When you distribute a file-manager script to your audience, two questions matter most:
- “Can I install it in seconds without extra dependencies?”
- “Does it phone home or log my activity?”
Vip FileManager scores a perfect yes / no on those questions:
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Single-file deployment (< 300 KB) | Upload one .php file – no Composer, no database. |
| Log-free by design | Script never writes user activity, IPs or analytics to disk. |
| Open-source MIT licence | Audit the code or fork it for your own project. |
| Optional authentication | Turn the login wall on/off with $use_auth = true/false. |
| Dark / light switch | $CONFIG = '{"theme":"dark"}' gives an instant dark UI. |
| Drag-and-drop & chunked uploads | Uses Dropzone.js to push very large files (size limit is only what your PHP .ini allows). |
| ACE & highlight.js editors | Edit code like VS Code in your browser – syntax highlighting for 150+ languages. |
| Archive handling | Create or extract ZIP / TAR / GZ right inside the panel. |
| Granular permissions | readonly_users, directories_users, IP whitelist / blacklist. |
| Mobile-ready Bootstrap 5 UI | Navigate on any screen, even Safari iOS. |
| No external DB calls | Everything is handled by native PHP functions (scandir, ZipArchive, PharData). |
Zero-Log Architecture
The only outbound HTTP call – a one-time version ping – can be removed by deleting the tiny anonymous function at the top of the script.
Vip FileManager writes nothing to a database or flat-file.
No Google Analytics, no hidden beacons.
Session data lives in standard PHP sessions and is destroyed on logout.