File Browser: open it, first login, settings, fixes
· Updated 18 September 2026 · SparkBox team
A clean web-based file manager for your server. Browse, upload, download, rename, and organize files without needing SSH or FTP. Great for managing configs and backups. This is the short card for it — the two minutes after you press Enable, and the page to come back to when something is off.
Open it
Dashboard → Apps → File Browser → Open. The direct address on your network is:
http://<your-box-IP>:8086Find your File Browser login under Settings → Passwords in the dashboard (the installer sets a unique password; admin/admin no longer works)
First login
Log in as admin with the password from Settings → Service Passwords. SparkBox manages this password, so change it there (not inside the app) if you want a new one. Upgraded from the old File Browser? Same password — but users or shares you created inside the old app need to be re-created.
Any password the installer generated for you is under Settings → Passwords; the Open button offers to copy it.
Worth knowing
- Use this to organize your server files from the browser
- You can upload files directly from your browser — no FTP client needed
When it breaks
If it will not open, check the app card first — a red dot means it is restarting or unhealthy, and this walkthrough reads the reason from its log. Tom AI on the dashboard can do the same for you.
Where your data lives
/opt/sparkbox/modules/files/config/Included in the dashboard's Backup by default. Restoring that backup on a fresh install brings File Browser back exactly as it was.
Questions, or did this not match your box?
Every guide here came from a real problem someone hit. If yours behaves differently, say so — that is how these get corrected, and how the fix gets prioritised.
We answer there rather than in a comment box, because that is where the people who have already solved it are.