SimbaDroid
A simple SMB file server (needs root)
| AppID: | de.buttercookie.simbadroid |
| Author: | buttercookie42 |
| License: | MPL-2.0 |
| Donation: | |
| InRepoSince: | 2024-12-29 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2025-10-25 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 0.8 |
| Categories: | Connectivity |
| APK source: | Github |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
SimbaDroid is an SMB server for Android, allowing you to access the contents of your storage (both internal storage or an external SD card) from your computer via wi-fi.Due to Android limitations, this app requires root (as on all Unixoid operating systems, it is not possible to open a port
Due to JFileServer limitations, only SMBv1 is supported, which isn't ideal for modern Windows, either, but c'est la vie…
Since the app is mostly for my private use, at the moment there are no configuration options – shares for the internal storage as well as an external SD card (if one is detected) are set up automatically and are accessible without authentication, so be careful about using this app in public networks. I might add some options for configuring your own custom shares and user authentication eventually, but no guarantees as to if and when.
READ/WRITE/MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is required for filesystem access.
WhatsNew:
- Work around Android bug to preserve last modified dates when renaming files on a removable SD card
Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
Packages
Version 0.8 (2025-10-25) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 7.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
36 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Android Jetpack Annotations (Utility)
library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.
- Arch (Utility)
helper for other arch dependencies, including JUnit test rules that can be used with LiveData.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Android Support Library collections (Utility)
standalone efficient collections.
- Concurrent (Utility)
AndroidX library to help move tasks off the main thread with coroutines and take advantage of ListenableFuture.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Android Support Library Custom View (UI Component)
a module to implement custom views. Part of the Android Support Library.
- Dynamicanimation (UI Component)
create smooth animations with a physics-based animation API.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Interpolator (UI Component)
AndroidX library to use animation interpolators on older platforms.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Loader (Utility)
library to load data for your UI that survives configuration changes.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Tracing (Utility)
AndroidX library to write trace events to the system trace buffer.
- Transition (UI Component)
animates motion in the UI with starting and ending layouts.
- Vectordrawable (UI Component)
AndroidX library to render vector graphics.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
- Java NIO (Utility)
a collection of Java programming language APIs that offer features for intensive I/O operations.
- jmDNS library (Utility)
an implemenation of multi-cast DNS in Java, fully interoperable with Apple's Bonjour.
- Kotlin (Utility)
The Kotlin Programming Language
- Apache Commons (Development Framework)
an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.
- Bouncy Castle (Utility)
a collection of APIs used in cryptography. Also see Wikipedia.
- JFileServer (Utility)
Java file server with SMB, FTP/FTPS and NFS support, virtual filesystems, database filesystems.
- Simple Logging Facade for Java (Utility)
abstraction for various logging frameworks (e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j) allowing to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
- Spring Framework (Development Framework)
comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications.
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Version 0.8 (2025-10-25) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 6.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
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Version 0.7 (2025-10-20)
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 7.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
36 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Android Jetpack Annotations (Utility)
library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.
- Arch (Utility)
helper for other arch dependencies, including JUnit test rules that can be used with LiveData.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Android Support Library collections (Utility)
standalone efficient collections.
- Concurrent (Utility)
AndroidX library to help move tasks off the main thread with coroutines and take advantage of ListenableFuture.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Android Support Library Custom View (UI Component)
a module to implement custom views. Part of the Android Support Library.
- Dynamicanimation (UI Component)
create smooth animations with a physics-based animation API.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Interpolator (UI Component)
AndroidX library to use animation interpolators on older platforms.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Loader (Utility)
library to load data for your UI that survives configuration changes.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Tracing (Utility)
AndroidX library to write trace events to the system trace buffer.
- Transition (UI Component)
animates motion in the UI with starting and ending layouts.
- Vectordrawable (UI Component)
AndroidX library to render vector graphics.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
- Java NIO (Utility)
a collection of Java programming language APIs that offer features for intensive I/O operations.
- jmDNS library (Utility)
an implemenation of multi-cast DNS in Java, fully interoperable with Apple's Bonjour.
- Kotlin (Utility)
The Kotlin Programming Language
- Apache Commons (Development Framework)
an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.
- Bouncy Castle (Utility)
a collection of APIs used in cryptography. Also see Wikipedia.
- JFileServer (Utility)
Java file server with SMB, FTP/FTPS and NFS support, virtual filesystems, database filesystems.
- Simple Logging Facade for Java (Utility)
abstraction for various logging frameworks (e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j) allowing to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
- Spring Framework (Development Framework)
comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications.
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Version 0.7 (2025-10-20)
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 6.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
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Version 0.6 (2025-09-25)
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 6.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
36 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Android Jetpack Annotations (Utility)
library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.
- Arch (Utility)
helper for other arch dependencies, including JUnit test rules that can be used with LiveData.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Android Support Library collections (Utility)
standalone efficient collections.
- Concurrent (Utility)
AndroidX library to help move tasks off the main thread with coroutines and take advantage of ListenableFuture.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Android Support Library Custom View (UI Component)
a module to implement custom views. Part of the Android Support Library.
- Dynamicanimation (UI Component)
create smooth animations with a physics-based animation API.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Interpolator (UI Component)
AndroidX library to use animation interpolators on older platforms.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Loader (Utility)
library to load data for your UI that survives configuration changes.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Tracing (Utility)
AndroidX library to write trace events to the system trace buffer.
- Transition (UI Component)
animates motion in the UI with starting and ending layouts.
- Vectordrawable (UI Component)
AndroidX library to render vector graphics.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
- Java NIO (Utility)
a collection of Java programming language APIs that offer features for intensive I/O operations.
- jmDNS library (Utility)
an implemenation of multi-cast DNS in Java, fully interoperable with Apple's Bonjour.
- Kotlin (Utility)
The Kotlin Programming Language
- Apache Commons (Development Framework)
an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.
- Bouncy Castle (Utility)
a collection of APIs used in cryptography. Also see Wikipedia.
- JFileServer (Utility)
Java file server with SMB, FTP/FTPS and NFS support, virtual filesystems, database filesystems.
- Simple Logging Facade for Java (Utility)
abstraction for various logging frameworks (e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j) allowing to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
- Spring Framework (Development Framework)
comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications.
Payment Modules:
- None found
comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications.
Ads & Analytics:
- None found
comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications.
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Version 0.5 (2025-04-22)
Android Versions:
- Target: 14.0
- MinVer: 6.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- INTERNET (to make the local Samba shares accessible from other machines)
- MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing/storing files on higher Android versions)
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to allow access for sharing files on lower Android versions)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (to write received files on lower Android versions)
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
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