Show HN: Filemat – an open-source web-based file manager (github.com)

18 points by bingud 1mo ago ↗ HN

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

9 comments

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baal80spam 1mo ago ↗

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

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

dvh 1mo ago ↗

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

PokemonNoGo 1mo 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?

yjftsjthsd-h 1mo 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

hod6654 1mo ago ↗

Copyparty!

skanga 1mo ago ↗

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

Trung0246 1mo ago ↗

Interesting, how does this compare to copyparty?

[dead] tomwal 1mo ago ↗

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tom-wal 1mo ago ↗

Can this be used to deliver files to clients while restricting read access based on email addresses?