filebrowser

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Simple HTTP web server to manage files and directories.

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Options (5)

-r, --rootboolean

Start a new server instance serving a specific root directory

Example: filebrowser {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-a, --addressboolean

Start an instance with different host address (defaults to `127.0.0.1`) and port (defaults to `8080`)

Example: filebrowser {{[-a|--address]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-p, --portboolean

Start an instance with different host address (defaults to `127.0.0.1`) and port (defaults to `8080`)

Example: filebrowser {{[-a|--address]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-c, --configboolean

Start an instance with a specified configuration file, storing the application database in a specific location (defaults to `filebrowser.db` on the current directory)

Example:

filebrowser {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/file}} {{[-d|--database]}} {{path/to/database.db}} {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-d, --databaseboolean

Start an instance with a specified configuration file, storing the application database in a specific location (defaults to `filebrowser.db` on the current directory)

Example:

filebrowser {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/file}} {{[-d|--database]}} {{path/to/database.db}} {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Examples (8)

Start a new server instance serving the current directory

filebrowser

Start a new server instance serving a specific root directory

filebrowser [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Start an instance with different host address (defaults to `127.0.0.1`) and port (defaults to `8080`)

filebrowser [-a|--address] host [-p|--port] port [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Start an instance with a specified configuration file, storing the application database in a specific location (defaults to `filebrowser.db` on the current directory)

filebrowser [-c|--config] path/to/file [-d|--database] path/to/database.db [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Set up a different default first-time account username and password (both default to `admin`) when setting up a new instance

filebrowser --username username --password password [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Set up the maximum amount of image processors used when generating thumbnails (defaults to `4`)

filebrowser --img-processors 4 [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Disable image thumbnails as well as the Command Runner feature, limiting access for hosted script files from being executed inside the app

filebrowser --disable-exec --disable-thumbnails [-r|--root] path/to/directory

Disable resizing of image previews as well as detecting file types by reading their headers

filebrowser --disable-preview-resize --disable-type-detection-by-header [-r|--root] path/to/directory

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