Features

KFM is much more than a mere repository of files. This page catalogues the present list of features. For a preview of things to come, see the bug tracker.

General

ajax everything
search engine
multiple database support - sqlite, mysql, postgresql
multi-lingual. 13 languages available
(bg, da, de, en, es, fi, fr, ga, it, nl, pl, ro, ru)
key controls
files may be located anywhere on your server - they do not need to be accessible by a browser
tinymce and fckeditor support

Selection Types

use your selected file in FCKeditor by either double-clicking it, or selecting it and pressing Enter
click a file to select it
drag a rectangle around a group of files to select them all
select a file. click another file with the ctrl key pressed down to add it to the group of selected files
select a file, then click another file with the shift-key pressed down. all files from the first to the second will be selected
you can select files using the arrow keys (left and right)

Files

rename, copy, move, delete
automatic icon generation
long names automatically shortened for neatness
create and edit text files (.txt, .html, .js, .css, etc) online
view contents of files with syntax-highlighted
download files directly or send to CMS
copy a file from anywhere online
extract or create zip files
rename multiple files simultaneously
upload multiple files simultaneously (with progress bar)
download multiple files simultaneously (firefox only)

Directories

icon-view file management
create, rename or delete
drag&drop moving of directories
long names automatically shortened for neatness

Images

thumbnails automatically created and used as icons
resize or rotate
automatic caption extraction
return custom-sized thumbnails to CMS
edit captions. in FCKeditor, these captions will be used as the ALT parameter in images
automatic caption extraction from exif data
"lightbox" image viewer and slideshow

Security

user authentication
cms integration - use the CMS's authentication
most permissions (upload/create/edit/delete files/directories) can be turned on/off
ban dangerous file extensions (can't upload/rename, etc files to/with those names)
restrict uploads to images only