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Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#31
I like what I see on the site and in the comments here. Im looking forward to checking this out more maybe.

Im kind of surprised that as a species we dont have a conclusive ubiquitous solution to the foggy problem of digital photo storage / management. So many of my photos are just in drawers on old hard drives and phones.

Anyway maybe its getting better. Or maybe Im just stupid.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#34
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I am still looking for a simple tool to deduplicate, organize, and tag all the photos I have accumulated over the years. Old laptop hard drives, old cell phones, iPhoto libraries, aperture libraries, etc. I want to dump them into a staging area, remove all dupes, and start organizing and tagging them into a folder structure.

Have you looked at DigiKam? It offers directories, tagging (with custom tag hierarchies), deduplication and also face recognition. I think it can do quite a bit more, but I'm not a heavy user, at all. I just use it for keeping track of my modest library and it works great for that.

I will check it out

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#35
Does anyone know any open source library that provides this feature as a widget for a web app?

I’d love to use Rails active storage + S3 to allow users to have a “mini Dropbox” inside my web App; the only one I could find that was nice enough was CKFinder, but it’s not open source and it’s tied to a Java or PHP backend as well.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#36

Great idea. I wish someone creates this in Go that way we don't even need to install php. Just run binary in directory and start browsing.

Most shared web hosting already runs PHP, but anything newer like Node or Go won't generally work unless you have a more expensive hosting plan or cloud offering.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#39

> Instructions > Simply download index.php, drop into any folder and view from browser This is really where PHP shines. I find it really sad to see what PHP has become, just because people keep wanting to use it for complex stuff…

Yes, the Second Coming Of Java that was PHP5 was where PHP lost its DIY magic.
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