FileGator
FileGator 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 3,081 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 21, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,081
- Forks
- 450
- Open issues
- 203
- Commits, last 12 months
- 69
- Last commit
- Oct 21, 2026
- Latest release
- v7.16.8Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Jun 13, 2019
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 21, 2026, 69 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 21, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 69 |
| Latest release | v7.16.8 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 75 |
| Open issues | 203 |
| Open pull requests | 21 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 13, 2019 |
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About FileGator
FileGator is a powerful multi-user file manager with a single page front-end.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/filegator/filegator.
Topics
- file
- filesystem
- uploader
- amazon-s3
- storage
- storage-manager
- file-manager
- filemanager
- files
- fileserver
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Is FileGator free and open source?
Yes. FileGator 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 FileGator with Docker?
Yes. FileGator 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 FileGator?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to FileGator include copyparty, Filestash and miniserve.
Is FileGator actively maintained?
The most recent commit to FileGator was on Oct 21, 2026 with 69 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v7.16.8, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 203 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.