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!
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WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Immich works really well.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 11 hours 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 11 hours 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 10 hours ago
Immich isn’t complex, and I don’t think it requires a separate database.
mrquallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 10 hours 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 10 hours ago
It does nothing but serve photo. Background tasks are minimal and many of them only run once on new photos.