Building the next generation of open-source, self-hosted file management.

FilebrowserNext is an open-source organization dedicated to maintaining and evolving a modern, secure, self-hosted web file manager.

Our flagship project — File Browser Next — is a community-driven continuation of the original File Browser, rebuilt with a focus on security hardening, modern UI, and long-term maintainability.

A modern, secure, and self-hosted web-based file manager.

File Browser Next lets you manage files directly from your browser — upload, download, preview, edit, share, and organize — all within your own infrastructure. No cloud dependency, no data leaving your server.

Security was the primary motivation for this fork. The original project had several open issues that were never resolved:

• No server-side token revocation — logging out did not actually invalidate the JWT (#5216)
• Command injection vulnerability — shell metacharacters were not filtered (#5199)
• No brute force protection — the login endpoint had no rate limiting
• Missing security headers — no X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, or Permissions-Policy

All of these are resolved in File Browser Next, with full unit test coverage.

Linux & macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FilebrowserNext/get/main/get.sh | bash
filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files

Windows (PowerShell as Admin):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FilebrowserNext/get/main/get.ps1 | iex
filebrowser -r C:\path\to\your\files

docker run -d \
  --name filebrowser \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8080:80 \
  -v /path/to/your/files:/srv \
  -v /path/to/database:/database \
  ghcr.io/filebrowsernext/filebrowsernext:latest

• Linux & macOS (Nohup):

  nohup filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files > filebrowser.log 2>&1 &

  Stop with: pkill filebrowser

• Windows (Silent Background):

  Start-Process filebrowser -ArgumentList "-r C:\path\to\your\files" -WindowStyle Hidden

  Stop with: Stop-Process -Name filebrowser

git clone https://github.com/FilebrowserNext/filebrowserNEXT.git
cd filebrowserNEXT
pnpm --dir frontend install && pnpm --dir frontend build
go build -o filebrowser .
./filebrowser -r /path/to/your/files

Open http://127.0.0.1:8080 (or http://<your-server-ip>:8080) — default credentials: admin / admin.

_{File Browser Next Contributors & File Browser Authors — Apache License 2.0}