diff --git a/build-plugin.sh b/build-plugin.sh
index cf862e2..bcbf832 100755
--- a/build-plugin.sh
+++ b/build-plugin.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 PLUGIN="u-navigator"
-VERSION="2026.06.23.r040"
+VERSION="2026.06.23.r041"
 PKG_DIR="packages"
 WORK_DIR=".plugin-build"
 PKG_NAME="${PLUGIN}-${VERSION}.tgz"
diff --git a/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r040.tgz b/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r040.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 299a637..0000000
Binary files a/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r040.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r041.tgz b/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r041.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4be5f6b
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/u-navigator-2026.06.23.r041.tgz differ
diff --git a/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/download.php b/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/download.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d2416b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/download.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/common.php';
+
+$paths = unav_download_paths();
+$items = [];
+foreach ($paths as $path) {
+    $items[] = unav_existing_path($path);
+}
+
+if (count($items) === 1 && is_file($items[0]['path']) && !is_link($items[0]['path'])) {
+    unav_stream_file($items[0]['path'], basename($items[0]['path']));
+}
+
+if (!class_exists('ZipArchive')) {
+    unav_download_error(500, 'ZIP support is not available');
+}
+
+$zipPath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'u-nav-download-');
+if ($zipPath === false) {
+    unav_download_error(500, 'Could not create temporary archive');
+}
+$zipFile = $zipPath . '.zip';
+rename($zipPath, $zipFile);
+
+$zip = new ZipArchive();
+if ($zip->open($zipFile, ZipArchive::OVERWRITE) !== true) {
+    @unlink($zipFile);
+    unav_download_error(500, 'Could not create ZIP archive');
+}
+
+$usedNames = [];
+foreach ($items as $item) {
+    $baseName = unav_zip_unique_name(unav_zip_safe_name(basename($item['path'])), $usedNames);
+    unav_zip_add_path($zip, $item['path'], $baseName);
+}
+$zip->close();
+
+$downloadName = count($items) === 1 ? unav_zip_safe_name(basename($items[0]['path'])) . '.zip' : 'u-navigator-download.zip';
+unav_stream_file($zipFile, $downloadName, true);
+
+function unav_download_paths(): array {
+    if (isset($_GET['paths'])) {
+        $decoded = json_decode((string)$_GET['paths'], true);
+        if (!is_array($decoded)) {
+            unav_download_error(400, 'Invalid paths');
+        }
+        $paths = array_values(array_filter($decoded, fn($item) => is_string($item) && $item !== ''));
+    } else {
+        $paths = [$_GET['path'] ?? ''];
+    }
+    if (!$paths) {
+        unav_download_error(400, 'Missing path');
+    }
+    return array_slice($paths, 0, 200);
+}
+
+function unav_stream_file(string $path, string $name, bool $deleteAfter = false): void {
+    if (!is_file($path) || !is_readable($path)) {
+        if ($deleteAfter) {
+            @unlink($path);
+        }
+        unav_download_error(404, 'Download file not found');
+    }
+    header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
+    header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($path));
+    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . addcslashes($name, '"\\') . '"');
+    header('X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff');
+    readfile($path);
+    if ($deleteAfter) {
+        @unlink($path);
+    }
+    exit;
+}
+
+function unav_zip_add_path(ZipArchive $zip, string $path, string $zipPath): void {
+    if (is_link($path)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    $real = realpath($path);
+    if ($real === false) {
+        return;
+    }
+    unav_root_for_real($real);
+
+    if (is_file($real)) {
+        $zip->addFile($real, $zipPath);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!is_dir($real)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    $zip->addEmptyDir($zipPath);
+    foreach (scandir($real) ?: [] as $entry) {
+        if ($entry === '.' || $entry === '..') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        unav_zip_add_path($zip, $real . '/' . $entry, $zipPath . '/' . unav_zip_safe_name($entry));
+    }
+}
+
+function unav_zip_safe_name(string $name): string {
+    $safe = trim(str_replace(["\0", '/', '\\'], '-', $name));
+    return $safe === '' || $safe === '.' || $safe === '..' ? 'download' : $safe;
+}
+
+function unav_zip_unique_name(string $name, array &$used): string {
+    $candidate = $name;
+    $index = 2;
+    while (isset($used[$candidate])) {
+        $candidate = $name . ' ' . $index;
+        $index++;
+    }
+    $used[$candidate] = true;
+    return $candidate;
+}
+
+function unav_download_error(int $status, string $message): void {
+    http_response_code($status);
+    header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+    echo $message;
+    exit;
+}
diff --git a/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/upload.php b/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/upload.php
index f22f4e5..cf81f2a 100644
--- a/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/upload.php
+++ b/plugin-root/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/u-navigator/api/upload.php
@@ -12,11 +12,22 @@ foreach ($_FILES['files']['name'] ?? [] as $index => $name) {
     if ($_FILES['files']['error'][$index] !== UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
         unav_error(400, 'Upload failed');
     }
-    $safeName = basename($name);
+    $safeName = unav_upload_safe_relative_path((string)$name);
+    $relativeParent = dirname($safeName);
+    if ($relativeParent !== '.') {
+        $parentCandidate = $target['path'] . '/' . $relativeParent;
+        unav_root_for_real($target['path']);
+        if (!is_dir($parentCandidate) && !mkdir($parentCandidate, 0777, true) && !is_dir($parentCandidate)) {
+            unav_error(500, 'Could not create upload directory');
+        }
+    }
     $destination = unav_destination_path($target['path'] . '/' . $safeName);
     if (file_exists($destination['path'])) {
         unav_error(409, 'Destination already exists');
     }
+    if (!is_dir(dirname($destination['path']))) {
+        unav_error(500, 'Could not create upload directory');
+    }
     if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES['files']['tmp_name'][$index], $destination['path'])) {
         unav_error(500, 'Could not store uploaded file');
     }
@@ -27,3 +38,18 @@ foreach ($_FILES['files']['name'] ?? [] as $index => $name) {
 }
 
 unav_json(['uploaded' => $uploaded], 201);
+
+function unav_upload_safe_relative_path(string $name): string {
+    $parts = [];
+    foreach (preg_split('#[/\\\\]+#', $name) ?: [] as $part) {
+        $part = trim($part);
+        if ($part === '' || $part === '.' || $part === '..') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        $parts[] = str_replace("\0", '', $part);
+    }
+    if (!$parts) {
+        unav_error(400, 'Invalid upload filename');
+    }
+    return implode('/', $parts);
+}
diff --git a/server/public/app.js b/server/public/app.js
index ee89678..fc659e7 100644
--- a/server/public/app.js
+++ b/server/public/app.js
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ function renderExplorer(body, win) {
       <input value="${escapeAttr(data.path || '')}" aria-label="Pfad">
       <button class="icon" data-action="go" title="Öffnen" aria-label="Öffnen">↵</button>
       <button class="icon" data-action="refresh" title="Neu laden" aria-label="Neu laden">↻</button>
+      <button class="icon" data-action="upload-files" title="Dateien hochladen" aria-label="Dateien hochladen" ${isReadOnly() ? 'disabled' : ''}>⤴</button>
+      <button class="icon" data-action="upload-folder" title="Ordner hochladen" aria-label="Ordner hochladen" ${isReadOnly() ? 'disabled' : ''}>⇪</button>
+      <input class="upload-input" data-upload="files" type="file" multiple>
+      <input class="upload-input" data-upload="folder" type="file" multiple webkitdirectory directory>
       <div class="view-toggle" aria-label="Ansicht">
         <button class="icon ${data.view !== 'icons' ? 'active' : ''}" data-action="view-list" title="Listenansicht" aria-label="Listenansicht">☰</button>
         <button class="icon ${data.view === 'icons' ? 'active' : ''}" data-action="view-icons" title="Symbolansicht" aria-label="Symbolansicht">▦</button>
@@ -287,6 +291,19 @@ function renderExplorer(body, win) {
   body.querySelector('[data-action="up"]').addEventListener('click', () => loadExplorer(win, parentPath(data.path)));
   body.querySelector('[data-action="view-list"]').addEventListener('click', () => setExplorerView(win, 'list'));
   body.querySelector('[data-action="view-icons"]').addEventListener('click', () => setExplorerView(win, 'icons'));
+  body.querySelector('[data-action="upload-files"]').addEventListener('click', () => body.querySelector('[data-upload="files"]').click());
+  body.querySelector('[data-action="upload-folder"]').addEventListener('click', () => body.querySelector('[data-upload="folder"]').click());
+  for (const inputEl of body.querySelectorAll('.upload-input')) {
+    inputEl.addEventListener('change', async () => {
+      try {
+        await uploadFileList(win, [...inputEl.files], data.path);
+      } catch (error) {
+        showError(error);
+      } finally {
+        inputEl.value = '';
+      }
+    });
+  }
 
   const dropZone = body.querySelector('.drop-zone');
   dropZone.addEventListener('dragenter', (event) => {
@@ -872,19 +889,28 @@ async function handleDrop(event, win, targetPath) {
 
   const files = getDroppedFiles(event);
   if (files.length) {
-    const form = new FormData();
-    for (const file of files) {
-      form.append('files', file, file.name);
-    }
-    appendCsrf(form);
-    await fetchChecked(apiUrl(`upload.php?path=${encodeURIComponent(targetPath)}`), {
-      method: 'POST',
-      body: form
-    });
-    await loadExplorer(win, targetPath);
+    await uploadFileList(win, files, targetPath);
   }
 }
 
+async function uploadFileList(win, files, targetPath) {
+  if (isReadOnly()) {
+    showError(new Error('Read-only mode ist aktiv.'));
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!files.length) return;
+  const form = new FormData();
+  for (const file of files) {
+    form.append('files', file, file.webkitRelativePath || file.name);
+  }
+  appendCsrf(form);
+  await fetchChecked(apiUrl(`upload.php?path=${encodeURIComponent(targetPath)}`), {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: form
+  });
+  await loadExplorer(win, targetPath);
+}
+
 async function createJob(type, source, destination = null, refreshWindowIds = [], extra = {}) {
   if (['move', 'copy', 'permissions'].includes(type) && isReadOnly()) {
     showError(new Error('Read-only mode ist aktiv.'));
@@ -1034,6 +1060,25 @@ function openPermissionsDialog(win, entry) {
   render();
 }
 
+function downloadEntries(win, entry = null) {
+  const entries = entry && selectedPathSet(win).has(entry.path) ? selectedEntries(win) : (entry ? [entry] : [{
+    path: win.data.path,
+    name: basename(win.data.path),
+    type: 'directory'
+  }]);
+  const paths = entries.map((item) => item.path);
+  const query = paths.length === 1
+    ? `path=${encodeURIComponent(paths[0])}`
+    : `paths=${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(paths))}`;
+  recordDebug('download.start', { paths });
+  const link = document.createElement('a');
+  link.href = apiUrl(`download.php?${query}`);
+  link.download = '';
+  document.body.appendChild(link);
+  link.click();
+  link.remove();
+}
+
 function renderPermissionsDialog() {
   const dialog = state.permissionsDialog;
   const overlay = document.createElement('div');
@@ -1250,6 +1295,7 @@ function renderContextMenu() {
       actions.push(['Vorschau', () => openPreview(entry, win.id)]);
     }
     actions.push(['Eigenschaften', () => showPropertiesForEntry(win, entry)]);
+    actions.push(['Herunterladen', () => downloadEntries(win, entry)]);
     if (!isReadOnly()) {
       actions.push(['Umbenennen', () => renameEntry(win, entry)]);
       actions.push(['Berechtigungen...', () => openPermissionsDialog(win, entry)]);
@@ -1257,6 +1303,7 @@ function renderContextMenu() {
       actions.push(['Verschieben nach...', () => promptTransfer(win, entry, 'move')]);
     }
   } else {
+    actions.push(['Aktuellen Ordner herunterladen', () => downloadEntries(win, null)]);
     actions.push(['Neu laden', () => loadExplorer(win, win.data.path)]);
   }
 
@@ -1886,6 +1933,11 @@ function dirname(value) {
   return `/${parts.slice(0, -1).join('/')}`;
 }
 
+function basename(value) {
+  const parts = String(value || '').split('/').filter(Boolean);
+  return parts[parts.length - 1] || '';
+}
+
 function extensionOf(name) {
   const value = String(name || '');
   const index = value.lastIndexOf('.');
diff --git a/server/public/styles.css b/server/public/styles.css
index e0676b2..d68c0e8 100644
--- a/server/public/styles.css
+++ b/server/public/styles.css
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
   margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
-.u-nav .pathbar input {
+.u-nav .pathbar input:not(.upload-input) {
   background: var(--surface-2);
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
   border-radius: 6px;
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@
   flex: 0 0 auto;
 }
 
+.u-nav .upload-input {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .u-nav .drop-zone {
   border: 1px dashed transparent;
   border-radius: 8px;
diff --git a/u-navigator.plg b/u-navigator.plg
index b946acc..8f63d42 100644
--- a/u-navigator.plg
+++ b/u-navigator.plg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE PLUGIN [
 <!ENTITY name "u-navigator">
 <!ENTITY author "Michael Roll">
-<!ENTITY version "2026.06.23.r040">
+<!ENTITY version "2026.06.23.r041">
 <!ENTITY package "&name;-&version;.tgz">
 <!ENTITY pluginURL "https://git.casaderoll.de/michael/Unraid-Navigator/raw/branch/main/u-navigator.plg">
 <!ENTITY support "https://git.casaderoll.de/michael/Unraid-Navigator">
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 <FILE Name="/boot/config/plugins/&name;/&package;">
 <URL>https://git.casaderoll.de/michael/Unraid-Navigator/raw/branch/main/packages/&package;</URL>
-<MD5>7c89a55e074a1345cf67197cfcdb54c7</MD5>
+<MD5>381ba21ef4664561c9a69ddada5b5b15</MD5>
 </FILE>
 
 <FILE Run="/bin/bash">