diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/ExternalStorageListMountsRemoteOperation.kt b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/ExternalStorageListMountsRemoteOperation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d94a1081f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/ExternalStorageListMountsRemoteOperation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android Library
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage
+
+import com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage.model.ExternalStorageMount
+import com.nextcloud.common.NextcloudClient
+import com.nextcloud.operations.GetMethod
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.operations.RemoteOperationResult
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.utils.Log_OC
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.ocs.OcsKotlinResponse
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.ocs.ocsJson
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.resources.OCSRemoteOperation
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerializationException
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus
+import java.io.IOException
+
+class ExternalStorageListMountsRemoteOperation : OCSRemoteOperation<List<ExternalStorageMount>>() {
+    override fun run(client: NextcloudClient): RemoteOperationResult<List<ExternalStorageMount>> {
+        val getMethod = GetMethod(client.baseUri.toString() + ENDPOINT + JSON_FORMAT, true)
+        return try {
+            val status = client.execute(getMethod)
+            if (status != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
+                Log_OC.e(TAG, "Get external storage mounts failed with status code: $status")
+                return RemoteOperationResult(false, getMethod)
+            }
+            val response =
+                ocsJson.decodeFromString<OcsKotlinResponse<List<ExternalStorageMount>>>(
+                    getMethod.getResponseBodyAsString()
+                )
+            val data = response.ocs.data
+            RemoteOperationResult<List<ExternalStorageMount>>(true, getMethod).apply { resultData = data }
+        } catch (e: IOException) {
+            failure(e)
+        } catch (e: SerializationException) {
+            failure(e)
+        } finally {
+            getMethod.releaseConnection()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun failure(e: Exception): RemoteOperationResult<List<ExternalStorageMount>> =
+        RemoteOperationResult<List<ExternalStorageMount>>(e).also {
+            Log_OC.e(TAG, "Get external storage mounts failed: $e")
+        }
+
+    companion object {
+        private val TAG = ExternalStorageListMountsRemoteOperation::class.java.simpleName
+        private const val ENDPOINT = "/ocs/v2.php/apps/files_external/api/v1/mounts"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/AuthMechanism.kt b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/AuthMechanism.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94ea2a618f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/AuthMechanism.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android Library
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage.model
+
+/**
+ * Auth mechanisms registered by External Storage app.
+ * Represents the way an external storage mount is authenticated.
+ *
+ * I.e.:
+ * PasswordUserProvided --> User has to provide its credentials the first time the share is opened
+ * PasswordGlobal --> The admin provides the credentials and the user finds the share already mounted
+ * etc...
+ */
+enum class AuthMechanism(
+    val identifier: String
+) {
+    Null("null::null"),
+    Builtin("builtin::builtin"),
+    Password("password::password"),
+    PasswordSessionCredentials("password::sessioncredentials"),
+    PasswordLoginCredentials("password::logincredentials"),
+    PasswordUserProvided("password::userprovided"),
+    PasswordGlobal("password::global"),
+    PasswordGlobalUser("password::global::user"),
+    PublicKeyRsa("publickey::rsa"),
+    PublicKeyRsaPrivate("publickey::rsa_private"),
+    AmazonS3AccessKey("amazons3::accesskey"),
+    OpenStack("openstack::openstack"),
+    OpenStackV3("openstack::openstackv3"),
+    OpenStackRackspace("openstack::rackspace"),
+    SmbKerberos("smb::kerberos"),
+    SmbKerberosApache("smb::kerberosapache"),
+    Unknown("");
+
+    companion object {
+        fun fromIdentifier(identifier: String): AuthMechanism =
+            entries.firstOrNull { it != Unknown && it.identifier == identifier } ?: Unknown
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageConfig.kt b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageConfig.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d72e78d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageConfig.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android Library
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Subset of the mount's `config` object.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class ExternalStorageConfig(
+    // kept raw: identifiers from apps registering their own mechanisms map to Unknown instead of failing
+    @SerialName("authMechanism")
+    private val authMechanismIdentifier: String
+) {
+    val authMechanism: AuthMechanism
+        get() = AuthMechanism.fromIdentifier(authMechanismIdentifier)
+}
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageMount.kt b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageMount.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb90051c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/ExternalStorageMount.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android Library
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * A mount returned by `files_external`: [name] is the mount folder, [path] its parent folder
+ * relative to the user's root (empty when mounted at the root), [backend] the human-readable backend
+ * name and [backendClass] its identifier (e.g. `smb`, `sftp`). [config] is null on servers that
+ * don't send it.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class ExternalStorageMount(
+    val id: Long,
+    val name: String,
+    val path: String,
+    val type: String,
+    val backend: String,
+    @SerialName("class")
+    val backendClass: String,
+    val scope: MountScope,
+    val permissions: Int,
+    val config: ExternalStorageConfig? = null
+)
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/MountScope.kt b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/MountScope.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcf3c10151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/android/lib/resources/externalstorage/model/MountScope.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android Library
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.android.lib.resources.externalstorage.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+enum class MountScope {
+    @SerialName("system")
+    SYSTEM,
+
+    @SerialName("personal")
+    PERSONAL
+}