diff --git a/docs/scarpet/api/Auxiliary.md b/docs/scarpet/api/Auxiliary.md
index f759b4fd..6362b82d 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/api/Auxiliary.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/api/Auxiliary.md
@@ -275,13 +275,15 @@ Available output types:
 ### `read_file(resource, type)`
 ### `delete_file(resource, type)`
 ### `write_file(resource, type, data, ...)`
+### `list_files(resource, type)`
 
 With the specified `resource` in the scripts folder, of a specific `type`, writes/appends `data` to it, reads its
- content, or deletes the resource.
+ content, deletes the resource, or lists other files under this resource.
 
 Resource is identified by a path to the file.  
 A path can contain letters, numbers, characters `-`, `+`, or `_`, and a folder separator: `'/'`. Any other characters are stripped
-from the name. Empty descriptors are invalid. Do not add file extensions to the descriptor - extensions are inferred
+from the name. Empty descriptors are invalid, except for `list_files` where it means the root folder.
+ Do not add file extensions to the descriptor - extensions are inferred
 based on the `type` of the file.
  
 Resources can be located in the app specific space, or a shared space for all the apps. Accessing of app-specific
@@ -296,33 +298,26 @@ specific data directory is under `world/scripts/foo.data/...`, and shared data s
 
 The default no-name app, via `/script run` command can only save/load/read files from the shared space.
 
-Functions return `null` if an error is encounter or no file is present (for read and delete operations). Returns `true`
-for success writes and deletes, and requested data, based on the file type, for read operations.
-
-NBT files can be written once as they an store one tag at a time. Consecutive writes will overwrite previous data.
-
-Write operations to text files always result in appending to the existing file, so consecutive writes will increase
-the size of the file and add data to it. Since files are closed after each write, sending multiple lines of data to
-write is beneficial for writing speed. To send multiple packs of data, either provide them flat or as a list in the
-third argument.
- * `write_file('temp', 'text', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz')` or
- * write_file('temp', 'text', l('foo', 'bar', 'baz'))
+Functions return `null` if an error is encounter or no file is present (for read, list and delete operations). Returns `true`
+for success writes and deletes, and requested data, based on the file type, for read operations. It returns list of files 
+for folder listing.
  
-To log a single line of string
- 
-Supported values for resource `type` is:
+Supported values for resource `type` are:
  * `nbt` - NBT tag
  * `text` - text resource with automatic newlines added
  * `raw` - text resource without implied newlines
- * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw` - shared versions of the above
+ * `folder` - for `list_files` only - indicting folder listing instead of files
+ * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw`, `shared_folder` - shared versions of the above
  
 NBT files have extension `.nbt`, store one NBT tag, and return a NBT type value. Text files have `.txt` extension, 
 stores multiple lines of text and returns lists of all lines from the file. With `write_file`, multiple lines can be
 sent to the file at once. The only difference between `raw` and `text` types are automatic newlines added after each
-record to the file.
+record to the file. Since files are closed after each write, sending multiple lines of data to
+write is beneficial for writing speed. To send multiple packs of data, either provide them flat or as a list in the
+third argument.
 
 <pre>
-write_file('foo', 'shared_text, l('one', 'two'));
+write_file('foo', 'shared_text, ['one', 'two']);
 write_file('foo', 'shared_text', 'three\n', 'four\n');
 write_file('foo', 'shared_raw', 'five\n', 'six\n');
 
diff --git a/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/idea/2.txt b/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/idea/2.txt
index 8f826f39..e7f1f8f6 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/idea/2.txt
+++ b/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/idea/2.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ item_category
 last_tick_times
 light
 liquid
+list_files
 load_app_data
 loaded
 loaded_status
diff --git a/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/npp/scarpet.xml b/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/npp/scarpet.xml
index 5dba63e7..46f3a139 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/npp/scarpet.xml
+++ b/docs/scarpet/resources/editors/npp/scarpet.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
                 plop harvest destroy schedule nbt draw_shape create_marker remove_all_markers
 
-                load_app_data store_app_data read_file write_file delete_file
+                load_app_data store_app_data read_file write_file delete_file list_files
                 escape_nbt parse_nbt encode_nbt tag_matches statistic
             </Keywords>
             <Keywords name="Keywords3">euler pi null true false</Keywords>
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptHost.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptHost.java
index f4cf8844..4a5a02ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptHost.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptHost.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static net.minecraft.server.command.CommandManager.literal;
@@ -673,6 +674,12 @@ public class CarpetScriptHost extends ScriptHost
         return Module.listFile(main, resource, "txt", isShared);
     }
 
+    public Stream<String> listFolder(String resource, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    {
+        if (getName() == null && !isShared) return null; //
+        return Module.listFolder(main, resource, ext, isShared);
+    }
+
 
     public void tick()
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptServer.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptServer.java
index 17cf32f8..d7090999 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptServer.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class CarpetScriptServer
             Path folder = server.getSavePath(WorldSavePath.ROOT).resolve("scripts");
             Files.createDirectories(folder);
             Optional<Path>
-            scriptPath = Files.walk(folder)
+            scriptPath = Files.list(folder)
                 .filter(script -> 
                     script.getFileName().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name+".sc") || 
                     (allowLibraries && script.getFileName().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name+".scl"))
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class CarpetScriptServer
             {
                 Path globalFolder = FabricLoader.getInstance().getConfigDir().resolve("carpet/scripts");
                 Files.createDirectories(globalFolder);
-                scriptPath = Files.walk(globalFolder)
+                scriptPath = Files.list(globalFolder)
                         .filter(script -> script.getFileName().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name + ".sc") ||
                                 (allowLibraries && script.getFileName().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name + ".scl")))
                         .findFirst();
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Auxiliary.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Auxiliary.java
index 1ec278f8..1c8503ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Auxiliary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Auxiliary.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import carpet.script.value.StringValue;
 import carpet.script.value.Value;
 import carpet.script.value.ValueConversions;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.command.argument.EntityAnchorArgumentType;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ import net.minecraft.particle.ParticleEffect;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.CommandOutput;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.ServerCommandSource;
-import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayNetworkHandler;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayerEntity;
 import net.minecraft.server.world.ServerWorld;
 import net.minecraft.sound.SoundCategory;
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.registry.DynamicRegistryManager;
 import net.minecraft.util.registry.Registry;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Triple;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -87,6 +88,12 @@ import static java.lang.Math.min;
 public class Auxiliary {
     public static final String MARKER_STRING = "__scarpet_marker";
     private static final Map<String, SoundCategory> mixerMap = Arrays.stream(SoundCategory.values()).collect(Collectors.toMap(SoundCategory::getName, k -> k));
+    private static final Map<String, String> supportedTypes = ImmutableMap.of(
+            "raw", ".txt",
+            "text", ".txt",
+            "nbt", ".nbt",
+            "folder", "folder"
+    );
 
     public static String recognizeResource(Value value, boolean isFloder)
     {
@@ -100,6 +107,20 @@ public class Auxiliary {
         return file;
     }
 
+    public static Triple<String, String, Boolean> getFileDescriptor(List<LazyValue> lv, Context c, boolean isFloder)
+    {
+        if (lv.size() < 2) throw new InternalExpressionException("File functions require path and type as first two arguments");
+        String resource = recognizeResource(lv.get(0).evalValue(c), isFloder);
+        String origtype = lv.get(1).evalValue(c).getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        boolean shared = origtype.startsWith("shared_");
+        String type = shared ? origtype.substring(7) : origtype; //len(shared_)
+        if (!supportedTypes.containsKey(type))
+            throw new InternalExpressionException("Unsupported file type: "+origtype);
+        if (type.equals("folder") && !isFloder)
+            throw new InternalExpressionException("Folder types are no supported for this IO function");
+        return Triple.of(resource, type, shared);
+    }
+
     public static void apply(Expression expression)
     {
         expression.addLazyFunction("sound", -1, (c, t, lv) -> {
@@ -785,23 +806,29 @@ public class Auxiliary {
             return (_c, _t) -> res; // pass through for variables
         });
 
-        expression.addLazyFunction("read_file", 2, (c, t, lv) -> {
-            String resource = recognizeResource(lv.get(0).evalValue(c), false);
-            String origtype = lv.get(1).evalValue(c).getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-            boolean shared = origtype.startsWith("shared_");
-            String type = shared ? origtype.substring(7) : origtype; //len(shared_)
-            if (!type.equals("raw") && !type.equals("text") && !type.equals("nbt"))
-                throw new InternalExpressionException("Unsupported file type: "+origtype);
+        expression.addLazyFunction("list_files", 2, (c, t, lv) ->
+        {
+            Triple<String, String, Boolean> fdesc = getFileDescriptor(lv, c, true);
+            Stream<String> files = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).listFolder(fdesc.getLeft(), supportedTypes.get(fdesc.getMiddle()), fdesc.getRight());
+            if (files == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
+            Value ret = ListValue.wrap(files.map(StringValue::of).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+            return (cc, tt) -> ret;
+        });
+
+
+        expression.addLazyFunction("read_file", 2, (c, t, lv) ->
+        {
+            Triple<String, String, Boolean> fdesc = getFileDescriptor(lv, c, false);
             Value retVal;
-            if (type.equals("nbt"))
+            if (fdesc.getMiddle().equals("nbt"))
             {
-                Tag state = ((CarpetScriptHost)((CarpetContext)c).host).readFileTag(resource, shared);
+                Tag state = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).readFileTag(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight());
                 if (state == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
                 retVal = new NBTSerializableValue(state);
             }
             else
             {
-                List<String> content = ((CarpetScriptHost) ((CarpetContext) c).host).readTextResource(resource, shared);
+                List<String> content = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).readTextResource(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight());
                 if (content == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
                 retVal = ListValue.wrap(content.stream().map(StringValue::new).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             }
@@ -809,33 +836,26 @@ public class Auxiliary {
         });
 
         expression.addLazyFunction("delete_file", 2, (c, t, lv) -> {
-            String resource = recognizeResource(lv.get(0).evalValue(c), false);
-            String origtype = lv.get(1).evalValue(c).getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-            boolean shared = origtype.startsWith("shared_");
-            String type = shared ? origtype.substring(7) : origtype; //len(shared_)
-            if (!type.equals("raw") && !type.equals("text") && !type.equals("nbt"))
-                throw new InternalExpressionException("Unsupported file type: "+origtype);
-            boolean success = ((CarpetScriptHost)((CarpetContext)c).host).removeResourceFile(resource, shared, type);
-            return success?LazyValue.TRUE:LazyValue.FALSE;
+            Triple<String, String, Boolean> fdesc = getFileDescriptor(lv, c, false);
+            return ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).removeResourceFile(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight(), fdesc.getMiddle())
+                    ? LazyValue.TRUE
+                    : LazyValue.FALSE;
         });
 
         expression.addLazyFunction("write_file", -1, (c, t, lv) -> {
             if (lv.size() < 3) throw new InternalExpressionException("'write_file' requires three or more arguments");
-            String resource = recognizeResource(lv.get(0).evalValue(c), false);
-            String origtype = lv.get(1).evalValue(c).getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-            boolean shared = origtype.startsWith("shared_");
-            String type = shared ? origtype.substring(7) : origtype; //len(shared_)
-            if (!type.equals("raw") && !type.equals("text") && !type.equals("nbt"))
-                throw new InternalExpressionException("Unsupported file type: "+origtype);
+            Triple<String, String, Boolean> fdesc = getFileDescriptor(lv, c, false);
+
+
             boolean success;
-            if (type.equals("nbt"))
+            if (fdesc.getMiddle().equals("nbt"))
             {
                 Value val = lv.get(2).evalValue(c);
                 NBTSerializableValue tagValue =  (val instanceof NBTSerializableValue)
                         ? (NBTSerializableValue) val
                         : new NBTSerializableValue(val.getString());
                 Tag tag = tagValue.getTag();
-                success = ((CarpetScriptHost)((CarpetContext)c).host).writeTagFile(tag, resource, shared);
+                success = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).writeTagFile(tag, fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight());
             }
             else
             {
@@ -860,7 +880,7 @@ public class Auxiliary {
                         data.add(lv.get(i).evalValue(c).getString());
                     }
                 }
-                success = ((CarpetScriptHost) ((CarpetContext) c).host).appendLogFile(resource, shared, type, data);
+                success = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).appendLogFile(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight(), fdesc.getMiddle(), data);
             }
             return success?LazyValue.TRUE:LazyValue.FALSE;
         });
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/FileModule.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/FileModule.java
index 4528a17f..b710b376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/FileModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/FileModule.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public class FileModule extends Module
 {
@@ -175,4 +176,18 @@ public class FileModule extends Module
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    public static Stream<Path> listFiles(Path dir, String ext)
+    {
+        boolean folderListing = ext.equals("folder");
+        try
+        {
+            return Files.list(dir).
+                    filter(path -> folderListing?Files.isDirectory(path):path.toString().endsWith(ext));
+        }
+        catch (IOException ignored)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/Module.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/Module.java
index 1916e0ba..3bf5f8ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/Module.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/Module.java
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package carpet.script.bundled;
 import carpet.CarpetServer;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
 import net.minecraft.util.WorldSavePath;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public abstract class Module
 {
@@ -19,61 +21,73 @@ public abstract class Module
     {
         if (isShared)
         {
-            return "shared/"+file;
+            return file.isEmpty()?"shared":"shared/"+file;
         }
-        else if (module != null && module.getName() != null) // appdata
+        if (module != null && module.getName() != null) // appdata
         {
-            return module.getName()+".data"+(file==null?"":"/"+file);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw  new RuntimeException("Invalid file descriptor: "+file);
+            return module.getName()+".data"+(file==null || file.isEmpty()?"":"/"+file);
         }
+        throw  new RuntimeException("Invalid file descriptor: "+file);
     }
 
     public static Tag getData(Module module, String file, boolean isShared)
     {
-        File dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return null;
-        if (!Files.exists(dataFile.toPath()) || !(dataFile.isFile())) return null;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.read(dataFile); }
+        if (!Files.exists(dataFile) || !(dataFile.toFile().isFile())) return null;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.read(dataFile.toFile()); }
     }
 
     public static boolean saveData(Module module, String file, Tag globalState, boolean isShared)
     {
-        File dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
-        if (!Files.exists(dataFile.toPath().getParent()) && !dataFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.write(globalState, dataFile); }
+        if (!Files.exists(dataFile.getParent()) && !dataFile.toFile().getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.write(globalState, dataFile.toFile()); }
     }
 
     public static boolean appendToTextFile(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared, List<String> message)
     {
-        File dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, "txt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, "txt", isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
-        if (!Files.exists(dataFile.toPath().getParent()) && !dataFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.appendText(dataFile, type.equals("text"), message); }
+        if (!Files.exists(dataFile.getParent()) && !dataFile.toFile().getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.appendText(dataFile.toFile(), type.equals("text"), message); }
     }
 
     public static boolean dropExistingFile(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
     {
-        File dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return dataFile.delete(); }
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return dataFile.toFile().delete(); }
     }
 
     public static List<String> listFile(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
     {
-        File dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return null;
-        if (!dataFile.exists()) return null;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.listFileContent(dataFile); }
+        if (!dataFile.toFile().exists()) return null;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.listFileContent(dataFile.toFile()); }
     }
 
-    private static File resolveResource(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    public static Stream<String> listFolder(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    {
+        Path dir = resolveResource(module, resourceName, null, isShared);
+        if (dir == null) return null;
+        if (!Files.exists(dir)) return null;
+        Stream<Path> result;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { result = FileModule.listFiles(dir, ext); }
+        if (result == null) return null;
+        Path rootPath = resolveResource(module, "", null, isShared);
+        Stream<String> strings = result.map(p -> rootPath.relativize(p).toString().replaceAll("[\\\\/]","/"));
+        if (!ext.equals("folder"))
+            return strings.map(FilenameUtils::removeExtension);
+        return strings;
+    }
+
+    private static Path resolveResource(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
     {
         if (!isShared && (module == null || module.getName() == null)) return null;
-        return CarpetServer.minecraft_server.getSavePath(WorldSavePath.ROOT).resolve("scripts/"+getDescriptor(module, resourceName, isShared)+"."+ext).toFile();
+        return CarpetServer.minecraft_server.getSavePath(WorldSavePath.ROOT).resolve("scripts/"+getDescriptor(module, resourceName, isShared)+(ext==null?"":"."+ext));
     }
 
     @Override