List of Top Free Open Source & Self Hosted Application for File Transfer – Web-based File Managers

Web-based file managers.

• Apaxy – Theme built to enhance the experience of browsing web directories, using the mod_autoindex Apache module and some CSS to override the default style of a directory listing. GPL-3.0 HTML
• copyparty – Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, FTP, zeroconf, media indexer, video thumbnails, audio transcoding, and write-only folders, in a single file with no mandatory dependencies. MIT Python
• DirectoryLister – Simple PHP based directory lister that lists a directory and all its sub-directories and allows you to navigate there within. MIT PHP
• filebrowser – Web File Browser with a Material Design web interface. Apache-2.0 Go
• FileGator – FileGator is a powerful multi-user file manager with a single page front-end. MIT PHP
• Filestash – A web file manager that lets you manage your data anywhere it is located: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, or Google Drive . AGPL-3.0 Go
• Gossa – Gossa is a light and simple webserver for your files. MIT Go
• IFM – Single script file manager. MIT PHP
• miniserve – CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP. MIT Rust
• ResourceSpace – ResourceSpace open source digital asset management software is the simple, fast, and free way to organise your digital assets. BSD-4-Clause PHP
• Surfer – Simple static file server with webui to manage files. MIT Nodejs
• TagSpaces – TagSpaces is an offline, cross-platform file manager and organiser that also can function as a note taking app. The WebDAV version of the application can be installed on top of a WebDAV servers such as Nextcloud or ownCloud. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

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