Alternatives to Tiny File Manager
A single-file PHP web file manager that you drop onto a server to manage files in a browser. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Tiny File Manager
A single-file PHP web file manager that you drop onto a server to manage files in a browser.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Tiny File Manager.
FileBrowser Quantum
A self-hosted web file manager with user management, sharing, file previews and editing.
FileBrowser Quantum adds user and share link management, previews, editing and indexed search with Docker packaging, though version 2.0.0 is still in beta.
FileGator
A self-hosted, open-source web application for managing and sharing files and folders through a browser.
FileGator also runs on a PHP web server and adds a multi-user interface, server-side zip and unzip, Amazon S3 storage support and drag-and-drop uploads.
Cloud Commander
A self-hosted, web-based dual-pane file manager with a built-in console and text editors.
Cloud Commander is also a self-hosted web file manager, but it needs Node.js or Docker instead of PHP and adds dual panes, a console and editors.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Tiny File Manager as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Dufs
Serve and upload files through a small HTTP and WebDAV server.
Tiny File Manager is a single PHP file giving browser-based upload and file management, but it needs a PHP web server.
Filestash
Self-hosted web client that connects to S3, SFTP, NFS and more.
Tiny File Manager is a free single PHP file that manages files on its own server in a browser, rather than fronting remote storage back ends.
miniserve
Share a file or directory over HTTP from one small command.
Tiny File Manager is a single PHP file for browser-based file access, so it needs a PHP web server instead of a standalone command.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Midnight Commander
Two-panel file manager for the terminal, with an editor and remote access.
TagSpaces
An offline file organizer that adds color-coded tags to files and folders without a database.
Spacedrive
Cross-device file explorer built on a distributed virtual filesystem.
