# filegator/filegator

Powerful Multi-User File Manager

Repository: https://github.com/filegator/filegator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/filegator
Homepage: https://filegator.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: file, filesystem, uploader, amazon-s3, storage, storage-manager, file-manager, filemanager, files, fileserver
Last push: 2026-08-21T11:46:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2638, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 29, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3056, forks 446 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.757900+00:00)

## What it is
FileGator is a free, open-source, self-hosted web application for managing files and folders with multi-user support, roles, and per-user home folders. It supports all basic file operations plus chunked drag-and-drop uploads and pluggable storage adapters including local disk and Amazon S3.

## Use cases
- self-hosted web file manager for my server
- let multiple users upload and manage files with permissions
- upload large files with chunked resumable uploads
- manage files on Amazon S3 through a web UI
- give each user a private home folder with role-based access
- zip, unzip, and download folders from a browser

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted, multi-user file manager with a web UI
- you want pluggable storage backends like local disk or S3
- you need chunked, resumable uploads for large files
- you want a lightweight PHP app deployable via Docker or a precompiled build

## When to avoid
- you need a full cloud storage sync client like Nextcloud
- your stack is not PHP 8.1+
- you need a desktop or CLI-only file manager
- you require enterprise features like audit logging or SSO out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, file-upload, auth, authorization, self-hosted, web-framework
- domain: files, self-hosted, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: file-manager, multi-user, storage-adapters, amazon-s3, chunked-upload, vuejs-frontend, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- filegator/filegator (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.757900+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:28:50.210567+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/filegator/filegator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.757900+00:00, sha 7e0645a48386)
  - homepage: https://filegator.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:50.584973+00:00, sha 0938eb0a00d7)
  - site_page: https://docs.filegator.io/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:50.587386+00:00, sha 4fe62ae40b1f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.