FileGator
A self-hosted, open-source web application for managing and sharing files and folders through a browser.
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About FileGator
FileGator is a PHP web application you install on your own server to manage files and folders from a browser. It supports multiple users, multi-file uploads with a progress bar, drag and drop, and creating and extracting zip archives.
Files can be stored locally or on Amazon S3. Installation instructions and documentation are on the project's docs site. There is also a one-click deployment through a hosting provider for people who do not want to set up a server.
Strengths
- Multi-user web interface for files
- Zip and unzip on the server
- Amazon S3 storage support
- Drag-and-drop uploads with progress
Limitations
- Requires a PHP web server to host
- A file manager rather than a full sync or collaboration suite
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Interactive32
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Giving several people browser access to files on your own server
- Categories
- File sync, File managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to FileGator
Compare allSoftware that can replace FileGator for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
FileBrowser Quantum
A self-hosted web file manager with user management, sharing, file previews and editing.
FileBrowser Quantum is an open-source self-hosted web manager with previews, editing, share links and indexed search, packaged for Docker, though version 2.0.0 is in beta.
Tiny File Manager
A single-file PHP web file manager that you drop onto a server to manage files in a browser.
Tiny File Manager also runs on PHP but ships as a single file, suited to quick browser access on ordinary PHP hosting or Docker.
Cloud Commander
A self-hosted, web-based dual-pane file manager with a built-in console and text editors.
Cloud Commander uses Node.js or Docker instead of PHP and offers a dual-pane web layout with a built-in console and syntax-highlighting editors.
FileGator as an alternative
Listings that name FileGator as an alternative.
copyparty
A portable self-hosted file server in a single file, with resumable uploads, WebDAV, SFTP and FTP.
FileGator is a multi-user web file manager that runs on a PHP web server and supports Amazon S3 storage, without copyparty's FTP, SFTP or media indexing.
ProjectSend
An open-source self-hosted client portal for sharing files privately with clients, partners and teams.
FileGator gives several users browser access to files on a PHP server, as a general file manager rather than a client portal.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
FileBrowser
An iPhone and iPad file manager for network shares, NAS drives, FTP, WebDAV and cloud storage.
Owlfiles
A cross-platform file manager for local, network, NAS and cloud storage, formerly FE File Explorer.
Spacedrive
Cross-device file explorer built on a distributed virtual filesystem.
TagSpaces
An offline file organizer that adds color-coded tags to files and folders without a database.
