Overview

A self-hosted non-invasive single-binary photo gallery with a focus on speed and simplicity. Self-Hosted Personal Photo Gallery The project has 573 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

Seamless zoomable interface. Every view is zoomable if you ever need to see just a little more detail.
Progressive multi-resolution loading. The whole layout is progressively loaded from a low-res preview to a full quality photo.
Different layouts. Collections of photos can be displayed with different
Semantic search using [photofield-ai]. If enabled, you can search
Tagging (alpha). You can tag and search photos with arbitrary tags. If
Reverse geolocation. Local, embedded reverse geolocation of ~50 thousand
Flexible media/thumbnail system. Stores small thumbnails using SQLite,
Single file binary. The server is a single static binary with optional
Read-only file system based collections. The original files are not
Fast indexing. Thanks to [godirwalk], file indexing practically runs at

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

   git clone https://github.com/smilyorg/photofield.git

   go get

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

ai search, docker, docker compose, mobile app, npm, rest api, sqlite, tags, video support.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API

AI & Machine Learning

AI-Powered Search

Search & Discovery

Tags / Labels

Media & Files

Video Support

Mobile & Desktop

Mobile App

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