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

18 points by bingud 4mo ago

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 https://github.com/bingud/filemat

baal80spam 4mo ago
Web based file manager. I think I've seen everything now. Anyhow - good luck, I bet there are people who want this.
- escapecharacter 4mo 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 4mo 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.
- bingud 4mo 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.
dvh 4mo ago
Does it conform to Orthodox file manager specs? http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/ http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/
- bingud 4mo 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
PokemonNoGo 4mo 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 4mo 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.
yjftsjthsd-h 4mo 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 4mo ago
Copyparty!
skanga 4mo ago
It does not work on Windows. Should be easy to add that.
Trung0246 4mo ago
Interesting, how does this compare to copyparty?
tomwal 4mo ago
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tom-wal 4mo ago
Can this be used to deliver files to clients while restricting read access based on email addresses?
- bingud 4mo ago
  Depends on how you'd want to control the access, you could make an account for each email and configure access per account/role, or share the files publicly and set a password (you can set a different password per user). For more config-based control, there's currently nothing like filtering emails with regex or similar.

18 points by bingud 4mo ago

baal80spam 4mo ago

Web based file manager. I think I've seen everything now. Anyhow - good luck, I bet there are people who want this.

escapecharacter 4mo 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 4mo 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.
bingud 4mo 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.

dvh 4mo ago

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

bingud 4mo 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

PokemonNoGo 4mo 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 4mo 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.

yjftsjthsd-h 4mo 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 4mo ago

Copyparty!

skanga 4mo ago

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

Trung0246 4mo ago

Interesting, how does this compare to copyparty?

tomwal 4mo ago

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tom-wal 4mo ago

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

bingud 4mo ago
Depends on how you'd want to control the access, you could make an account for each email and configure access per account/role, or share the files publicly and set a password (you can set a different password per user). For more config-based control, there's currently nothing like filtering emails with regex or similar.