FileManager Pro is the administrator's file explorer: it lists directories, opens files in a code editor, saves them, and creates, renames, copies, moves and deletes entries. Deletion goes to a recycle bin by default — an item inside a user's home goes to that user's own ~/.trash, anything else to the acting administrator's — with permanent deletion available as an explicit choice, plus restore and empty-bin actions. Uploads work either by sending file content to the panel or by giving a URL for the server to fetch, and archives can be created from a selection or extracted in place.

Beyond single-file work it has a few things aimed at housekeeping. Find Large Files walks a folder recursively and returns the biggest files first above a size threshold, rendered into the normal table so the existing checkboxes, Delete and Compress act on the results directly. Bulk Permissions applies one mode and owner change across a whole selection, optionally recursive, and reports which paths failed instead of stopping at the first one; the selection is capped and each path still goes through the same validation as the single-path call. There is also a search, a recent-changes listing, per-file info, and a dashboard widget showing disk usage for the configured default directory.

It is admin-only and its browsing is clamped to /home. Inside a user's home every operation runs through the system agent confined to, and performed as, that user, so it cannot be redirected outside the home. Copy and move between two different users' homes are refused for the same reason. Tenants use the /files/ manager instead.

Availability: Included at no extra cost with the Profesional and Enterprise plans. On the Free and Starter plans it is available per server as a monthly subscription ($1.99/month) or a one-time purchase ($19).

Min Panel Version

1.0.0

Platform

Ubuntu 20.04+ / 22.04+ / 24.04+

License

Free — no key needed

VinzaPanel handles installation automatically via the Vinza Store. Make sure the panel agent has internet access to download dependencies.

3.5 — New icon in the shared flat style. 1.3.4 — Search inside file contents (the search box's new "File contents" scope; binary files and files over 1 MB are skipped, and inside a user's home the search runs as that user). Bookmarked folders per administrator. Temporary share links: a download-only link to one file, valid 1 hour to 7 days, optionally password-protected, with a download counter and revoke; the file is re-checked inside its owner's home at every download. Uploads now go in chunks through the File Manager's resumable uploader, so the per-file upload limit, the disk quota (counting the file being uploaded) and free space are checked before the first byte; the old single-request route remains only as a bounded fallback for servers whose agent predates chunked uploads. 1.3.3 — Fix: chmod with setuid/setgid/sticky bits (e.g. 4777) is refused instead of reporting "Updated permissions" while only 0777 was applied. 1.3.2 — Security and reliability fixes. Filenames can no longer inject script into the page (paths moved out of inline handlers). Every operation inside a user's home now runs through the system agent confined to — and as — that user, so a symlink planted in a home can no longer redirect a root operation elsewhere; permission changes use the agent's chmod (a recursive 644 keeps folders enterable). Deleted items go to the owner's own ~/.trash, created private (0700); bulk delete no longer races or overwrites same-named items in the bin. Extract works inside user homes and unpacks into a new folder named after the archive. Move, copy and restore refuse to overwrite an existing item unless you confirm. Uploads stream (no ~37 MB limit) and are written as the home's owner. URL uploads re-check every redirect against private/internal addresses. Search, recent changes and large-file scans return partial results instead of failing on big trees, and handle filenames containing tabs or newlines. Long compress/extract/copy/chown jobs no longer time out after 60 s.
3.1 — Fixed the /home filter on search, recent-changes and large-file results: it matched a bare "/home" prefix, so a path like /homework or /home_backup could be listed even though it sits outside the tree.
3.0 — Added an Explorer/Finder-style folder tree sidebar and colored file-type icon tiles.
2.0 — Find Large Files: scan a folder recursively for the biggest files, biggest first, with a size threshold. Results render in the normal table so the existing checkboxes, Delete and Compress act on them directly. Bulk Permissions applies a mode/owner change across a whole selection and reports per-item failures instead of stopping at the first. 1.1.0 — the "Show hidden files" toggle is now a visible toolbar button (it existed only in the right-click menu, where nobody looked) and the choice is remembered across visits. Initial release — directory browser, code editor, drag-and-drop upload, archive extraction, chmod manager.

Use VinzaPanel's REST API to download and install this app programmatically.

Download app files

HTTP

POST /plugins/api/download/filemanager/
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "panel_version": "1.0.0"
}

Example response

JSON

{
  "success": true,
  "plugin_id": "filemanager",
  "version": "1.3.5",
  "download_url": "..."
}