pdrive is a browser-based document and file manager based on Python 3 and vue.js. If you need a quick way of browsing files on a remote server, this is the tool for you.

You can use it as a pretty alternative to python -m http.server or as a simple interface into a remote network-attached-storage drive.

It's designed to combine the excellent usability of Google Drive with the benefits of having control over your own data.

pip install pdrive

You can run pdrive by calling the pdrive command within a directory you want to explore. Once running, you can visit the web interface at https://127.0.0.1:9999.

If you're running this on a remote server, you can use ssh port forwarding to access the web interface over an ssh connection:

ssh -N -L 9999:localhost:9999 [email protected]

SECURITY NOTE: pdrive will have all the same permissions to modify your file system as the user who started the program.

usage: pdrive [-h] [-H HOST] [-p PORT]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -H HOST, --host HOST
  -p PORT, --port PORT