# Open Explorer Beta

> Open Explorer is Android's most compatible open source file manager.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.brandroid.openmanager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.brandroid.openmanager)

## Overview

- **ID:** `org.brandroid.openmanager`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** brandroid.org
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 287,193
- **Rating:** 4.08 / 5 (2,410 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.255
- **Last updated:** 2018-09-20
- **First published:** 2011-09-02
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.brandroid.openmanager)
- **Website:** [http://brandroid.org/](http://brandroid.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://brandroid.org/privacy.php](http://brandroid.org/privacy.php)

## Description

Open Explorer Beta is Android's most compatible open source file manager designed for tablets, phones, and Google TV devices. It offers comprehensive file system management including USB and SD card support, network connectivity (FTP, SFTP, SMB), and multi-account cloud integration with platforms like Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Users can benefit from advanced features such as a tabbed text editor, smart media folders, directory navigation via swipe gestures, and a disk space heat map for efficient storage insights.

The app supports archived files like Zip, Tar, 7zip, and RAR, and provides root access capabilities to manage system folders. Ongoing development focuses on offline file structure caching and bug fixes. Open Explorer supports multiple languages and themes, ensuring a customizable experience. Being in beta, user feedback is encouraged to improve stability and feature set, making it a powerful, open-source Android file management solution.

## Rankings

- #132,910 — Overall

## Review summary

The Open Explorer Beta app is a free, ad-free, open-source file manager praised for its simplicity, speed, and ability to explore deep system files. Users appreciate its integration and broad file access. However, multiple reviews report that the app fails to open or hangs on various Samsung devices, sometimes showing black or flickering screens. Users suggest improving the user interface, and some experience occasional slowness and bugs. Despite the issues, many users continue using it due to its unique features and functionality.

### Pros

- Free application without ads or payments
- Simple, no-frills file explorer that is fast and responsive
- Integrates well with other apps and supports deep file exploration including system files
- Open source and actively developed, promising for future improvements

### Cons

- App fails to open or hangs on some devices like Samsung Galaxy S8, S10+, Note 10+
- UI could be clearer and improved for better user experience
- Some devices show black or flickering screens on launch
- App appears slow to load on some devices and may have bugs

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.brandroid.openmanager)