2026-09-20 12:14 UTC
please recommend a simple selfhosted photo gallery
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!
Replies (3)
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@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2026-09-21 03:27
Another vote for Immich. Running it with docker compose is trivial. Been using it for 2 years now and it’s been glorious. Running it without docker would take more setup, not sure how complex.
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@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-20 12:34
Immich works really well. Don’t fear the database. Docker makes it all super easy too. Alternatively, Plex manages photos ok-ish.
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@westingham@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-21 15:24
I recommend Ente, they have a self-hosted option. ente.com