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sambee

Browser-based workspace for files on SMB shares and local drives. Access your data from PCs, phones, and tablets. View images, read PDFs, and edit Markdown right in your browser.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: Markdown support, self-hosting on your own server, syntax highlighting and Docker deployment.

Services and protocols mentioned: SMB.

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
  • “View images, read PDFs, and edit Markdown right in your browser.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Sambee gives organizations and individuals a self-hosted, browser-based workspace for files on existing SMB shares and local drives.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Syntax highlighting” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Sambee requires only a single Docker container and runs efficiently even on smaller machines.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

sambee is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub sambee-app/sambee (MIT)

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