From ac7b49c1484b4e27a1149310542ccd1e90659ee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucky Jain <72547660+lostb053@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:21:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add option to hide the login button from public-facing
 pages (#3922)

Co-authored-by: Henrique Dias <mail@hacdias.com>
---
 cmd/config.go                          | 4 +++-
 cmd/config_init.go                     | 6 ++++++
 cmd/config_set.go                      | 2 ++
 cmd/root.go                            | 1 +
 frontend/src/components/Sidebar.vue    | 3 +++
 frontend/src/i18n/en.json              | 1 +
 frontend/src/types/settings.d.ts       | 1 +
 frontend/src/utils/constants.ts        | 2 ++
 frontend/src/views/settings/Global.vue | 5 +++++
 http/settings.go                       | 3 +++
 http/static.go                         | 1 +
 settings/settings.go                   | 1 +
 12 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 230a532c..84474f4c 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func addConfigFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	addServerFlags(flags)
 	addUserFlags(flags)
 	flags.BoolP("signup", "s", false, "allow users to signup")
+	flags.Bool("hide-login-button", false, "hide login button from public pages")
 	flags.Bool("create-user-dir", false, "generate user's home directory automatically")
 	flags.Uint("minimum-password-length", settings.DefaultMinimumPasswordLength, "minimum password length for new users")
 	flags.String("shell", "", "shell command to which other commands should be appended")
@@ -192,9 +193,10 @@ func printSettings(ser *settings.Server, set *settings.Settings, auther auth.Aut
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Sign up:\t%t\n", set.Signup)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hide Login Button:\t%t\n", set.HideLoginButton)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Create User Dir:\t%t\n", set.CreateUserDir)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Minimum Password Length:\t%d\n", set.MinimumPasswordLength)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Auth method:\t%s\n", set.AuthMethod)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Auth Method:\t%s\n", set.AuthMethod)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Shell:\t%s\t\n", strings.Join(set.Shell, " "))
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nBranding:")
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tName:\t%s\n", set.Branding.Name)
diff --git a/cmd/config_init.go b/cmd/config_init.go
index 26db2d27..693b6ace 100644
--- a/cmd/config_init.go
+++ b/cmd/config_init.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ override the options.`,
 			return err
 		}
 
+		hideLoginButton, err := getBool(flags, "hide-login-button")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		createUserDir, err := getBool(flags, "create-user-dir")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ override the options.`,
 		s := &settings.Settings{
 			Key:                   key,
 			Signup:                signup,
+			HideLoginButton:       hideLoginButton,
 			CreateUserDir:         createUserDir,
 			MinimumPasswordLength: minLength,
 			Shell:                 convertCmdStrToCmdArray(shell),
diff --git a/cmd/config_set.go b/cmd/config_set.go
index a7f66902..255ef470 100644
--- a/cmd/config_set.go
+++ b/cmd/config_set.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ you want to change. Other options will remain unchanged.`,
 				ser.Port, err = getString(flags, flag.Name)
 			case "log":
 				ser.Log, err = getString(flags, flag.Name)
+			case "hide-login-button":
+				set.HideLoginButton, err = getBool(flags, flag.Name)
 			case "signup":
 				set.Signup, err = getBool(flags, flag.Name)
 			case "auth.method":
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a9704cf4..8f793742 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ func quickSetup(flags *pflag.FlagSet, d pythonData) error {
 	set := &settings.Settings{
 		Key:                   generateKey(),
 		Signup:                false,
+		HideLoginButton:       true,
 		CreateUserDir:         false,
 		MinimumPasswordLength: settings.DefaultMinimumPasswordLength,
 		UserHomeBasePath:      settings.DefaultUsersHomeBasePath,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.vue b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.vue
index 5bbf8847..531ec583 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.vue
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     </template>
     <template v-else>
       <router-link
+        v-if="!hideLoginButton"
         class="action"
         to="/login"
         :aria-label="$t('sidebar.login')"
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ import * as auth from "@/utils/auth";
 import {
   version,
   signup,
+  hideLoginButton,
   disableExternal,
   disableUsedPercentage,
   noAuth,
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ export default {
       return this.currentPromptName === "sidebar";
     },
     signup: () => signup,
+    hideLoginButton: () => hideLoginButton,
     version: () => version,
     disableExternal: () => disableExternal,
     disableUsedPercentage: () => disableUsedPercentage,
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/en.json b/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
index 15a297df..9272cff4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
     "allowNew": "Create new files and directories",
     "allowPublish": "Publish new posts and pages",
     "allowSignup": "Allow users to signup",
+    "hideLoginButton": "Hide the login button from public pages",
     "avoidChanges": "(leave blank to avoid changes)",
     "branding": "Branding",
     "brandingDirectoryPath": "Branding directory path",
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/settings.d.ts b/frontend/src/types/settings.d.ts
index ba56c612..562c718b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/settings.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/settings.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 interface ISettings {
   signup: boolean;
   createUserDir: boolean;
+  hideLoginButton: boolean;
   minimumPasswordLength: number;
   userHomeBasePath: string;
   defaults: SettingsDefaults;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts b/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
index 3f131b1a..ae491397 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const enableExec: boolean = window.FileBrowser.EnableExec;
 const tusSettings = window.FileBrowser.TusSettings;
 const origin = window.location.origin;
 const tusEndpoint = `/api/tus`;
+const hideLoginButton = window.FileBrowser.HideLoginButton;
 
 export {
   name,
@@ -39,4 +40,5 @@ export {
   tusSettings,
   origin,
   tusEndpoint,
+  hideLoginButton,
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/settings/Global.vue b/frontend/src/views/settings/Global.vue
index 0a42a293..3d391206 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/settings/Global.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/settings/Global.vue
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
             {{ t("settings.createUserDir") }}
           </p>
 
+          <p>
+            <input type="checkbox" v-model="settings.hideLoginButton" />
+            {{ t("settings.hideLoginButton") }}
+          </p>
+
           <p>
             <label class="small">{{ t("settings.userHomeBasePath") }}</label>
             <input
diff --git a/http/settings.go b/http/settings.go
index 0abe6b13..500e1c2c 100644
--- a/http/settings.go
+++ b/http/settings.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type settingsData struct {
 	Signup                bool                  `json:"signup"`
+	HideLoginButton       bool                  `json:"hideLoginButton"`
 	CreateUserDir         bool                  `json:"createUserDir"`
 	MinimumPasswordLength uint                  `json:"minimumPasswordLength"`
 	UserHomeBasePath      string                `json:"userHomeBasePath"`
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type settingsData struct {
 var settingsGetHandler = withAdmin(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
 	data := &settingsData{
 		Signup:                d.settings.Signup,
+		HideLoginButton:       d.settings.HideLoginButton,
 		CreateUserDir:         d.settings.CreateUserDir,
 		MinimumPasswordLength: d.settings.MinimumPasswordLength,
 		UserHomeBasePath:      d.settings.UserHomeBasePath,
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ var settingsPutHandler = withAdmin(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 	d.settings.Tus = req.Tus
 	d.settings.Shell = req.Shell
 	d.settings.Commands = req.Commands
+	d.settings.HideLoginButton = req.HideLoginButton
 
 	err = d.store.Settings.Save(d.settings)
 	return errToStatus(err), err
diff --git a/http/static.go b/http/static.go
index 447471d2..5a52940d 100644
--- a/http/static.go
+++ b/http/static.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func handleWithStaticData(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request, d *data, fSys
 		"ResizePreview":         d.server.ResizePreview,
 		"EnableExec":            d.server.EnableExec,
 		"TusSettings":           d.settings.Tus,
+		"HideLoginButton":       d.settings.HideLoginButton,
 	}
 
 	if d.settings.Branding.Files != "" {
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
index 064094ab..c263bf36 100644
--- a/settings/settings.go
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type AuthMethod string
 type Settings struct {
 	Key                   []byte              `json:"key"`
 	Signup                bool                `json:"signup"`
+	HideLoginButton       bool                `json:"hideLoginButton"`
 	CreateUserDir         bool                `json:"createUserDir"`
 	UserHomeBasePath      string              `json:"userHomeBasePath"`
 	Defaults              UserDefaults        `json:"defaults"`