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

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

6 points by bingud 3 hours ago | 5 comments

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

yjftsjthsd-h 1 hour 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

PokemonNoGo 1 hour 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 41 minutes 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 1 hour ago |

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

bingud 17 minutes 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

baal80spam 1 hour ago |

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

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

bingud 29 minutes 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 1 hour 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 22 minutes 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.