FileBrowser Quantum

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
FileBrowser Quantum Host Port
FileBrowser Quantum /config Path
FileBrowser Quantum /srv Path

Self-hosted web file manager with fast indexed search, granular share controls, and modern authentication (OIDC, LDAP, 2FA).


Port	`8080`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum`
Daemonless	daemonless/filebrowser-quantum
Source	gtsteffaniak/filebrowser
Website	filebrowserquantum.com

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	FreeBSD Port. Built from latest FreeBSD packages.	Most users — recommended.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman AppJail Bastille

Compose CLI Ansible

services:
  filebrowser-quantum:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest"
    container_name: filebrowser-quantum
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - FILEBROWSER_CONFIG=  # Path to config.yaml. Defaults to /config/config.yaml; the container writes a minimal starter there on first boot if absent.
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv:/srv"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

podman run -d --name filebrowser-quantum \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e FILEBROWSER_CONFIG= \
  -v /path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv:/srv \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

- name: Deploy filebrowser-quantum
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: filebrowser-quantum
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      FILEBROWSER_CONFIG: ""
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv:/srv"

Save as filebrowser-quantum-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook filebrowser-quantum-deploy.yaml.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

Director CLI

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=filebrowser-quantum
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
FILEBROWSER_CONFIG=

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  filebrowser-quantum:
    name: filebrowser_quantum
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '8080:8080 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - FILEBROWSER_CONFIG: !ENV '${FILEBROWSER_CONFIG}'
    volumes:
      - FILEBROWSER_QUANTUM_CONFIG_PATH: /config
      - FILEBROWSER_QUANTUM_SRV_PATH: /srv
volumes:
  FILEBROWSER_QUANTUM_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum'
  FILEBROWSER_QUANTUM_SRV_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e FILEBROWSER_CONFIG= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv /srv <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest filebrowser-quantum

Save the files above, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

Compose CLI

services:
  filebrowser-quantum:
    name: filebrowser-quantum
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - FILEBROWSER_CONFIG=
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv:/srv"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env FILEBROWSER_CONFIG= \
  --volume /path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum /config \
  --volume /path/to/containers/filebrowser-quantum/srv /srv \
  filebrowser-quantum ghcr.io/daemonless/filebrowser-quantum:latest inherit

Access at: http://localhost:8080

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container
`FILEBROWSER_CONFIG`	``	Path to config.yaml. Defaults to /config/config.yaml; the container writes a minimal starter there on first boot if absent.

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration (config.yaml) and the database
`/srv`	Default mount point for the files you want to browse. Mount one or more sources here and declare them under `server.sources` in config.yaml.

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8080`	TCP

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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