gander

A small offline Android file viewer that opens PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown and code in one app. It needs no permissions and has no ads or tracking.

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Overview

Gander is a small open-source file viewer for Android that opens PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown, text, code and zip archives in one app. It works fully offline and holds no INTERNET permission, so it cannot send data anywhere. It also asks for no storage permission. The APK is about 5 MB and the app has no ads or tracking.

Key features

  • One viewer for documents, spreadsheets, slides, media, Markdown and code
  • Opens zip files like folders without unpacking to the phone
  • Find in document, plus text selection and copy in PDFs
  • Recent files with thumbnails, and PDFs reopen at your last page
  • Night mode for PDFs and Open with integration

Best for

People who want a private, lightweight way to read common files on Android without cloud services. The README says a Google Play release is still coming.

Upstream
mokshablr/gander
Fork on GitHub
Guo-astro/gander
Upstream stars
1.2k
Category
Apps and everyday utilities
Language
JavaScript
License
MIT
Forked
2026-09-28
Sync status
In syncLast synced 2026-10-20

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