Surfer is a static file server with browser-based and command-line file management.
It is suited to publishing and maintaining static content without deploying a full content management system. Files can be managed through its administration interface or uploaded and deployed using the Surfer command-line client.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Serve static files through a lightweight web service.
- Manage hosted files through a browser-based administration interface.
- Upload files using the Surfer command-line client.
- Replace a hosted site with the contents of a local directory.
- Manage named sites and associate them with configured domains.
- Supports OIDC authentication.
- Supports command-line access using application credentials.
Website: github.com/cloudron-io/surfer
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Developer: Johannes Zellner
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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