FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Why is a database required? It's only a file manager!

A database is required because, as well as just moving files around, KFM also allows you to tag the files, add captions to images and run searches for files. These are all difficult to do without a database. Also, in the near future, KFM will have proper user rights management and full text search (allowing you to search the contents of files) - again, very difficult to do without a database.

If you don't want any of those things, then I don't think you want something as complete as KFM.

Even if you are not aware that you have a database installed, you might have one. PHP is usually compiled with support for SQLite, which is a single-file database. If you do not have MySQL or PostGres, then try configuring with the types 'sqlite' or 'sqlitepdo' instead. You do not need a username or password for SQLite.