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filebrowser/filebrowser

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview and edit your files. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

92/100

  • Activity 95
  • Release rhythm 83
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 2.0
  • age_days: 4009
  • days_rel: 37
  • days_push: 33
  • n_releases_24m: 97

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

35950 stars · 4027 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

File Browser is a self-hosted web application that provides a file managing interface over a specified directory, allowing upload, delete, preview, and editing of files through a browser. It was archived on 2026-09-01 and receives no further releases or security fixes.

Use cases

  • manage files on my server through a web browser
  • self-hosted alternative to google drive for my own files
  • upload and edit files on a nas via web interface
  • browse and share files from a directory over http
  • simple web-based file manager for a vps

When to choose

  • you need a simple web UI over a directory and can run it fully isolated behind a reverse proxy with its own auth
  • you are forking the project or studying its Go/Vue codebase

When to avoid

  • you need maintained software with security fixes - it is archived and unmaintained
  • you plan to expose it directly to the internet
  • you need the command runner/hooks feature, which has known unaddressed command-execution vulnerabilities
  • you need revocable sessions - JWTs cannot be revoked and leaked tokens stay valid until expiry

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

file-system http-server auth web-framework self-hosted files web-development developer-tools windows self-hosted cross-platform file-manager file-browser web-ui cloud-storage archived vue go linux macos docker web-server

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
filebrowser/filebrowsermain92

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="filebrowser/filebrowser")

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