diff --git a/website/src/repl/FilesTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/FilesTab.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed8d1215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/repl/FilesTab.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import { Fragment, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { getAudioContext, loadBuffer, processSampleMap } from '@strudel.cycles/webaudio';
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+
+const TAURI = window.__TAURI__;
+const { BaseDirectory, readDir, readBinaryFile, writeTextFile, readTextFile } = TAURI?.fs || {};
+
+async function loadFiles() {
+  return readDir('', { dir: BaseDirectory.Audio, recursive: true });
+}
+
+const walkFileTree = (node, fn) => {
+  if (!Array.isArray(node?.children)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const entry of node.children) {
+    entry.subpath = (node.subpath || []).concat([node.name]);
+    fn(entry, node);
+    if (entry.children) {
+      walkFileTree(entry, fn);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const isAudioFile = (filename) => ['wav', 'mp3'].includes(filename.split('.').slice(-1)[0]);
+function uint8ArrayToDataURL(uint8Array) {
+  const blob = new Blob([uint8Array], { type: 'audio/*' });
+  const dataURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+  return dataURL;
+}
+
+const loadCache = {}; // caches local urls to data urls
+async function resolveFileURL(url) {
+  if (loadCache[url]) {
+    return loadCache[url];
+  }
+  loadCache[url] = (async () => {
+    const contents = await readBinaryFile(url, {
+      dir: BaseDirectory.Audio,
+    });
+    return uint8ArrayToDataURL(contents);
+  })();
+  return loadCache[url];
+}
+
+export function FilesTab() {
+  const [path, setPath] = useState([]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let init = false;
+    loadFiles().then((_tree) => setPath([{ name: 'files', children: _tree, path: BaseDirectory.Audio }]));
+    return () => {
+      init = true;
+    };
+  }, []);
+  const current = useMemo(() => path[path.length - 1], [path]);
+  const strudelJson = useMemo(() => current?.children?.find((e) => e.name === 'strudel.json'), [current]);
+  const subpath = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      path
+        .slice(1)
+        .map((p) => p.name)
+        .join('/'),
+    [path],
+  );
+  const folders = useMemo(() => current?.children.filter((e) => !!e.children), [current]);
+
+  const files = useMemo(
+    () => current?.children.filter((e) => !e.children && isAudioFile(e.name) /* || e.name === 'strudel.json' */),
+    [current],
+  );
+  const audioFiles = useMemo(() => {
+    let files = [];
+    walkFileTree(current, (entry) => {
+      if (isAudioFile(entry.name)) {
+        files.push(entry);
+      }
+    });
+    return files;
+  }, [current]);
+  const select = (e) => setPath((p) => p.concat([e]));
+
+  return (
+    <div className="px-4 flex flex-col h-full">
+      <div className="flex justify-between">
+        <div>
+          {path?.map((p, i) => {
+            if (i < path.length - 1) {
+              return (
+                <Fragment key={i}>
+                  <span className="cursor-pointer underline" onClick={() => setPath((p) => p.slice(0, i + 1))}>
+                    {p.name}
+                  </span>{' '}
+                  /{' '}
+                </Fragment>
+              );
+            } else {
+              return (
+                <span className="underline" key={i}>
+                  {p.name}{' '}
+                </span>
+              );
+            }
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div className="overflow-auto">
+        {folders?.map((e, i) => (
+          <div className="cursor-pointer" key={i} onClick={() => select(e)}>
+            {e.name}
+          </div>
+        ))}
+        {files?.map((e, i) => (
+          <div
+            className="text-gray-500 cursor-pointer select-none"
+            key={i}
+            onClick={async () => {
+              const url = await resolveFileURL(`${subpath}/${e.name}`);
+              const ac = getAudioContext();
+              const bufferSource = ac.createBufferSource();
+              bufferSource.buffer = await loadBuffer(url, ac);
+              bufferSource.connect(ac.destination);
+              bufferSource.start(ac.currentTime);
+            }}
+          >
+            {e.name}
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex justify-start space-x-2">
+        <button
+          className="bg-background p-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50"
+          onClick={async () => {
+            let samples = {};
+            walkFileTree(current, (entry, parent) => {
+              if (['wav', 'mp3'].includes(entry.name.split('.').slice(-1)[0])) {
+                samples[parent.name] = samples[parent.name] || [];
+                samples[parent.name].push(entry.subpath.slice(1).concat([entry.name]).join('/'));
+              }
+            });
+            const json = JSON.stringify(samples, null, 2);
+            const filepath = subpath + '/strudel.json';
+            console.log('strudel.json', json);
+            await writeTextFile(filepath, json, { dir: BaseDirectory.Audio });
+            console.log('written strudel.json to:', current.path);
+          }}
+        >
+          save strudel.json with {audioFiles.length} files
+        </button>
+        {strudelJson && (
+          <>
+            <button
+              className="bg-background p-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50"
+              onClick={async () => {
+                const contents = await readTextFile(subpath + '/strudel.json', {
+                  dir: BaseDirectory.Audio,
+                });
+                const sampleMap = JSON.parse(contents);
+                processSampleMap(sampleMap, (key, value) => {
+                  registerSound(
+                    key,
+                    (t, hapValue, onended) => onTriggerSample(t, hapValue, onended, value, resolveFileURL),
+                    {
+                      type: 'sample',
+                      samples: value,
+                      fileSystem: true,
+                      tag: 'local',
+                      /* baseUrl,
+                prebake,
+                tag, */
+                    },
+                  );
+                });
+              }}
+            >
+              load existing strudel.json
+            </button>
+            {/* <button className="bg-background p-2 max-w-[300px] rounded-md hover:opacity-50" onClick={async () => {
+            }}>
+              delete existing strudel.json
+            </button> */}
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx b/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
index 417fb8ed..ed0efaef 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/Footer.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { themes } from './themes.mjs';
 import { useSettings, settingsMap, setActiveFooter, defaultSettings } from '../settings.mjs';
 import { getAudioContext, soundMap } from '@strudel.cycles/webaudio';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
+import { FilesTab } from './FilesTab';
+
+const TAURI = window.__TAURI__;
 
 export function Footer({ context }) {
   const footerContent = useRef();
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ export function Footer({ context }) {
           <FooterTab name="console" />
           <FooterTab name="reference" />
           <FooterTab name="settings" />
+          {TAURI && <FooterTab name="files" />}
         </div>
         {activeFooter !== '' && (
           <button onClick={() => setActiveFooter('')} className="text-foreground" aria-label="Close Panel">
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ export function Footer({ context }) {
           {activeFooter === 'sounds' && <SoundsTab />}
           {activeFooter === 'reference' && <Reference />}
           {activeFooter === 'settings' && <SettingsTab scheduler={context.scheduler} />}
+          {activeFooter === 'files' && <FilesTab />}
         </div>
       )}
     </footer>