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Twig

Dual-pane file manager: archives, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, S3, restic, Jellyfin.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: playlists and lyrics display.

Services and protocols mentioned: WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, SMB, NFS and S3.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Batch rename with text/regex replacement, numbering and previews” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Text editing with syntax highlighting and original encoding; hex, PDF (passwords on Android 15+), SVG, image and media viewers; image selection sync; subtitle size/color and video control auto-hide” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Text editing with syntax highlighting and original encoding; hex, PDF (passwords on Android 15+), SVG, image and media viewers; image selection sync; subtitle size/color and video control auto-hide” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Music playlists with M3U/folder imports, waveform seeking, synced lyrics, background playback, cover volume gestures and notification timer/exit” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Music playlists with M3U/folder imports, waveform seeking, synced lyrics, background playback, cover volume gestures and notification timer/exit” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Website bookmarks, home-screen shortcuts, per-site display settings, JavaScript/CSS, element hiding, resource blocking and debugging” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Root/Shizuku access within the local tree;” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Network MP4/MKV thumbnails fetch keyframes through container indexes, without downloading whole videos.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Jellyfin/Emby playback progress syncs to the server; posters, tags, lyrics and external subtitles come from its API.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Twig is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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