I don’t understand why the OS and file system don’t constitute, themselves, a database. Iver the years I have spent a lot of time organizing my photo names, folders, and labels. I want a display service that will take advantage of that, not change it, and update immediately to any changes I make to it.
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WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Immich works really well.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They do; just not optimized for that task
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 weeks 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.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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.
frongt@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Immich isn’t complex, and I don’t think it requires a separate database.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
it’s not that the deployment process looks hard. it’s an extremely complex piece of software, something that only provides “container” (read: full linux image) method for deployment because it’s too complex to install manually. if something ever goes wrong inside that container, i won’t be able to fix it.
mrquallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 3 weeks ago
You’re likely not going to find something so simple and lightweight. Immich has some setup, but if you want a good gallery that’s the way to go. Don’t be afraid of the learning.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It does nothing but serve photo. Background tasks are minimal and many of them only run once on new photos.
@non_burglar @hexagonwin @WeirdGoesPro
I prefer #copyparty as an allrounder for serving static files (images and videos from my smartphone) - https://github.com/9001/copyparty
Uploading from my smartphone via #nextcloud on iOS into a shared folder for NC and CP 🤓
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
OK? By all means, use what works for you.
I personally wouldn’t go around using copy party’s initials liberally like that.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
yeah, it’s only job is to serve photos yet it needs a whole linux container to run… i get why some people like it but i said it’s not what i want.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, you say contradictory things in your post: you don’t want to manage a db, but you want to assign tags and categorize the photos, which would need a db of some kind.
If you really, really don’t want a db but you want web access to your pics, just rename them so they sort alphabetically the way you want and drop them in the doc root of a www server, apache or nginx would work. Do note that you will have no sorting or tagging options, but it will be dead simple. This is what the copyparty option would give you.
Not sure what you mean about “a whole Linux container”, the majority of my alpine images run in under 100MB memory and use less than 0.1% CPU, so it’s not clear to me what your objection is.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I feel like this is a case of not wanting to do the “difficult” thing because it sounds difficult when really avoiding the “difficult” thing is more difficult than just doing the “difficult” thing.
I was replacing the power steering rack on my P2 Volvo XC70 recently. I really didn’t want to drop the subframe because that sounded like a lot of work. Eventually I realized dropping the subframe was the easier way to get the power steering rack out and, in the end, it was way easier to just drop the subframe. It was like 10 more bolts and wasn’t that hard to put back. In this analogy, Immich is dropping the subframe, just do it.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
no, it’s more about that i don’t want a separate linux installation on my freebsd server, all with it’s useless attack surfaces and such. i want something lightweight, and i specifically mentioned immich isn’t what i want in the OP. yet you folks are all downvoting and trying to persuade me to try that. no, i’m not using that.
after hearing it a few times i’ve tried it before and it’s not what i want. even ignoring the server part i hate that clunky google photos ripoff web interface.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You want a timeline feed viewable via web and an app. Immich does that. I don’t get it.