NGINX FancyIndex: Beautiful Directory Listings

by Danila Vershinin, February 5, 2026

NGINX’s built-in autoindex module generates directory listings that look like they belong in the 1990s. Plain text, no styling, no sorting controls, and no way to customize the appearance. If you serve files for download — software packages, documentation, media archives, or shared project assets — you need NGINX FancyIndex. The NGINX FancyIndex module (ngx_http_fancyindex_module) […]