Tiny File Manager
Single-file PHP web file manager that's fast and lightweight
Overview
Tiny File Manager is a self-contained single PHP file that provides a full web-based file manager accessible via any browser. It supports multi-user access with configurable roles, file upload/download/rename/delete, inline text editing, archive extraction, and image preview. Deployment requires only dropping one file onto an existing PHP web server with no database.
Where it falls short of Dropbox
- No file versioning or change history
- No desktop or mobile sync clients; purely browser-based access
- User management is flat config-file based; no LDAP or SSO integration
- No real-time collaboration or file commenting
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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