Strata
An open-source file manager for Android: two panes, archives, APK and DEX editing, a code editor, network storages and an encrypted vault. No ads, no accounts, no tracking.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 16, 2026 · 108 upvotes (top 13%)
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- 7zip
- android
- android-file-manager
- apk
- apk-signer
- dex
- +14 more in the details below
Similar launches
See all 834 similar launches →Could you build this?
No Developing an Android file manager capable of low-level APK decompilation/recompilation, DEX bytecode manipulation, Android Storage Access Framework (SAF) nuances, and encrypted vault storage requires advanced low-level Android engineering.
What it would actually take: Built with Kotlin/Java alongside native C/C++ libraries (NDK), integrating parsing engines like Smali/Baksmali or DexLib2 for modifying DEX bytecode and Android manifest binary XML parsing. It requires implementing custom VFS layers for SMB/SFTP/WebDAV protocols, cryptographic storage primitives (Android Keystore / SQLCipher), and robust handling of Android's scoped storage APIs. Vibe coding cannot navigate the complex memory management and binary reverse-engineering logic needed to safely modify compiled Android binaries.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #117 of 835 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 344 days after the earliest competitor.
- filet · github · 2026-09-13 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.78
- Twig · hn · 2026-10-20 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.73
- android-rapid-transfer · github · 2026-10-13 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- Aster · github · 2026-09-14 · 46 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- pocket-cloud · github · 2026-10-10 · 63 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- OneDeploy · hn · 2026-10-16 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- File-Browser · github · 2026-10-12 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- awesome-android-apps · github · 2026-09-15 · 106 upvotes · similarity 0.58
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More details
- External ID
- 1421631914
- Company
- n/a
- Product
- Strata
- Website domain
- github.com
- Cohort
- n/a
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.87
- All tags
- 7zip, android, android-file-manager, apk, apk-signer, dex, file-manager, ftp, hex-editor, jetpack-compose, kotlin, material3, root, rust, sftp, shizuku, smali, smb, termux, webdav
- AI summary
- file manager and editor for android
- Manually corrected
- No