hi. i’m looking for an extremely simple selfhosted photo gallery software. i have photos from my laptop, a camera, and my phone. they are all rsync’ed onto my server. so on the server I have ~/Pictures/Laptop ~/Pictures/Camera ~/Pictures/Phone filled with JPEG/PNG/HEICs and no subdirectories.

i want to view photos from all three directories on a single timeline/feed, from the web (and if possible, via a mobile app). currently I VNC onto the server to run XnView and check each directory and this is a terrible user experience especially on a phone.

i don’t want to run a separate database or anything complex, so things like Immich or Photoprism are not an option. would be nice to be able to assign a tag to some images (“work”, “computer”, …) but it’s not a necessity. and i don’t need the ability to edit/remove images from the gallery.

i’ve considered rolling my own solution but thought there might be something already available.

thanks!

  • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Immich works really well. Don’t fear the database. Docker makes it all super easy too.

    Alternatively, Plex manages photos ok-ish.

    • hexagonwin@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I really don’t want another complex service i have to manage. ideally i want something that’s a simple python/perl/php script or something like that.

      forgot to mention in OP but I run freebsd on my server and it’s possible to run docker(podman) with linux emulation if it’s very necessary, but i prefer not to use it

      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I hear you, I went through the same journey. After getting Immich set up, I haven’t had to do a single thing to it. There are scripts that can turn your folders into Immich albums, so I just set up the docker containers, ran the script, and watched as everything was created for me without more labor on my part.

        I hope somebody else has the solution you’re looking for, but if you don’t find it, I really think you should give it a whirl because it turned out to be way easier than I expected it to be.

  • Brett@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Here to suggest piwigo. Use it with docker, zero hassle but I think it does depend on a database, so it might be too heavy for your use case. Supports tags & galleries.