Nginx File Directory — Quickstart

1. See it

git clone https://github.com/willtheorangeguy/Nginx-File-Directory.git
cd Nginx-File-Directory

Open index.html in a browser. No server needed.

The whole file is 21 lines. Open it in a text editor.

Set the title and heading — both say Index of /directory by default, and both need changing.

Add a line per entry inside the <pre> block, following the examples:

<a href="notes.txt">notes.txt</a>                    08-17-2026 14:30                    1.1K

Uncomment the parent link if this listing sits inside another directory. It ships commented out.

Delete the example lines you did not use — they point at files that do not exist.

The columns align because of literal spaces inside the <pre> block. Nothing lays them out.

Turn off any "format on save" or trailing-whitespace trimming before editing, or the columns will drift. See Usage.

Copy index.html to your web server. That is the entire deployment — there are no icons and no stylesheet to bring along.

Other options in Deployment.

docker run -d -p 8000:80 ghcr.io/willtheorangeguy/nginx-file-directory:main

Then http://localhost:8000/. The image name is lowercase — GHCR requires it.

It does not list a real directory. It shows exactly what you typed. See FAQ.