# Meet File Browser, a Small but Mighty Web File Browser

DevFeed: [Meet File Browser, a Small but Mighty Web File Browser](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meet-file-browser-a-small-but-mighty-web-file-browser-10599.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/meet-file-browser/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2021-09-04T15:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces File Browser as an open-source, self-hosted alternative to services such as Dropbox. It explains how to configure a containerized installation and demonstrates managing and sharing files and folders.

## Source excerpt

Meet File Browser, an open source, self-hosted alternative to services like Dropbox and other web based file browsers.Today we'll configure a containerized version of File Browser and have you up and going in just a few minutes.We'll also walk through creating, editing, moving, copying, and even sharing files and folders so that you get a better understanding about what File Browser is all abou...