Peekaboo - The Local File Explorer

Open a local folder and explore your files inside the browser. Your files stay private and won't be uploaded anywhere.

Scope

• Explore your local files inside the browser.
• Play web-ready audio and video files.
• Browse and present your images.
• Display parsed Markdown files.
• Inspect text based documents with syntax highlighting for several languages.
• View PDF files.

Features

• Install Peekaboo as PWA. It works offline too.
• Add a README.md file to display its contents above the listed directory entries.
• Filter current directory entries by search term.
• Filter files and folders in current directory by tag.
  • Add a README.md file with frontmatter (including a tags property) to the desired directory. File contents example:

    ---
    tags: [Dark, Space]
    ---
    # Space Wallpapers
    
    Here are my dark wallpapers from space.

  • Or add tags (comma separated) in square brackets at the end of the file or folder name. Examples:

    Wallpapers [Dark, Space] (will probably be deprecated)
    Wallpapers [Abstract, Dark] (will probably be deprecated)
    IMG001 [2021, Berlin].jpg
    IMG002 [2022, New York].jpg
    

  Right-click tags in filter to exclude entries with the respective tag from the list.
• Place an image file named like the folder to define a permanent cover/thumbnail. Example:
  • Folder name: Wallpapers
  • Image inside folder: Wallpapers.jpg

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This is mainly a fun and research project regarding the File System Access API and other technics. Plus the weird urge to build a file explorer for the browser. Because why not.