SambaLite
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A lightweight, modern, and open-source Android client for SMB/CIFS shares.
- Rating
- 3.4
- 65 ratings
- Downloads
- 22.6K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 26
- 2026 · v2.5.5
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About SambaLite
The app is designed for tech-savvy users who are looking for a lean, transparent solution and value privacy and open source.
Main features:
• Manage connections: Enter SMB server (hostname or IP) and share/path, username, password, optional domain (workgroup)
• Manage multiple connections with individual names
• Connection testing with clear error messages
• Automatic, secure storage of credentials (Android Keystore)
• File browser: Navigate through the share directory tree, display of name, type, size, and modification date
• Refresh view ("Pull-to-Refresh")
• Sorting options (name, date, size)
• File operations: Download, upload, delete, rename
• Display file properties
• Dark/Light Mode (system default)
Security & Privacy:
• No telemetry or third-party connections
• No unencrypted storage of sensitive data
• Minimal permissions (only network and access to user-selected storage locations)
SambaLite is the open-source Samba client for Android that many have wanted for years: Modern, lean, secure, without unnecessary features, but with everything needed for practical access to SMB shares.
What’s new
Version 2.5.5 · Updated September 26, 2026
- Fixed: Folder sync no longer skips local files that were replaced with different content of the same size (issue #39). Sync state now tracks both sides; older local files never overwrite newer remote files. - Fixed: Queued uploads no longer fail with "Permission Denial" when the app is restarted before the transfer starts (SAF permissions are now persisted). - Thanks to @RubenSDev10 and @mattbasta for contributing these fixes!
User reviews
absolutely perfect! Much better than 'andSMB'. Auto-scanned my windows SMB share, even detected the folder name by itself. zero ads, no paywalls.
I'm not tech-savvy but quickly managed to connect to my Samba NAS and backup files from my phone. The only problem is that I can't select multiple files at once on my phone - it's either an individual file or a whole folder.
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