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FileCat
One browser tab can run your whole server, and FileCat is the tab: a self-hosted web file manager that also serves as a lightweight server operations console. Browse, upload, download, and edit files with inline previews for images, video, and Markdown, then keep writing in a Typora-style WYSIWYG Markdown editor or sketch on the built-in Excalidraw whiteboard. Remote storage stops being remote: SFTP, S3, WebDAV, SMB shares, and Baidu Netdisk mount as ordinary local folders under the same operations, and your own directories publish back out over SMB, WebDAV, and SFTP for Windows Explorer and other clients. A web SSH terminal and in-browser RDP sessions reach servers and Windows desktops without separate tools, and the system dashboard watches CPU, memory, disk, and network in real time. Oversized log files open instantly, deep search digs through names and file contents with regex and filters, and custom command pipelines cover CI/CD routines across machines linked by the built-in network tunneling. An optional AI agent, connected to your own model API and reachable through chat platform bots, assists with operations and file tasks, and multi-user permissions with shareable download links decide who touches what. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.
Benefits
- Every Storage In One Tree
- SFTP, S3, WebDAV, SMB shares, and cloud drives mount as local folders under identical operations, ending the tab-hopping between clients just to move a file between two machines.
- Serve Files Back Out
- Any local directory republishes over SMB, WebDAV, and SFTP, so Windows Explorer, Finder, and standard clients connect directly without extra server software to install and maintain.
- Terminal And Desktop Included
- A browser SSH terminal and RDP remote desktop sessions live beside the file manager, letting you fix a service or drive a Windows machine without separate access tools.
- Operations Beyond Files
- Real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network dashboards, instant opening of huge logs, regex deep search, and custom command pipelines turn a file tool into a daily console.
Features
- Rich Previews And Editing
- Preview images, video, and Markdown inline, edit Markdown in a Typora-style WYSIWYG editor, and draw on the integrated Excalidraw whiteboard.
- Network Tunneling Built In
- Expose internal services to the public internet or link several private networks together, enabling seamless cross-machine file operations and distributed build pipelines.
- AI Operations Agent
- Connect your own language model API for assisted operations and file processing, reachable through QQ, WeCom, Feishu, or DingTalk bot integrations.
- Deep Content Search
- Recursively search file names or contents with regular expressions, case controls, and exclusion filters, jumping straight to matching lines in large trees.
- Users, Permissions, Share Links
- Multi-user accounts carry per-directory access and execution rights, and any file can get a shareable link for downloads by people without accounts.