photoview/photoview
Photo gallery for self-hosted personal servers observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2614
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6515 stars · 478 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery web application for personal servers, written in Go. It scans directories of photos and videos, generates thumbnails, extracts EXIF metadata, and organizes media into albums mirroring the filesystem.
Use cases
- self-host a personal photo gallery on my NAS
- browse thousands of high-resolution RAW photos quickly
- view my photos on a map using EXIF GPS data
- share photo albums with password-protected links
- organize photos by filesystem folders with automatic scanning
- host a private multi-user photo library with Docker
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fast self-hosted gallery that mirrors your filesystem structure
- you shoot RAW photos and need Darktable-based conversion support
- you want EXIF metadata display and automatic map grouping of photos
- you prefer Docker deployment with PostgreSQL and multi-user sharing
When to avoid
- you need AI-based face recognition or automatic tagging like PhotoPrism or Immich
- you want a maintained official mobile app (the iOS app is no longer maintained)
- you need cloud-sync features beyond Nextcloud/Samba/FTP media sources
- you want a gallery that manages uploads rather than scanning existing files
Facets
application · maturity active
image-processing http-server search-engine file-system photography self-hosted media web-development self-hosted go photo-gallery exif-metadata raw-photos face-recognition media-server nas video-thumbnails maps docker linux web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/photoview/photoview · fetched 2026-08-28 · a6319658312e
- homepage: https://photoview.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · f1a7bdc1debc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| photoview/photoview | main | 67 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="photoview/photoview")
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