Brows3 – desktop client for Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage

Brows3 is a high-performance desktop client for Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage. It uses a Rust core and Tauri-based interface, with prefix-aware navigation, caching and a virtualized object table intended to keep large buckets responsive.

Besides Amazon S3, Brows3 supports S3-compatible services including MinIO, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi, STACKIT Object Storage and DigitalOcean Spaces. It also provides built-in file editing, previews, bulk operations and deep search.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Browse Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage.
• Navigate large buckets using prefix-aware views, pagination and caching.
• Search recursively within buckets and prefixes.
• Upload, download and delete multiple files and folders.
• Handle large files with multipart uploads and transfer progress.
• Edit text, JSON and code files with the built-in editor.
• Preview images, audio, video, PDFs and text files.
• Generate temporary presigned URLs for sharing objects.
• Work with AWS profiles and AWS IAM Identity Center.
• Store credentials using the operating system’s secure credential service.

Website: github.com/rgcsekaraa/brows3
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Developer: Chan RG
License: MIT License

Brows3 is written in TypeScript and Rust. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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