What is this?

<p> It started as a storage agnostic Dropbox-like file manager that works with every storage protocol: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/ftp-client.html">FTP</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/ssh-file-transfer.html">SFTP</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/s3-browser.html">S3</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/smb-client.html">SMB</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/webdav-client.html">WebDAV</a>, IPFS, and <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/plugin/#storage">about 20 more</a>. </p> <p> It grew into what we want to be the world's best file management platform, where everything that's not a fundamental truth of the universe lives in a plugin. Where other platforms are take-it-or-leave-it, ours gives you a rock solid core and a plugin system to handle opinions, so however deep requirements go, the only limit won't be technical but your own creativity. </p> <p> <a href="http://demo.filestash.app"><img src="https://www.filestash.app/img/illustration/filestash-integrations.png" alt="storage + auth architecture" /></a> </p>

Key Features

<ul> <li><a href="#vision--philosophy">Plugin Driven Architecture</a>: everything that matters is a plugin, browse the <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/plugin/">ecosystem</a> or <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/plugin-development.html?origin=github">build your own</a>. With this approach, you get exactly what you need without any kind of overhead or bloat.</li> <li>Universal Access: a sleek web client made in vanilla JS that's infinitely customizable via <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/plugin-development.html#patch-plugins-in-depth">dynamic patch plugins</a>, plus gateways to access your data via <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/sftp-gateway.html?origin=github">SFTP</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/mcp-gateway.html?origin=github">MCP</a> or S3, integrations via <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/api/#api">APIs</a> and via web components like this <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/psd-viewer.html">psd viewer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/plugin/#storage">Integrations</a>: our explicit goal is to support 100% of storage and authentication technologies on the market. Beyond your usual options, you can go much further, like a <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/virtual-filesystem.html?origin=github">virtual filesystem</a> delegating authentication to your <a href="https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash/tree/master/server/plugin/plg_authenticate_wordpress">WordPress site</a> and using its roles to drive <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/authorization.html#option-2-rbac">RBAC authorization</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/workflow-engine.html">Workflow Engine</a>: automate anything that happens to your files by chaining actions on events, from simple notifications via Slack or email to full on MFT pipelines and everything in between.</li> <li>File Apps: use any of the existing apps or <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/plugin-development.html#xdg-open-plugins-in-depth">build your own</a>, from astronomy to embroidery and everything in between like: <ul> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_photography.zip">photography</a>: heif, nef, raf, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/tiff-viewer.html">tiff</a>, raw, arw, sr2, srf, nrw, cr2, crw, x3f, pef, rw2, orf, mrw, mdc, mef, mos, dcr, kdc, 3fr, erf and srw</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_photography.zip">astronomy</a>: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/fits-viewer.html">fits</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/xisf-viewer.html">xisf</a></li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_science.zip">science</a>: with latex, plantuml & pandoc compilers</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_musician.zip">music</a>: mid, midi, gp4 and gp5</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_gis.zip">GIS</a>: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/geojson-viewer.html">geojson</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/shp-viewer.html">shp</a>, gpx, wms and <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/dbf-viewer.html">dbf</a></li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_engineering.zip">data engineering</a>: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/parquet-viewer.html">parquet</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/arrow-viewer.html">arrow</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/feather-viewer.html">feather</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/avro-viewer.html">avro</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/orc-viewer.html">orc</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/hdf5-viewer.html">hdf5</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/hdf5-viewer.html">h5</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/netcdf-viewer.html">netcdf</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/netcdf-viewer.html">nc</a>, rds, rda and rdata</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_dev.zip">dev</a>: a, so, o, dylib, dll, tar, tgz, zip, har, cap, pcap, pcapng and <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/sqlite-viewer.html">sqlite</a></li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_creative.zip">creative work</a>: svg, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/psd-viewer.html">psd</a>, ai, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/sketch-viewer.html">sketch</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/cdr-viewer.html">cdr</a>, woff, woff2, ttf, otf, eot, exr, tga, pgm, ppm, dds, ktx, dpx, pcx, xpm, pnm, xbm, aai, xwd, cin, pbm, pcd, sgi, wbmp and rgb</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_biomed.zip">biomedical</a>: dicom, sam, bam, cif, pdb, xyz, sdf, mol, mol2 and mmtf</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_autodesk.zip">autodesk</a>: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/dwg-viewer.html">dwg</a> and <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/dxf-viewer.html">dxf</a></li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_adobe.zip">adobe</a>: <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/psd-viewer.html">psd</a>, ai, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/xd-viewer.html">xd</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/dng-viewer.html">dng</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/tools/eps-viewer.html">postscript</a>, aco, ase, swf</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_3d.zip">3d</a>: fbx, gltf, obj, stl, step, mesh, ifc, dae</li> <li><a href="https://demo.filestash.app/assets/plugin/application_embroidery.zip">embroidery</a>: dgt, dst, dsb, dsz, edr, exp, 10o, col, hus, inf, jef, ksm, pcm, pcs, pes, sew, shv, sst, tap, u01, vip, vp3 and xxx</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash/tree/master/server/plugin/plg_widget_pgp">e2e</a>: pgp, gpg</li> </ul> </li> <li>Themes: <br> <img src="https://www.filestash.app/img/screenshots/theme_github.png" height="150" /> <img src="https://www.filestash.app/img/screenshots/theme_apple.png" height="150" /> <img src="https://www.filestash.app/img/screenshots/theme_dropbox.png" height="150" /> <img src="https://www.filestash.app/img/screenshots/theme_ibm.png" height="150" /> </li> <li>AI features for <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/guide/search.html">search</a>, <a href="https://www.filestash.app/features/smart-folder.html">smart folders</a> and OCRs.</li> <li>... and much _{much _{more (versioning, audit, public site, antivirus, quota, chat, chromecast support, on demand video transcoding, mounting shared links as network drive, ....)}}<br> As a rule of thumb, if your problem involves files, we either already <a href="https://www.filestash.app/docs/plugin/">have a plugin</a> for it or can make a plugin for it </ul>

Getting Started

To install Filestash, head to the Getting started guide. If you want to leverage plugins, head over to the inventory, or learn about developing your own plugins.

If you want guidance and expert help on your file management problem, book a call and let's figure out if Filestash is the right platform for you.

Vision & Philosophy

Our goal is simple: to build the best file management platform ever made. Period. But "best" means different things to different people, and making Filestash modular is the only sane model to accomplish that. Anything that isn't a fundamental truth of the universe and might spark a debate belongs in a plugin. Literally every piece listed in the key features is a plugin you can swap for another implementation or remove entirely.

This modularity is made possible by the magic of programming interfaces. For example, if you want a Dropbox-like frontend for FTP, you will find out the FTP plugin simply implements this interface:

type IBackend interface {
	Ls(path string) ([]os.FileInfo, error)           // list files in a folder
	Stat(path string) (os.FileInfo, error)           // file stat
	Cat(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error)          // download a file
	Mkdir(path string) error                         //