Show HN: Filemat – an open-source web-based file manager

bbingud about 21 hours ago 12 commentsRead Article on github.com

Hello HN,

I would like to share Filemat, a web-based file manager that I built because I wanted something with a simple setup and file permissions that work across the filesystem (as opposed to permissions only for a folder managed by the app).

It's self-hosted and open-source (currently in beta).

I'd be happy to hear your feedback

Repo: https://github.com/bingud/filemat

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Trung0246•about 13 hours ago

Interesting, how does this compare to copyparty?

PokemonNoGo•about 18 hours ago

>I wanted something with a simple setup and file permissions that work across the filesystem (as opposed to permissions only for a folder managed by the app).

Sorry I don't understand this. What filesystem are you using?

bingud•about 17 hours ago

Sorry, I didn't explain that properly. I meant app-level permissions rather than actual filesystem permissions.

There are some file managers that offer permissions, but only for their own internal data folder, so they don't work for files elsewhere on the filesystem.

As for filesystem support, it currently only runs on Linux, although I want to remove this limitation in the future.

dvh•about 18 hours ago

Does it conform to Orthodox file manager specs? http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/

bingud•about 17 hours ago

I haven't heard of OFM so I didn't design it around those specs, but i'll look into it. Thanks for the link

yjftsjthsd-h•about 18 hours ago

I'd personally just use copyparty, but this does seem to have a different feature set that probably makes it a better fit for some uses

skanga•about 16 hours ago

It does not work on Windows. Should be easy to add that.

hod6654•about 18 hours ago

Copyparty!

baal80spam•about 19 hours ago

Web based file manager. I think I've seen everything now.

Anyhow - good luck, I bet there are people who want this.

bingud•about 17 hours ago

Thanks, I guess a more conventional way to call it would be something along the lines of self-hosted cloud storage. I'd say it's about halfway between Google Drive and Windows Explorer.

escapecharacter•about 18 hours ago

I mean, I've been shopping for a GUI file manager for a bucket, so I can collab with some non-technical people.

bingud•about 17 hours ago

That's one of the use-cases I had in mind when making this. The permissions are right in the sidebar, so that it's easy to set which people can (or can't) see or edit a given file.