Kodbox is a self-hosted document management and collaboration platform that provides a browser-based desktop for organising files, folders, and shared workspaces.
It’s designed for private cloud deployments and team environments, giving users a familiar web interface for managing content from a server they control.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides a Windows-like file management experience with drag and drop, shortcut keys, right-click menus, and multiple file views.
- Supports online preview, playback, and editing for hundreds of document, image, audio, video, and design file formats.
- Integrates local storage with FTP, WebDAV, MinIO, and S3-compatible object storage services.
- Offers fine-grained permissions, department-level access controls, and external sharing with passwords, expiry dates, and configurable rights.
- Includes collaboration tools such as file discussions, activity tracking, version history, editing locks, and document tagging.
- Features built-in text and Markdown editing with syntax highlighting, formatting tools, and real-time preview.
- Supports online compression, decompression, and direct preview of archive contents.
- Provides administration and security features including login controls, audit logs, recycle bin, backup, and restore capabilities.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox
Support:
Developer: kalcaddle
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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