diff --git a/packages/ui/e2e/sftp.spec.ts b/packages/ui/e2e/sftp.spec.ts
index 812c082..5156d6c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/e2e/sftp.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/e2e/sftp.spec.ts
@@ -636,6 +636,28 @@ test('a snippet without the file placeholder still runs, in the current director
   expect(commands.some((c) => c.startsWith('cd '))).toBe(true);
 });
 
+test('"Run snippet here" on empty space offers the snippets without a file and runs one in this folder', async ({ page }) => {
+  await boot(page);
+  await page.getByTitle('files on web-1').click();
+  const remotePane = page.getByRole('region', { name: 'web-1', exact: true });
+  await expect(remotePane.getByText('config.yml')).toBeVisible();
+
+  const region = page.getByRole('region', { name: 'web-1 file list' });
+  const box = await region.boundingBox();
+  await region.click({ button: 'right', position: { x: 10, y: (box?.height ?? 200) - 10 } });
+  await page.getByRole('menu').getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Run snippet here…' }).click();
+
+  // Only what doesn't need a file: "extract" wants {{file}}, so it isn't offered here.
+  const snippetMenu = page.getByRole('menu');
+  await expect(snippetMenu.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'disk free' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(snippetMenu.getByRole('menuitem', { name: /extract/ })).toHaveCount(0);
+  await snippetMenu.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'disk free' }).click();
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => (window as unknown as { __terminalCommands: string[] }).__terminalCommands))
+    .toContain("cd '/' && df -h");
+});
+
 test('each entry gets its file-type icon, and an unknown type falls back', async ({ page }) => {
   const failedIconRequests: string[] = [];
   page.on('response', (r) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SftpView.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SftpView.svelte
index 21dcbef..d7964cf 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SftpView.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SftpView.svelte
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     sftpDefaultPath
   } from '$lib/ipc/commands';
   import { isOnePasswordReference } from './onePasswordRef';
-  import { fillFilePlaceholder, usesFilePlaceholder } from './snippetPlaceholders';
+  import { commandInFolder, fillFilePlaceholder, usesFilePlaceholder } from './snippetPlaceholders';
 
   let { session, active }: { session: Session; active: boolean } = $props();
 
@@ -623,8 +623,43 @@
     ];
   }
 
-  function remoteEmptyMenuItems(currentView: NonNullable<typeof view>): ContextMenuItem[] {
+  /** Offers the snippets that don't take a file (`docker system prune`, `git pull`) for
+   *  the folder being browsed, and runs the chosen one in the drawer terminal there —
+   *  the same way as a file snippet, just with a `cd` into the folder first. */
+  async function openFolderSnippetPicker(folder: string, x: number, y: number): Promise<void> {
+    let snippets: SnippetDto[];
+    try {
+      snippets = (await listSnippets()).filter((s) => !usesFilePlaceholder(s.command));
+    } catch (err) {
+      lastError.set(errMsg(err));
+      return;
+    }
+    contextMenu = {
+      side: 'remote',
+      x,
+      y,
+      items:
+        snippets.length === 0
+          ? [{ label: 'No snippets without {{file}} saved yet', onSelect: () => {}, disabled: true }]
+          : snippets.map((snippet) => ({
+              label: snippet.name,
+              icon: 'play' as const,
+              onSelect: () => {
+                const command = commandInFolder(snippet.command, folder);
+                showTerminal = true;
+                void tick().then(() => terminalDrawer?.runCommand(command));
+              }
+            }))
+    };
+  }
+
+  function remoteEmptyMenuItems(currentView: NonNullable<typeof view>, event: MouseEvent): ContextMenuItem[] {
     return [
+      {
+        label: 'Run snippet here…',
+        icon: 'play',
+        onSelect: () => void openFolderSnippetPicker(currentView.remote.path, event.clientX, event.clientY)
+      },
       { label: 'New folder', icon: 'plus', onSelect: () => openPrompt('mkdir') },
       { label: 'Refresh', icon: 'refresh', onSelect: () => refreshRemote(currentView.remote.path) }
     ];
@@ -727,7 +762,7 @@
 
   function openEmptyContextMenu(side: PaneSide, event: MouseEvent): void {
     if (!view) return;
-    const items = side === 'remote' ? remoteEmptyMenuItems(view) : localEmptyMenuItems(view);
+    const items = side === 'remote' ? remoteEmptyMenuItems(view, event) : localEmptyMenuItems(view);
     contextMenu = { side, x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY, items };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SnippetEditor.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SnippetEditor.svelte
index 9c7c10d..e9af7b7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SnippetEditor.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/SnippetEditor.svelte
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@
         parameter's value as {'{{params.<name>}}'}. Whether this runs on this machine or
         on a host is set per node in the automation, so the same snippet works either way.
       </p>
+      <p class="text-[11px] text-faint">
+        In the SFTP browser: right-click a file → Run snippet with this file, and {'{{file}}'} becomes its path
+        (quoted for you). Snippets without {'{{file}}'} are also under Run snippet here… on a folder's empty
+        space, and run in that folder.
+      </p>
 
       {#if error}
         <p class="text-xs text-status-crit">{error}</p>
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.test.ts
index 5b8113b..8b2384c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { fillFilePlaceholder, usesFilePlaceholder, FILE_PLACEHOLDER } from './snippetPlaceholders';
+import { commandInFolder, fillFilePlaceholder, usesFilePlaceholder, FILE_PLACEHOLDER } from './snippetPlaceholders';
 
 describe('fillFilePlaceholder', () => {
   it('substitutes the path, shell-quoted', () => {
@@ -29,3 +29,13 @@ describe('usesFilePlaceholder', () => {
     expect(usesFilePlaceholder('tar -xf archive.tar')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('commandInFolder', () => {
+  it('runs the command in the folder being browsed, quoted', () => {
+    expect(commandInFolder('docker system prune -f', '/srv/my app')).toBe("cd '/srv/my app' && docker system prune -f");
+  });
+
+  it('runs it as it is without a folder', () => {
+    expect(commandInFolder('uptime', '')).toBe('uptime');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.ts
index a2d634a..56498c0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/screens/snippetPlaceholders.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export function fillFilePlaceholder(command: string, path: string): string {
   return command.split(FILE_PLACEHOLDER).join(shellQuote(path));
 }
 
+/** A snippet run from a folder rather than a file (`docker system prune`, `git pull`):
+ *  it runs in the folder being browsed, so "here" means what the user is looking at. */
+export function commandInFolder(command: string, folder: string): string {
+  return folder ? `cd ${shellQuote(folder)} && ${command}` : command;
+}
+
 /** Whether this snippet actually wants a file — drives the wording of the menu entry,
  *  so the user can tell which snippets will use what they right-clicked. */
 export function usesFilePlaceholder(command: string): boolean {