Directory Lister
Directory Lister is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Managers category, licensed MIT and written mainly in PHP. It ships a Docker image. It has 2,541 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,541
- Forks
- 518
- Open issues
- 10
- Commits, last 12 months
- 102
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 5.8.1Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Feb 16, 2011
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 102 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 102 |
| Latest release | 5.8.1 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 113 |
| Open issues | 10 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 16, 2011 |
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About Directory Lister
Simple PHP based directory lister that lists a directory and all its sub-directories and allows you to navigate there within.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister.
Topics
- directory-lister
- directory-browser
- php
- folder-browser
- drectory
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Is Directory Lister free and open source?
Yes. Directory Lister is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Directory Lister with Docker?
Yes. Directory Lister provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Directory Lister?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Directory Lister include copyparty, Filestash and miniserve.
Is Directory Lister actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Directory Lister was on Oct 26, 2026 with 102 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 5.8.1, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 10 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.