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CLUSTER FILES-CLIENT-FTP · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-09-14

Android FTP/SFTP file clients

This cluster covers Android apps for browsing, uploading, downloading, and editing files on remote servers via FTP, FTPS, and SFTP protocols. Dated entries appear sporadically from May 2012 through May 2026 without a clear trend, suggesting a steady but unstructured niche. The traction leaders—FreeFTP, SFTP-SAF, and Voyager—all show zero activity signal, so no product stands out as a market leader.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2012: 1MAR 2013: 1SEP 2018: 1SEP 2019: 1DEC 2019: 1AUG 2021: 1MAY 2022: 1JUL 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1SEP 2026: 3
MAY 2012SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled

Operator · 1 commercial · 10 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01FTPS Server0★24 daysliveopen sourceAndroid app that turns a device into a secure FTPS server for sharing files over the network with per-user permissions.
  2. 02FreeFTP0★25 daysliveopen sourceFile transfer client that browses, downloads, uploads, and edits files on remote servers over FTP, FTPS, and SFTP.
  3. 03Simple Nextcloud0★24 daysliveopen sourceAndroid file browser that connects to Nextcloud servers for viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, and managing files and folders.
  4. 04SFTP-SAF0★23 daysliveopen sourceAndroid app that lets users browse and edit files on an SFTP server via the system file picker.
  5. 05FTPClient0★1 moliveopen sourceAndroid client for FTP, FTPS, and SFTP servers that enables browsing, uploading, downloading, and editing remote files.
  6. 06Primitive FTPd0★2 moliveopen sourceMobile app that runs an FTP or SFTP server on a device so files can be transferred wirelessly to other machines.
  7. 07SambaLite0★18 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid client for accessing SMB network shares, enabling file browsing, transfer, and management on local networks.
  8. 08FTPManager - FTP, SFTP client0★3 molivecommercialiOS app for accessing and managing files on FTP/SFTP servers, supporting file transfer, streaming, and local editing.
  9. 09CIFS Documents Provider0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceAndroid app that provides other apps with access to network storage (SMB, FTP, SFTP) and supports file transfer.
  10. 10SyncTool0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMobile app that synchronizes files between an Android device and FTP or ownCloud servers using configurable directions, strategies, and scheduled triggers.
  11. 11Spider0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that connects to an SFTP server using a password or private key to browse, upload, and download files.
  12. 12Nixi File Manager0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedFTP client app that allows users to connect to servers, transfer files, and manage remote and local files.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.