# Installer filebrowser avec Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de filebrowser pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

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

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install filebrowser
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install filebrowser
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: 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
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:filebrowser
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.63.23
- **Résumé source:** Web File Browser
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://filebrowser.org/>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-28T01:40:25Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- filebrowser (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2.63.23
## Historique du projet et usages

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.

### Historique du projet

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.

### Historique d'adoption

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.

### Modes d'utilisation

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.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

### Chronologie

- 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.

### Sources

- <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>


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour filebrowser. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.



## 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
## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- 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)


## Sources

- 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