# filebrowser mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für filebrowser in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:filebrowser
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install filebrowser
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install filebrowser
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/filebrowser/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add filebrowser
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: filebrowser from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#filebrowser
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/filebrowser/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:filebrowser
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.63.23
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Web File Browser
- **Homepage:** <https://filebrowser.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-28T01:40:25Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- filebrowser (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.63.23
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

File Browser is a self-hosted web file manager that serves a chosen directory through a browser UI for uploading, deleting, previewing, editing, and sharing files.

Its package-manager appeal is that it compresses a useful private-cloud pattern into a single Go binary: install it, point it at a path, and run a small web server.

### Projektgeschichte

The upstream repository was created in 2015 and describes the project as a web file browser. The README frames the goal as create-your-own-cloud software: a server-side binary directed at a filesystem path and exposed through a web interface.

Versioned tags show the project reaching v1.0.0 in 2017 and v2.0.0 in 2019, with the v2 series becoming the long-lived packaging target for most users.

The README says File Browser is a finished product and is in maintenance-only mode, with maintainers focusing on bug triage, security issues, and review of bug-fix pull requests rather than planned new features.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

File Browser's adoption came from a simple niche: self-hosters, homelab users, and small teams wanted a browser-based file manager without deploying a full groupware or storage platform.

Its availability in Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, and Nix reflects that it is useful both as a local developer utility and as a small server component in Unix-like environments.

The maintenance-only status is also part of its adoption story: the project reached a stable product shape, so package managers mostly carry it as dependable infrastructure rather than a fast-moving feature app.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is to install File Browser, choose the root directory to expose, configure a database and settings, and run the web server behind local authentication or a reverse proxy.

Users choose it when they need a quick file-management UI for a server directory, a small replacement for ad hoc SFTP access, or a browser-accessible drop zone for local infrastructure.

The operational model is intentionally compact: one binary, a database file for persistent state, static web assets in the binary, and command-line/config settings for binding, root path, and users.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

File Browser is a neat package-manager specimen because it turns what could be a pile of web-app dependencies into a single installed executable.

It also represents the self-hosted Go-binary pattern common in Homebrew and Nix: portable server, minimal runtime dependencies, easy service wrapping, and a config/database file that package maintainers need to account for.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: Upstream GitHub repository created.
- 2017: v1.0.0 tag committed.
- 2019: v2.0.0 tag committed.
- 2020: v2.6.x releases published in the long-running v2 line.
- 2026: README states the project is a finished product in maintenance-only mode.

### Related projects

- File Browser sits near self-hosted file managers, WebDAV/SFTP front ends, and single-binary Go server tools.
- It is often paired with system service managers, reverse proxies, and container runtimes rather than with a larger application framework.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser>
- <https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/master/README.md>
- <https://filebrowser.org/>
- <https://filebrowser.org/installation>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für filebrowser wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./.filebrowser.{json,toml,yaml,yml}, ~/.filebrowser.{json,toml,yaml,yml}, /etc/filebrowser/.filebrowser.{json,toml,yaml,yml}

## Credential files

- Unix: ./filebrowser.db
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - filebrowser: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/filebrowser/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - filebrowser - 2.27.0-r23: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: filebrowser from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Web File Browser | https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser
- apk - filebrowser-openrc - 2.27.0-r23: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: filebrowser-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Web File Browser (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser
- MacPorts - filebrowser: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/filebrowser/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/filebrowser.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/filebrowser.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph