/background  
Jellybean-style default app selector  
Added search back in as menu option  
v173  
Fixed file operation notification crash (due to theming)  
v172  
Re-enable Google TV (do not update if you are on Google TV)  
v171  
\*MAJOR UPDATE\* - first official build of new Brandroid Tools team!  
Switch to ActionBarSherlock  
 Dark/Light Theming Support!

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Source: https://storetally.com/android/org.brandroid.openmanager  
As of 2026-11-13, from the StoreTally census.