AjaXplorer is an easy-to-install file explorer for remotely managing files on a web server. Its « rich client » layout and actions make it accessible to any end-user for a variety of purposes: file management/sharing, photo gallery, code browsing, etc. PHP 5 is necessary, no database needed.  Try it out with the demo.

[french] Ajaxplorer est un explorateur de fichier simple à installer pour gérer des fichiers à distance sur un serveur web. Son interface évoluée le rend très accessible et offre différentes utilisations possibles : gestion de fichiers, partage de fichiers, gallerie photo, etc. Seul PHP est nécessaire, pas de base de données! Essayez la démo! [/french]

Current Version: AjaXplorer 2.6.1 (LGPL license)
Browser Compatibility: FF2 & 3 , IE6+, Safari, Opera, Google Chrome.

Check the features list below or try it yourself with the demo!

Donate or hire me! You like AjaXplorer ?  Please support with a donation! You are more and more users, and you know that it’s crisis for everyone… So it’s getting harder to spend free time leading the project. Also if you are interested in hiring me for making custom works (on AjaXplorer especially, but not only), please do contact me ! <team (at) ajaxplorer (dot) info>.

A special thanks to the folks of Web Hosting Guide who are supporting our work on AjaXplorer.

AjaXplorer – Test Online Demo

Features

File Manipulation

  • Rename/Copy/Move/Delete/Download files or folders
  • Upload multiple files and track status with progress bar (Flash required and no https)
  • Create folders and empty files, edit permissions (chmod)
  • Edit Text files and code files (js, php, html, java, sql, perl), syntax is highlighted in the editor
  • View Images online, preview images in the list, diaporama of a given folder
  • Listen to MP3s online without downloading them
  • View Flash videos (FLV) online and full screen.
  • Browse and Extract ZIP files online
  • Generate a public download link, with optional password and expiration date

Rich GUI

  • Select multiple files or folders (copy/move/delete action can be applied)
  • Drag’n'Drop selection to copy/move
  • List/Thumbnail Display
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl + Up/Down Arrow = toggle selection, Tab = navigate between panels, Esc = close dialog windows

Advanced Features

  • Bookmarks system
  • Search recursively in folders
  • Send URLs with file links to a friend for convenient sharing
  • Recycle Bin with “restore action
  • User Preferences to set preferred language, display or password
  • Multiple Languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish
  • Customizable GUI with header and footer templates

Admin Features

  • User Management system
  • Multiple Root Directory to define separate repositories and assign access rights for each user
  • Logging system

Developement

  • Plug-In Architecture to easily extend the application. The authentication mechanism, configuration management, and data access are all plug-in based. Currently supported data access plug-ins: fs (filesystem), remote_fs (remote server with AjaXplorer installed), MySQL (browse, edit and search MySQL database), demo (all write actions disabled), FTP… Authentication plugins are « serial » (default), ldap, basic http auth, etc.
  • DB Management : Configure a repository with your MySQL data (host, username, password, database) and browse the tables, execute MySQL queries and edit/add/remove records or structures within tables

Installation

The current build of AjaXplorer can be downloaded from SourceForge.

Unzip using WinZip, ZipGenius or tar -xzf AjaXplorer-core-2.5-dist.zip. Installations instructions can be found in the doc/ directory.

Download URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ajaxplorer/