Adbrowser

A modern cross-platform Android file manager powered by ADB.

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What's this

Adbrowser is a modern, cross-platform Android device file manager built with Jetpack Compose Multiplatform.
It allows developers and testers to access Android devices through ADB and visually browse and manage files on PC — including debug app data without root access.

The original intention of this project was that the Device File Explorer feature of Android Studio is not stable and reliable enough in some cases and cannot run independently, and currently there is no complete cross-platform solution.

Features

• 🔌 ADB Integration: Connect to authorized Android devices via ADB
• 🗂 Full Filesystem Access: Browse from root /, support for /data/data via run-as or su
• 💻 Cross-platform GUI: Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux using compose-multiplatform based on JavaFX
• 🧭 Tabbed File Browsing: Multi-tab design for easy navigation
• 🧲 Drag and Drop Support: Drag files in/out between device and PC
• 🧠 Smart Access Layer: Automatic privilege fallback — root, run-as, or read-only
• 🛠 Designed for Developers: Useful for debugging, testing, and inspecting app data

Maintenance Status

This project is a work in progress (WIP) and under active development. Judging from the developers' free time, the implementation may not be very fast.

The goal is to build a fast, reliable, and intuitive ADB-based file manager for Android devices.

✅ Code contributions, bug reports, and feature suggestions are very welcome!

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License

• AGPL-3.0

Copyright (C) 2019 HighCapable

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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Copyright © 2019 HighCapable