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Photoview

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A self-hosted alternative to Icloud

GNU General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall4 Containers — 4 containers — moderate hosting footprintDocker · Compose · Package +1Needs MariaDB

About

Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery designed for people who keep their media on a local filesystem and want a fast way to browse it. It is aimed especially at photographers, with support for...

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Features

  • filesystem-based albums
  • user management
  • public sharing links
  • password-protected links
  • RAW support
  • EXIF parsing
  • video support
  • automatic video optimization
  • face recognition
  • thumbnail generation

Details

Last Updated
Sep 18, 2026
Created
Jul 7, 2019
Install Methods
dockerdocker-composepackage-managersource
Requirements
Dockerdocker-composePostgreSQL 18 or 17MariaDB LTSSQLitemake (optional)7zz (optional)
Authentication
local
API
REST
Backup & Export
database-dumpfile-backup
Runtime / Stack
GoDocker
Privacy & Independence
No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
User Model
Multi-User
Deployment

Deployment: Docker Compose ✓4 Containersmoderate hosting footprintRuns as 4 containers

Docker Compose

4 services · database: mariadb · infra: mariadb · 1 unclassified (watchtower)

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (14 volumes)

docker-compose example/docker-compose.example.yml · @ 47c649d · scanned Jun 5, 2026

services:
  ## Makes sure that the media cache folder is created with the correct permissions
  photoview-prepare:
    image: photoview/photoview:2
    hostname: photoview-prepare
    container_name: photoview-prepare
    network_mode: "none"
    user: root
    entrypoint: []
    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 1 && chown -R photoview:photoview /home/photoview/media-cache"
    cap_add:
      - CHOWN
    volumes:
      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro" ## use local time from host
      - "/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro" ## use timezone from host
      - "${HOST_PHOTOVIEW_LOCATION}/storage:/home/photoview/media-cache"

  photoview:
    image: photoview/photoview:2
    labels:
# ...

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