ganeshrvel/openmtp
OpenMTP - Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 74 days ago, with 8 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #87 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 28, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an advanced Android file transfer application for macOS enabling fast and reliable USB-based transfers between macOS and Android/MTP devices.
- Delivers superior transfer speeds and stability with a custom-built MTP kernel, overcoming limitations of official and alternative apps like file size caps and frequent disconnections.
- Use for transferring large files over 4GB seamlessly between macOS and Android devices without WiFi or ADB delays.
- Use for managing Android device storage on macOS with features like drag-and-drop, folder renaming, and split pane views for efficient file organization.
- Use for developers or power users needing an open-source, keyboard-navigable, and dark mode supported file transfer tool optimized for macOS Big Sur and later.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
Transferring files between macOS and Android or any other MTP devices has always been a nightmare. There are a few File Transfer MTP apps which are available online but most of them are either too expensive or come with bad UI/UX. The official "Android File Transfer" app for macOS from Google comes with bugs, innumerable limitations, some of which include - not being able to transfer files larger than 4GB, frequent disconnections, unable to rename the folders or files on the android/MTP devices. Most of the other apps available online uses either WiFi or ADB protocol to transfer the files, which is an extremely time-consuming process.
Countless searches to find an app to solve these problems and failing to find one made me restless. So, I took the leap and decided to create an app for us that could help us have a smooth and hassle-free file transfer process from macOS to Android/MTP devices. Created with the objective of giving back to the community, we can all use this app for free in this lifetime.
OpenMTP 3.0 features a new MTP kernel and it was written from the scratch. It promises a file copy speed of 30 to 40 MB/s on low and mid range devices and 100 to 120 MB/s on higher end devices. The all new and powerful MTP kernel is named after Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Do checkout the Go package which I've written to build Kalam Kernel: github.com/ganeshrvel/go-mtpx. Feel free to raise PRs.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
332+37
Open issues
184+5
Compared with peers in Android
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| rustdesk/rustdesk | 128.9K | +859 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| google/comprehensive-rust | 33.5K | — | 45 | — |
| appium/appium | 22.2K | — | 60 | 1 day ago |
| bia-pain-bache/BPB-Worker-Panel | 13.9K | — | 22 | 109 days ago |
| ganeshrvel/openmtp | 7.7K | — | 31 | 74 days ago |
| JetBrains/koog | 4.7K | — | 58 | 45 days ago |
| Category median | 22.2K | — | 58 | — |
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