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filex

Filex server, folder sync and command-line client in one binary.

  • Completely free
  • Windows
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

filex is a file manager, available on Windows.

Features described in its GitHub repository, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: self-hosting on your own server, web interface, command-line use, plugins and add-ons, central authentication (LDAP, SSO…), version history, end-to-end encryption.

Services and protocols mentioned: WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, SMB, S3 and NFS.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “filex is a self-hosted file manager in a single Go binary: six storage drivers plus a plugin API, sandboxed apps that sign and convert your files, reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS and WebDAV, with a desktop app, live…” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “filex is a self-hosted file manager in a single Go binary: six storage drivers plus a plugin API, sandboxed apps that sign and convert your files, reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS and WebDAV, with a desktop app, live…” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Self-hosted file manager & sharing with a web UI, in one Go binary - open-source alternative to Nextcloud, Dropbox and Google Drive.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “filex server, folder sync and command-line client in one binary” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “filex is a self-hosted file manager in a single Go binary: six storage drivers plus a plugin API, sandboxed apps that sign and convert your files, reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS and WebDAV, with a desktop app, live…” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “SSO/LDAP, multi-tenant, encrypted folders, embeddable web component, desktop app, MCP server.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Trash, version history and end-to-end encrypted folders.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Trash, version history and end-to-end encrypted folders.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of filex is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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