This is a node.js command line utility that turns the current working directory into a pretty online file browser, available to all computers in the local network. It is an easy way to share a folder with your office buddies.
It is based on tutorialzine's file browser tutorial. See a live demo here.
Features:
- Beautiful css-only design.
- Responsive and retina-ready.
- Instant file search.
- Easy to install and use.
This utility is available on npm, so installation is a breeze. Use the -g flag:
npm install -g cute-files
To use it, cd
into a directory, and run cute-files
with an optional port.
Make the current folder available on <yourip>:3000
on the local network:
cute-files
Make the current folder available on <yourip>:12345
on the local network:
cute-files --port 12345
Files starting with a dot are assumed to be private and are not served.