EverythingDroid

Your PC's file index, in your pocket. Search anything on your computer from your phone. Download it. Play it. Done.

Powered by Voidtools Everything and its HTTP server — so the search is instant, even across millions of files.

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What it does

• 🔍 Search your whole PC with Everything's blazing-fast index (same syntax: *.pdf, ext:mp3 size:>5mb, etc.)
• 📂 Tap a folder to drill in. Back button to come out.
• ⬇️ Tap a file to download. Progress bar included.
• ▶️ Play media — for music & video, hit ▶ and your default player (VLC, MX Player, etc.) streams it directly. No download needed.
• 📋 Long-press anything for a menu: Copy Windows path, Copy URL, Share, Open folder.
• 🎛️ Sort by name, size, or date — instantly.
• 🎨 Icons that make sense — music notes for .mp3, video reels for .mkv, archive boxes for .zip, and so on.

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Get the APK

Grab the latest build straight from the Releases page → download the .apk to your phone and tap it (you may need to allow "Install unknown apps" for your file manager).

Or sideload via USB:

adb install -r EverythingDroid-vX.Y.Z-debug.apk

Builds are CI-built and debug-signed. Same keystore every time, so updates install over the top cleanly.

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First-time setup

1. Turn on Everything's HTTP server

Open Everything on your PC → Tools → Options → HTTP Server:

1. Tick Enable HTTP server
2. Pick a port (default 80, or something like 8080 if 80 is taken)
3. Optional but smart: set a username + password
4. Hit OK

From your phone, hitting http://<pc-ip>:<port>/ in a browser should now show Everything's search page. If it doesn't, your firewall is blocking — open the port for your private network.

2. Point the app at it

Launch EverythingDroid → tap the ⚙️ icon → fill in:

• Host — your PC's LAN IP (e.g. 192.168.1.20) or Tailscale/VPN address
• Port — what you set in step 1
• Username / Password — only if you set them

Hit Save. You're ready.

3. Search & go

Type a query. Tap a result. That's the whole app.

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Tips

• Everything search syntax is the real one — ext:flac, size:>100mb, dm:lastweek, path:music, wildcards, regex, all of it.
• Folder browse uses Everything's parent: operator under the hood.
• Downloads land in your phone's regular Download folder (visible to every file manager), and the "Saved" snackbar has a Folder button that jumps straight there. Prefer somewhere else? Settings → Choose folder… picks any folder via the system picker.
• Streaming: the Play button hands players a http://127.0.0.1:… URL served by a tiny relay inside the app, which adds the Basic Auth credentials upstream and passes Range requests through (seeking works). Players never see your password, and Everything's quirks (no HEAD support, \\ UNC escapes in URLs) are ironed out on the way. Keep the app in recents while playing — if Android kills it, the stream stops.

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Heads up

This is a personal LAN/Tailscale tool, not a hardened production app:

• HTTP is cleartext. Everything's server is plain HTTP by default. Use Tailscale or a VPN if you don't trust the network between phone and PC.
• Credentials live in app storage, not encrypted at rest. Don't put real production passwords here.
• UNC paths (network shares indexed by Everything) work — the app builds the right URL form (%5C%5C<server>/...). If a download 404s, the error toast shows the exact URL it tried — screenshot it and open an issue.

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Build it yourself

You'll want Android Studio (download) — it bundles the JDK and Android SDK. Then File → Open this folder, let Gradle sync, hit Run.

Or from the command line with JDK 17 + Android SDK on PATH:

./gradlew assembleDebug

APK lands in app/build/outputs/apk/debug/.

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Under the hood

• Kotlin 2.0 + Jetpack Compose (Material 3)
• OkHttp for the HTTP/JSON dance with Everything
• DataStore for settings
• FileProvider for opening downloaded files in other apps
• GitHub Actions builds the APK on every v* tag push and attaches it to a Release

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🤖 Built with the help of Claude Code.