diff --git a/scanpipe/migrations/0074_codebaseresource_parent_path_and_more.py b/scanpipe/migrations/0074_codebaseresource_parent_path_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f424f678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanpipe/migrations/0074_codebaseresource_parent_path_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.9 on 2025-06-19 21:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('scanpipe', '0073_add_sha1_git_checksum'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='codebaseresource',
+            name='parent_path',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text="The path of the resource's parent directory. Set to None for top-level (root) resources. Used to efficiently retrieve a directory's contents.", max_length=2000, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddIndex(
+            model_name='codebaseresource',
+            index=models.Index(fields=['project', 'parent_path'], name='scanpipe_co_project_008448_idx'),
+        ),
+    ]
+
+
diff --git a/scanpipe/models.py b/scanpipe/models.py
index fd72fe711..969166714 100644
--- a/scanpipe/models.py
+++ b/scanpipe/models.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import Case
 from django.db.models import Count
+from django.db.models import Exists
 from django.db.models import IntegerField
 from django.db.models import OuterRef
 from django.db.models import Prefetch
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
         Note that projects with queued or running pipeline runs cannot be deleted.
         See the `_raise_if_run_in_progress` method.
         The following if statements should not be triggered unless the `.delete()`
-        method is directly call from an instance of this class.
+        method is directly call from a instance of this class.
         """
         with suppress(redis.exceptions.ConnectionError, AttributeError):
             if self.status == self.Status.RUNNING:
@@ -2383,6 +2384,18 @@ def macho_binaries(self):
     def executable_binaries(self):
         return self.union(self.win_exes(), self.macho_binaries(), self.elfs())
 
+    def with_children(self, project):
+        """
+        Annotate the QuerySet with has_children field based on whether
+        each resource has any children (subdirectories/files).
+        """
+        subdirs = CodebaseResource.objects.filter(
+            project=project,
+            parent_path=OuterRef("path"),
+        )
+
+        return self.annotate(has_children=Exists(subdirs))
+
 
 class ScanFieldsModelMixin(models.Model):
     """Fields returned by the ScanCode-toolkit scans."""
@@ -2688,6 +2701,17 @@ class CodebaseResource(
             'Eg.: "/usr/bin/bash" for a path of "tarball-extract/rootfs/usr/bin/bash"'
         ),
     )
+
+    parent_path = models.CharField(
+        max_length=2000,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text=_(
+            "The path of the resource's parent directory. "
+            "Set to None for top-level (root) resources. "
+            "Used to efficiently retrieve a directory's contents."
+        ),
+    )
+
     status = models.CharField(
         blank=True,
         max_length=50,
@@ -2781,6 +2805,7 @@ class Meta:
             models.Index(fields=["compliance_alert"]),
             models.Index(fields=["is_binary"]),
             models.Index(fields=["is_text"]),
+            models.Index(fields=["project", "parent_path"]),
         ]
         constraints = [
             models.UniqueConstraint(
@@ -2793,6 +2818,11 @@ class Meta:
     def __str__(self):
         return self.path
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.path and not self.parent_path:
+            self.parent_path = self.parent_directory() or ""
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return reverse("resource_detail", args=[self.project.slug, self.path])
 
@@ -2863,7 +2893,8 @@ def get_path_segments_with_subpath(self):
 
     def parent_directory(self):
         """Return the parent path for this CodebaseResource or None."""
-        return parent_directory(self.path, with_trail=False)
+        parent_path = parent_directory(str(self.path), with_trail=False)
+        return parent_path or None
 
     def has_parent(self):
         """
diff --git a/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/panels/codebase_tree_panel.html b/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/panels/codebase_tree_panel.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ccc12b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/panels/codebase_tree_panel.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<ul class="pl-2">
+  {% for node in children %}
+    <li class="mb-1">
+      {% if node.is_dir %}
+        <div class="tree-node is-flex is-align-items-center has-text-weight-semibold is-clickable px-1" data-folder{% if node.has_children %} data-target="{{ node.path|slugify }}" data-url="{% url 'codebase_resource_tree' slug=project.slug %}?path={{ node.path }}"{% endif %}>
+          <span class="icon is-small chevron mr-1{% if not node.has_children %} is-invisible{% endif %}" data-chevron>
+            <i class="fas fa-chevron-right"></i>
+          </span>
+          <span class="is-flex is-align-items-center folder-meta">
+            <span class="icon is-small mr-1">
+              <i class="fas fa-folder"></i>
+            </span>
+            <span>{{ node.name }}</span>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        {% if node.has_children %}
+          <div id="dir-{{ node.path|slugify }}" class="ml-4 is-hidden" data-loaded="false"></div>
+        {% endif %}
+      {% else %}
+        <div class="is-flex is-align-items-center ml-5 is-clickable">
+          <span class="icon is-small mr-1">
+            <i class="far fa-file"></i>
+          </span>
+          <span>{{ node.name }}</span>
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+    </li>
+  {% endfor %}
+</ul>
diff --git a/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/resource_tree.html b/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/resource_tree.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e22de18a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/resource_tree.html
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{% extends "scanpipe/base.html" %}
+{% load static humanize %}
+{% block title %}ScanCode.io: {{ project.name }} - Resource Tree{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extrahead %}
+  <style>
+    .chevron {
+      transition: transform 0.2s ease;
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+    .chevron.rotated {
+      transform: rotate(90deg);
+    }
+  </style>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <div id="content-header" class="container is-max-widescreen mb-3">
+    {% include 'scanpipe/includes/navbar_header.html' %}
+    <section class="mx-5">
+      <div class="is-flex is-justify-content-space-between">
+        {% include 'scanpipe/includes/breadcrumb.html' with linked_project=True current="Resource Tree" %}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  </div>
+
+<div class="columns is-gapless is-mobile" style="height: 80vh; margin: 0;">
+  <div class="column is-one-third p-4" style="border-right: 1px solid #ccc; overflow-y: auto;">
+    <div id="resource-tree">
+      {% include "scanpipe/panels/codebase_tree_panel.html" with children=children path=path %}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="column p-4" style="overflow-y: auto;">
+    <div id="right-pane">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+  <script>
+    document.addEventListener("click", async function (e) {
+      const chevron = e.target.closest("[data-chevron]");
+      if (chevron) {
+        const folderNode = chevron.closest("[data-folder]");
+        const targetId = folderNode.dataset.target;
+        const url = folderNode.dataset.url;
+        const icon = chevron.querySelector("i");
+        const target = document.getElementById("dir-" + targetId);
+
+        if (target.dataset.loaded === "true") {
+          target.classList.toggle("is-hidden");
+        } else {
+          target.classList.remove("is-hidden");
+          const response = await fetch(url + "&tree=true");
+          target.innerHTML = await response.text();
+          target.dataset.loaded = "true";
+          htmx.process(target);
+        }
+
+        chevron.classList.toggle("rotated");
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        return;
+      }
+    });
+  </script>
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/test_views.py b/scanpipe/tests/test_views.py
index 4c06995b1..6311af8ff 100644
--- a/scanpipe/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1576,3 +1576,35 @@ def test_project_codebase_resources_export_json(self):
 
         for field in expected_fields:
             self.assertIn(field, json_data[0])
+
+    def test_file_tree_base_url_lists_top_level_nodes(self):
+        make_resource_file(self.project1, path="child1.txt")
+        make_resource_file(self.project1, path="dir1")
+
+        url = reverse("codebase_resource_tree", kwargs={"slug": self.project1.slug})
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        children = response.context["children"]
+        print(response.context)
+        child1 = children[0]
+        dir1 = children[1]
+
+        self.assertEqual(child1.path, "child1.txt")
+        self.assertEqual(dir1.path, "dir1")
+
+    def test_file_tree_nested_url_lists_only_children_of_given_path(self):
+        make_resource_file(self.project1, path="parent/child1.txt")
+        make_resource_file(self.project1, path="parent/dir1")
+        make_resource_file(self.project1, path="parent/dir1/child2.txt")
+
+        url = reverse("codebase_resource_tree", kwargs={"slug": self.project1.slug})
+        response = self.client.get(url + "?path=parent&tree=true")
+        children = response.context["children"]
+
+        child1 = children[0]
+        dir1 = children[1]
+
+        self.assertEqual(child1.path, "parent/child1.txt")
+        self.assertEqual(dir1.path, "parent/dir1")
+
+        self.assertFalse(child1.has_children)
+        self.assertTrue(dir1.has_children)
diff --git a/scanpipe/urls.py b/scanpipe/urls.py
index c760becbf..a3b09e4dd 100644
--- a/scanpipe/urls.py
+++ b/scanpipe/urls.py
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@
         views.ProjectCodebaseView.as_view(),
         name="project_codebase",
     ),
+    path(
+        "project/<slug:slug>/codebase_tree/",
+        views.CodebaseResourceTreeView.as_view(),
+        name="codebase_resource_tree",
+    ),
     path(
         "run/<uuid:uuid>/",
         views.run_detail_view,
diff --git a/scanpipe/views.py b/scanpipe/views.py
index d630628fb..d93d946b9 100644
--- a/scanpipe/views.py
+++ b/scanpipe/views.py
@@ -2567,3 +2567,30 @@ def get_node(self, package):
         if children:
             node["children"] = children
         return node
+
+
+class CodebaseResourceTreeView(ConditionalLoginRequired, generic.DetailView):
+    template_name = "scanpipe/resource_tree.html"
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        slug = self.kwargs.get("slug")
+        project = get_object_or_404(Project, slug=slug)
+        path = request.GET.get("path", "")
+
+        base_qs = (
+            CodebaseResource.objects.filter(project=project, parent_path=path)
+            .only("path", "name", "type")
+            .order_by("path")
+        )
+
+        children = base_qs.with_children(project)
+
+        context = {
+            "project": project,
+            "path": path,
+            "children": children,
+        }
+
+        if request.GET.get("tree") == "true":
+            return render(request, "scanpipe/panels/codebase_tree_panel.html", context)
+        return render(request, self.template_name, context)