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

bingud 16 points 12 comments May 27, 2026
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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

Discussion Highlights (6 comments)

baal80spam

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

dvh

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

PokemonNoGo

>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

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

skanga

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

Trung0246

Interesting, how does this compare to copyparty?

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