CIFS Documents Provider vs Sharing
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
CIFS Documents Provider
CIFS Documents Provider is an Android app to provide access to shared online storage. [Features] * Provide other apps with access to shared network storage via the Storage Access Framework (SAF). * Provides access to files and directories. * Supports SMB (Samba, Common Internet File System (CIFS), Windows Network Shared Folder), FTP, FTPS and SFTP. * Share and transfer files on online storage. * Multiple connection settings can be stored. * Supports connection settings export/import. * Supports dark mode. * Can be treated as local storage (configuration required) * Notifications can be displayed to prevent task kills. (configuration required) [Objective] * Import and export of files created by the app. * Manage files and directories with the Storage Manager app. * Play music, videos, etc. with the media player app. * Direct saving of photos taken with the camera app. [Note] * No file management function in this app. * To use this app, your apps must support SAF (Storage Access Framework). * Apps that assume local storage may not work properly. * Apps may crash when specified as a storage destination for streaming audio or video data. [How to use] See the following page. (Japanese) https://github.com/wa2c/cifs-documents-provider/wiki/Manual-ja [Sources] GitHub https://github.com/wa2c/cifs-documents-provider [Issues] GitHub Issue https://github.com/wa2c/cifs-documents-provider/issues Please post here if you have bug reports, Future requests, or other information.
Sharing
Share files and apps using browser. you need the other device to be connected to the same network. Files sent from browser to the app can be found in Sharing/ folder in your internal storage. You will need to send this app to the other device in case you sent an app with split apk files. Make sure you use hotspot to get faster speeds transferring files. All thanks goes to Hamdy El-Menshawy for the UI design specially the web side App made by Ammar64
| Feature | CIFS Documents Provider | Sharing |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | ProductivityFile ManagerMessaging | ProductivityFile ManagerMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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