diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Settings/SettingsPanelDataSources.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Settings/SettingsPanelDataSources.razor.cs
index 415ed5e5..41daae93 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Settings/SettingsPanelDataSources.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Settings/SettingsPanelDataSources.razor.cs	
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ public partial class SettingsPanelDataSources : SettingsPanelBase
 
                 await this.DialogService.ShowAsync<DataSourceLocalFileInfoDialog>("Local File Data Source Information", localFileDialogParameters, DialogOptions.FULLSCREEN);
                 break;
+            
+            case DataSourceLocalDirectory localDirectory:
+                var localDirectoryDialogParameters = new DialogParameters<DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog>
+                {
+                    { x => x.DataSource, localDirectory },
+                };
+
+                await this.DialogService.ShowAsync<DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog>("Local Directory Data Source Information", localDirectoryDialogParameters, DialogOptions.FULLSCREEN);
+                break;
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05932699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor	
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<MudDialog>
+    <DialogContent>
+        <TextInfoLine Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Tag" Label="Data source name" Value="@this.DataSource.Name" ClipboardTooltipSubject="the data source name"/>
+        
+        <TextInfoLine Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.FolderOpen" Label="Path" Value="@this.DataSource.Path" ClipboardTooltipSubject="this path"/>
+        @if (!this.IsDirectoryAvailable)
+        {
+            <MudJustifiedText Typo="Typo.body1" Color="Color.Error" Class="mb-3">
+                The directory chosen for the data source does not exist anymore. Please edit the data source and correct the path.
+            </MudJustifiedText>
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            <MudJustifiedText Typo="Typo.body1" Color="Color.Tertiary" Class="mb-3">
+                The directory chosen for the data source exists.
+            </MudJustifiedText>
+        }
+
+        <TextInfoLine Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Layers" Label="Embedding name" Value="@this.embeddingProvider.Name" ClipboardTooltipSubject="the embedding name"/>
+        @if (this.IsCloudEmbedding)
+        {
+            <MudJustifiedText Typo="Typo.body1" Color="Color.Error" Class="mb-3">
+                The embedding runs in the cloud. All your data from the folder '@this.DataSource.Path' and all its subdirectories
+                will be sent to the cloud.
+            </MudJustifiedText>
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            <MudJustifiedText Typo="Typo.body1" Color="Color.Tertiary" Class="mb-3">
+                The embedding runs locally or in your organization. Your data is not sent to the cloud.
+            </MudJustifiedText>
+        }
+
+        <TextInfoLine Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.SquareFoot" Label="Number of files" Value="@this.NumberFilesInDirectory" ClipboardTooltipSubject="the number of files in the directory"/>
+        <TextInfoLines Label="Files list" MaxLines="14" Value="@this.directoryFiles.ToString()" ClipboardTooltipSubject="the files list"/>
+        @if (this.directorySizeNumFiles > 100)
+        {
+            <MudJustifiedText Typo="Typo.body1" Color="Color.Warning" Class="mb-3">
+                For performance reasons, only the first 100 files are shown. The directory contains @this.NumberFilesInDirectory files in total.
+            </MudJustifiedText>
+        }
+        
+        <TextInfoLine Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.SquareFoot" Label="Total directory size" Value="@this.directorySizeBytes.FileSize()" ClipboardTooltipSubject="the total directory size"/>
+        @if (this.IsOperationInProgress)
+        {
+            <MudProgressLinear Color="Color.Primary" Indeterminate="true" Class="mt-3 mb-3" />
+        }
+    </DialogContent>
+    <DialogActions>
+        <MudButton OnClick="@this.Close" Variant="Variant.Filled">Close</MudButton>
+    </DialogActions>
+</MudDialog>
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..672a8bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog.razor.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+using AIStudio.Settings;
+using AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Dialogs;
+
+public partial class DataSourceLocalDirectoryInfoDialog : ComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    [CascadingParameter]
+    private MudDialogInstance MudDialog { get; set; } = null!;
+    
+    [Parameter]
+    public DataSourceLocalDirectory DataSource { get; set; }
+    
+    [Inject]
+    private SettingsManager SettingsManager { get; init; } = null!;
+    
+    #region Overrides of ComponentBase
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        this.embeddingProvider = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.EmbeddingProviders.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == this.DataSource.EmbeddingId);
+        this.directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(this.DataSource.Path);
+        
+        if (this.directoryInfo.Exists)
+            this.directorySizeTask = this.directoryInfo.DetermineContentSize(this.UpdateDirectorySize, this.UpdateDirectoryFiles, this.UpdateFileList, MAX_FILES_TO_SHOW, this.DirectoryOperationDone, this.cts.Token);
+        
+        await base.OnInitializedAsync();
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+    
+    private const int MAX_FILES_TO_SHOW = 100;
+    
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource cts = new();
+    
+    private EmbeddingProvider embeddingProvider;
+    private DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = null!;
+    private long directorySizeBytes;
+    private long directorySizeNumFiles;
+    private readonly StringBuilder directoryFiles = new();
+    private Task directorySizeTask = Task.CompletedTask;
+    
+    private bool IsOperationInProgress { get; set; } = true;
+
+    private bool IsCloudEmbedding => !this.embeddingProvider.IsSelfHosted;
+
+    private bool IsDirectoryAvailable => this.directoryInfo.Exists;
+
+    private void UpdateFileList(string file)
+    {
+        this.directoryFiles.Append("- ");
+        this.directoryFiles.AppendLine(file);
+        this.InvokeAsync(this.StateHasChanged);
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateDirectorySize(long size)
+    {
+        this.directorySizeBytes = size;
+        this.InvokeAsync(this.StateHasChanged);
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateDirectoryFiles(long numFiles) => this.directorySizeNumFiles = numFiles;
+
+    private void DirectoryOperationDone()
+    {
+        this.IsOperationInProgress = false;
+        this.InvokeAsync(this.StateHasChanged);
+    }
+    
+    private string NumberFilesInDirectory => $"{this.directorySizeNumFiles:###,###,###,###}";
+
+    private void Close()
+    {
+        this.cts.Cancel();
+        this.MudDialog.Close();
+    }
+
+    #region Implementation of IDisposable
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await this.cts.CancelAsync();
+            await this.directorySizeTask;
+        
+            this.cts.Dispose();
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // ignored
+        }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+}
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