I couldn’t find any reason they’re winding down. I wonder why? Was this planned? Battlefield Fatigue? I’ve used it before, had no real complaints. It fit the use case at the time.
File Browser is being archived on 2026-09-01
Submitted 10 hours ago by 
sanitation@lemmy.today to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/releases/tag/v2.63.22
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irmadlad@lemmy.world 9 hours ago u_tamtam@programming.dev 1 hour ago
It’s there on the readme: hacdias.com/2026/07/28/filebrowser/
The project needs a rewrite from scratch, but the author had enough.
TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I remember reading earlier this year that the project was essentially “complete” and would only get security updates.
But like he says: “people keep making PRs for new features. Features that I do really think would benefit the project.”
I really struggle with folks’ sense of gratitude sometimes. Like there’s so many people making cool things for us… for free… When they could be doing the same work for money.
But yeah, sucks nobody could really keep the project up and secure. I’m not looking for a fork that will add anything to the project.
I’ll read some of the bug tickets to see what the current state is like. Figured this thing could just work indefinitely without much maintenance… its so simple?
captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
This is 100% off topic but I just realised username is ”I R mad lad” and not ”Irma Dlad”.
rmuk@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
I read “I R Madlad” in the style of “I R Baboon”.
Cochise@lemmy.eco.br 7 hours ago
artyom@piefed.social 5 hours ago
tldr lost interest
There is a fork though: File Browser Quantum filebrowserquantum.com
TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I wonder how viable it would be to do the opposite of quantum. If we remove every at risk feature and strip it down to the basics: no scripts, no multi-user, no public sharing etc…
Project could be pretty easy to maintain indefinitely?
jello@programming.dev 8 hours ago
I’ve tried to use quantum and it lost the “just works” factor that OG filebrowser has. Not sure what I’ll do now
captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Really? I never tried the original but didn’t have much problems setting up quantum. I had to modify my caddy file somewhat to suite my needs, but just works now.
Thanks for that. I grinned at the pitch; 'It’s a no-compromise solution that’s a a quantum leap forward. Looking at the rest of the page, it does seem to have some bases covered with features. So, naturally, I’m going to have to check it out. Bookmarked.