Community Plugins: File Manager & Session Manager for Docker/Headless Environments

[strykereye2]

Hey everyone! I've been running CloudCLI in a Docker container (headless, no desktop) and built two plugins to solve pain points I kept hitting. Both are open source, MIT licensed, and security audited before release.

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File Manager

Repo: https://github.com/strykereye2/cloudcli-plugin-file-manager

Browse directories, preview text files, and download files directly from the CloudCLI UI — no need to pivot to a separate file manager, NFS mount, or terminal to grab generated files.

• Breadcrumb navigation + Up button
• Text file preview in a modal (up to 256 KB)
• Direct browser download for any file
• Fuzzy filename search across the directory tree
• Configurable allowed root directories via FILE_MANAGER_ROOTS env var
• Smart filtering (skips node_modules, .git, etc.)
• Dark/light theme support

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Session Manager

Repo: https://github.com/strykereye2/cloudcli-plugin-session-manager

View, monitor, kill, resume, and clean up Claude Code sessions from the UI — essential when running multiple sessions or debugging stuck processes.

• Live session list with PID, project, user, and uptime
• Three-state status detection: ACTIVE / IDLE / STUCK (uses /proc + .jsonl mtime)
• Click to expand and inspect session context (last prompt, away summary, last output)
• Kill stuck sessions (SIGTERM + SIGKILL fallback, validates PID is a Claude process)
• Resume stopped sessions by session ID
• Cleanup: delete orphaned session files + compress old logs (30+ days)
• Auto-refresh toggle (10s polling)
• Dark/light theme support

Note: Session Manager is Linux-only (requires /proc), designed for containerized environments.

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Install

Settings > Plugins — paste the repo URL:

https://github.com/strykereye2/cloudcli-plugin-file-manager
https://github.com/strykereye2/cloudcli-plugin-session-manager

Or clone manually into ~/.claude-code-ui/plugins/ — see each README for details including Docker bake-in instructions.

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Open for Discussion

I'd love feedback from the community and the CloudCLI team:

• Feature request: Would the team consider listing community plugins in the CloudCLI docs or a future plugin directory? Having a discoverable place for plugins would help the ecosystem grow.
• Enhancement idea: A "Community Plugins" section in Settings > Plugins (even just a curated list of GitHub URLs) would make it easy for users to find and install plugins without hunting through discussions.
• If the team likes these, I'd be happy to have them listed as available/recommended plugins.

Feedback, issues, and PRs welcome on both repos!

[blackmammoth]

Hey @strykereye2, thanks for the detailed message. Apologies for the late reply, I just saw the discussion today. It's awesome what you have done. We'll make sure to add them in the plugins list.

If you are interested, you can also share your plugins in our discord "Showcase" channel so that more people can see it.

[blackmammoth]

Regarding this plugin, https://github.com/strykereye2/cloudcli-plugin-file-manager, is it meant to be a replacement for the existing files tab? If not, it would be better to rename it to something else to avoid confusion.

[blackmammoth]

Hey @strykereye2, the session manager has been added. #864

Regarding the file manager, its name is same as existing File tab. After that's changed, we can also add it.