Simple example with Play Framework using jqueryfiletree plugin http://abeautifulsite.net/blog/2008/03/jquery-file-tree/ Using Play 1.2.3: git clone git://github.com/giates/play-jqueryfiletree.git cd play-jqueryfiletree play run Point the browser on http://localhost:9000 You should be able to navigate through public folders & files To change the base folder open app/controllers/Application.java and modify BASE_DIR on action 'content'. Have fun ! Tex