Howtos/Autoindex on nginx

You can activate autoindex on the main server folder (/var/www/html/) and/or home folders (~/public_html/).

autoindex

~/public_html/

location ~ ^/~(.+?)(/.*)?$ {
    alias /home/$1/public_html$2;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    autoindex on; # this feature automatically lists all files in the public_html folder!
}

fancyindex !

https://nginx-extras.getpagespeed.com/modules/fancyindex/

https://installati.one/install-libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex-debian-12/

To install the fancyindex module:

$ sudo apt install libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex

Then in your nginx config, you can add:

fancyindex on;