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CLUSTER FILE-FILES-WEB · 25 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-11-11

Self-hosted web file managers

This cluster consists of self-hosted web-based file managers that allow users to browse, edit, preview, upload, and share files through a browser interface. The five dated entries before the index start are spread irregularly from September 2023 to May 2026, showing no clear trend. Hosting-File-Manager leads on traction with 9 stars, followed by artifact-site (6 stars) and cloudora (3 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2023: 1MAY 2024: 1NOV 2024: 1JAN 2026: 1MAY 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 6SEP 2026: 9OCT 2026: 4
SEP 2023OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled

Operator · 10 hobby · 2 indie · 1 commercial · 6 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01artifact-site18★13 daysliveindieSelf-hosted service that creates sandboxed, versioned, shareable links for HTML files, folders, zips, and PDFs, with agent automation.
  2. 02Hosting-File-Manager15★23 days—Web-based file manager for hosting accounts that lets users upload, download, and extract files without a database.
  3. 03ThirtyFile1★11 daysliveopen sourceSelf-hosted web file manager with a Windows Explorer-style interface for browsing, editing, previewing, and sharing files.
  4. 04gezgin1★1 day—hobbySelf-hosted file manager that provides trash, favorites, sharing links, WebDAV, archives, and folder sizes in Turkish and English.
  5. 05minilist1★8 days—ai-builthobbyLocal network tool that broadcasts a selected HTML page to LAN devices and serves a chosen folder as a file list with login-protected editing, upload, and download.
  6. 06cloudora3★24 days—hobbySelf-hosted cloud storage and file explorer that lets users upload, organize, preview, share, and edit files with trash, two-factor authentication, and backups.
  7. 07openlist20★24 days—open sourceSelf-hosted web file manager that lists and accesses files from multiple storage backends, maintained as a community fork.
  8. 08lanserve0★12 days—hobbyLocal network file server with a browser interface that lets users browse, upload, and delete files from any device on the same network.
  9. 09uploader0★8 days—hobbySelf-hosted file drop box that lets anyone with a link upload large resumable files while only the owner can download and share them.
  10. 10Vaultora0★24 dayslivehobbySelf-hosted web file manager that lets users upload, organize, preview, and share files on their own private server.
  11. 11meowdrop0★8 daysliveindieSelf-hosted file drop server that lets people upload, download, preview and share files via links with tiered passwords and QR codes.
  12. 12Tg-webdav0★20 days—hobbySelf-hosted file server that stores files in Telegram and exposes them over WebDAV with a management web interface.
  13. 13autoindex-rs0★1 molivehobbySelf-hosted file server that generates browsable directory listings and renders README pages for easy navigation and file downloads.
  14. 14cloudcmd0★24 daysliveopen sourceWeb-based file manager that lets users browse, organize, and edit files on a remote server through a browser.
  15. 15explorer2★1 mo—ai-builthobbySelf-hosted file explorer that lets users browse and read local documents, code, and git history from any device on the same network.
  16. 16fnos-file-tool1★27 days—hobbySelf-hosted web tool that lets users create, edit, and manage files and folders with permission control on NAS devices from a browser.
  17. 17Source Files: Git Storage0★1 molivecommercialFile manager app that lets users browse, edit, and upload files in remote Git repositories from the Finder and Files app without cloning.
  18. 18Grabber0★1 moliveopen sourceCustomizable downloader for imageboards and booru sites with powerful file naming and organization options.
  19. 19copyparty0★1 mo—hand-codedopen sourceSelf-hosted file server that gives anonymous visitors read-only browsing and downloads while an admin account uploads, deletes, and renames files.
  20. 20wayback0★3 moliveopen sourceSelf-hosted tool that archives webpages to the Internet Archive, archive.today, IPFS, and local storage.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.