H5ai

h5ai: Modern File Indexer for HTTP Web Servers

A modern file indexer for HTTP web servers, h5ai displays directories in an appealing way and enhances browsing with different views, breadcrumb, and tree overview.

What is H5ai?

h5ai is an open-source web server index and file browser software designed specifically for use on web servers. It allows web servers to generate customizable directory listings that users can browse and search through.

Some key features of h5ai include:

• Attractive, modern-looking interface for browsing files and folders on a web server
• Supports different visual themes and color schemes
• Breadcrumb navigation allows easy traversal up the folder hierarchy
• Tree overview gives a sidebar visualization of the folder structure
• Responsive design works well on mobile and desktop browsers
• Extensive customization options via CSS styling and configuration parameters
• Supports thumbnail previews for images, videos, PDFs, and other file types
• File filtering, sorting, and search allows users to easily locate files

Originally h5ai stood for "HTML5 Apache Index" but over time it has evolved to support other web servers like nginx, Cherokee, and lighttpd. It aims to be a more modern and usable replacement for the older style directory listings generated by web servers.

h5ai is free, open-source software distributed under the MIT License. It is implemented in PHP and JavaScript and can be easily integrated into existing or new web server setups. Its attractive visual style and customization options help make browsing file directories over HTTP a much better user experience.

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