What is Solid Explorer 2.0 from NeatBytes?

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Solid Explorer 2.0 is a file manager and cloud manager with root explorer, built by NeatBytes, an independent Android software developer. According to the company's About page, the 2.0 release was published on 1 July 2015, following a public Alpha (23 December 2014) and public Beta (30 April 2015). If you are looking for a general description of what the product is and how it was developed, the details below come from NeatBytes' own page.

What NeatBytes says the product is

The company describes Solid Explorer 2.0 as "a powerful file manager and cloud manager with root explorer." That single sentence carries three distinct capabilities:

  • File manager — the core function of browsing and handling files on an Android device.
  • Cloud manager — the app is presented as managing cloud storage alongside local files, not as a local-only tool.
  • Root explorer — it is described as supporting access associated with rooted devices.

The page does not break these down into individual features, supported providers, or interface details, so anything beyond this description would go past what the source states.

Development timeline

NeatBytes lists the project's milestones in sequence:

Date Milestone
20 Feb 2014 Beginning of development
23 Dec 2014 First public Alpha
30 Apr 2015 First public Beta
1 Jul 2015 Solid Explorer 2.0 release

The gap between the start of development and the first public Alpha is roughly ten months, and the 2.0 release came about seventeen months after development began.

Scale of the project, in the company's own terms

The About page quantifies the work behind Solid Explorer in a few ways:

  • 101,496 total lines of code — the company notes that printing the whole codebase would produce enough paper for the first four volumes of the Game of Thrones series.
  • 3,248 hours of work — compared on the page to the time needed to cycle around the world.
  • 22,876 active Alpha and Beta testers — described as about half the capacity of an average football stadium.

These figures are the developer's own framing rather than independent measurements, but they indicate that the 2.0 release followed a substantial public testing period rather than a quiet internal launch.

Who is behind it

NeatBytes is identified as an independent software developer specializing in Android apps, with Solid Explorer 2.0 named as its new product at the time of the page. The company lists its studio address as NeatBytes Studio, Krzysztof Głodowski, Domaniewska 47/10, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland, and provides a contact form for inquiries.

What this page does not tell you

The About page is a company and product summary, not a feature list or store listing. It does not state pricing, licensing model, supported Android versions, specific cloud services, or download locations. If you need those details to decide whether to use the app, they would have to come from the app's store page or the developer directly — the About page alone is not enough to answer them.