File preview options🔗
The following options are available. Additionally, all files can be
converted into many other formats using Zamzar or Cloudconvert
third-party online services.
Image files🔗
- Vips and/or ImageMagick: thumbnails and previews for all known types,
including raw
- JPG, GIF, PNG, WEBP, AVIF can also be previewed directly by the browser, skipping
resizing.
- All supported image file formats can be opened in an included image
editor.
- Multiple image files can be selected for creating photo proof sheets.
Office documents🔗
- LibreOffice (included by default with the Docker install): thumbnails
and full PDF-based previews for RTF, DOC, XLS, PPS, PPT, DOCX, XLSX,
PPTX, ODP, FODP, ODS, FODS, ODT, FODT, SXW, SXC, SXI.
- OpenDocument Viewer: preview with included viewer for ODP, ODS, ODT.
- ONLYOFFICE (requires installation): can preview, create and edit most
common office file types.
- Microsoft Office Web Viewer (third-party online service): can preview
most common Microsoft Office file types.
- Zoho Editor (third-party online service): can preview, create and edit
most common office file types.
- Google Docs Viewer and Editor (third-party online services): can
preview, create and edit most common office file types.
- Microsoft Office formats can be opened directly with Office apps
installed on the user's computer. Editing is possible.
- CSV files can be previewed, created and edited using the included
editor.
PDF documents🔗
- On desktop browsers, PDF document preview are supported by all
browsers.
- On mobile devices they preview with FileRun's HTML5-based PDF viewer.
- Multiple PDF documents can be merged together into one.
- Multi-page PDF documents can be split into separate documents by
pages.
- EPS documents can be previewed with ImageMagick.
Text documents (with syntax highlighting)🔗
- You can create, preview and edit: SVG, CLASS, H, BAT, CMD, SH, EML,
TXT, README, NFO, HTACCESS, HTM, HTML, CFM, WML, HTT, INC, VBS, JS,
JSON, JAVA, JSP, JSPX, ASP, ASPX, ASHX, ASMX, AXD, PL, CGI, PHP, PHP3,
PHP4, PY, RB, RHTML, ERB, PXP, XML, XHTML, SASS, CSS, TPL, SQL, SUB,
SRT, LOG, INI (new extensions can be easly added).
- MD (Markdown) files can be viewed and edited.
- All text documents have sharp thumbnails.
- FileRun comes with its own e-book reader.
Archive files🔗
- ZIP, TAR, TAR.BZ2, TBZ, BZ2, TAR.GZ, TGZ, JAR archives and GZ
compressed files can be extracted.
Video files🔗
- MPG, MOV, WEBM, MP4, OGV.
- WMV (usually supported only by Windows computers) - not an official
FileRun feature because of third-party software requirements
- MKV can play in the browser depending on the used codecs for video and
audio
Audio files🔗
- MP3, MPA, M3U, M3U8, PLS, OGG, WAV, FLAC.
AutoCAD files🔗
- Autodesk (third-party online service) can open SKP, FBX, DWG, DWF,
DXF, RVT.
Other 3D model files🔗
- 3d preview for: OBJ, FBX, MTL, STL, DAE, X, GLTF, GLB, 3DS, 3MF.
- STL-thumb can be used to have thumbnails for STL files.
Misc file types🔗
- URL (opens the web page inside an embedded window)
Other third party online services🔗
Additional preview methods will be displayed in the contextual menu,
under Open with..
, when certain actions can be performed for the
selected file.
Hiding Preview Options🔗
Most preview plugins can be disabled from the control panel, under
Files → Plugins. Select the plugin you wish to disable and click
on the Edit
button, then check the Disable Plugin
option and save
the changes.
Setting Default Open Method🔗
You can choose how FileRun handles each type of file. Simply access the
control panel, under Files
→ Plugins
→ Defaults