IFM
Single script file manager.
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Still maintained? Yes: 14 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.1.2 (Aug 2026).
At a glance
IFM quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 370
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.1.2, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to IFM
In its own words
The project's README opens: "The IFM is a web-based filemanager, which comes as a single file solution using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and PHP. You can test a demo here."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
IFM scores 62/100, #10 of 17 in File Transfer - Web-based File Managers: 14 commits in the last 90 days earn 16.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.1.2, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 370 stars add 10.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 18.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 16.3 / 35
14 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.1.2 released 2 months ago
- Stars 10.3 / 20
370 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 14
- Last 90 days
- 29
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 17 tools in File Transfer - Web-based File Managers by health , between TagSpaces (#9) and miniserve (#11) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v4.1.2 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 370 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | misterunknown/ifm ↗ |
IFM vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with IFM (File Transfer - Web-based File Managers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Lister | 94 | 2.5k | MIT | today |
| FileGator | 94 | 3.1k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Sync-in | 93 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| FileRise | 92 | 1k | MIT | 9 days ago |
| mikochi | 90 | 379 | MIT | 8 days ago |
| IFM (this tool) | 62 | 370 | MIT | 2 months ago |
IFM: common questions
Is IFM still maintained?
IFM had 14 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, v4.1.2, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.