CIFS Documents Provider vs Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android
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.
Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android
Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android is an Android™ client for the free and open source local file sharing solutions https://snapdrop.net/ and https://pairdrop.net/. Do you also sometimes have the problem that you just need to quickly transfer a file from your phone to the PC? USB? - Old fashioned! Bluetooth? - Much too cumbersome and slow! E-mail? - Please not another email I write to myself! Snapdrop! Snapdrop (as well as the enhanced version "PairDrop") is a local file sharing solution which completely works in your browser. A bit like Apple's Airdrop, but not only for Apple devices. Windows, Linux, Android, IPhone, Mac - no problem at all! However, even if it theoretically would fully work in your browser, you will love this app if you want to use Snapdrop or PairDrop more often in your daily life. Thanks to perfect integration into the Android operating system, files are sent even faster. Directly from within other apps you can select Snapdrop to share with. Thanks to its radical simplicity, "Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android" makes the everyday life of thousands of users easier. As an open source project we don't have any commercial interests but want to make the world a little bit better. Join and convince yourself! SOURCE CODE: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android CREDIT: The app is powered by the Snapdrop Open Source project, which is hosted and maintained by RobinLinus. See also https://www.github.com/robinlinus/snapdrop
| Feature | CIFS Documents Provider | Snapdrop & PairDrop for Android |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityFile ManagerMessaging | ProductivityFile ManagerMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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