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Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
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Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#182I used to really like Google Picasa, but then it stopped working on Linux, and then at all [1]. It was fantastic and fit all of my ideas on how photo organization was supposed to work. I got fantastic feedback when I recently asked about a personal wiki that would fit my criteria [2], so I figure I'll ask here for a photo library management app. My use case isn't just personal photos, but also concept art. I would lo…
Wow - this is perfect. I would love literally exactly what you've described. Is there nothing out there - might be fun to take a crack at making it?
Please check https://lomorage.com
- Importing photos should be as easy as drag and drop or "add directory".
Check Lomorage web app and import tool.
- Images in the library should be mirrored to an internal store independent of the greater filesystem.
The storage can be on the external hard drive or remote mounted device.
- It needs to support rich tagging. Images should be easily enumerable by tag.
Tag will be added.
- It needs to store all metadata in a central database or file that I can easily distribute and back up. (As opposed to writing the data into the images directly.) It would be nice if the primary keys to image were signature-based rather than filename (and especially not full file path) as it could live on different systems.
All the metadata is stored in sqlitelite database and backup daily.
- Group by GPS coordinates would be nice. Even better if it can pull the location name.
GPS location already processed and stored in DB, currently support search by location, will add map view.
- Group by date taken.
The default view is by date taken, in reverse order, latest first.
- Find or automatically ignore/remove duplicates.
dedup done by file hash, also support similar photo dedup by using perception hash, will add in smart album.
- Support for a NAS or cloud backup would be fantastic. Especially if it also backs up the database.
Support redundancy backup with network mount.
- It should generate pre-computed thumbnails so scrolling a large library doesn't show blank images, but keep them off to the side so it doesn't impact backup.
- It should have RAW support, but doesn't need editing/adjustment capabilities. (If not available, I suppose I could pre-process the RAWs.)
Support iPhone dng raw format, others can be added.
- Video support would be extremely nice too, but it doesn't need to have any editing or miscellaneous features.
Support popular video formats supported on Android and iOS
- It would be nice to keep galleries separate, or at least in different namespaces so I can reuse tags. Family, real estate, conceptual/renders, etc.
Current support album and folders, the same concept with those on iPhone.
- Replication across multiple devices would be a nice to have, especially if it can update tags and metadata across machines.
Backup photos/videos and also metadata database on 2nd storage.
- Open source would be nice, but I'd be happy with paid/commercial software if it did what I wanted.
- Multiplatform support (Linux, Windows, Mac) would be extremely nice. Even nicer if it supports mobile too.
Multiple platform support, and has native mobile apps as well.
- It should be snappier than a web-based gallery.
Mobile first + Web APP
- That said, internet web access (like photos.google.com) would be killer.
Support external access via ngrok or other similar tunnel service, can also open port mapping on home router if having public ip address.
Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#183Not quite the same thing but I'm a big fan of Filebrowsr: https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser
Backend in Go, frontend in Vue, deployed as a single binary.
Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
The answer is simple, it's just kind of says an ugly thing about how computing has shifted; it's essentially the same reason e.g. the iPad didn't have a file manager. Interfaces got really good and slick at the same time it became profitable/useful to alienate people from their own data for profit.
Files have some drawbacks... they're difficult for multiple people to work on together (slides). They're often not easy to organize, and they're often not available where you want them.
Thats really interesting, I never thought about the fact that restrictive seeming mobile apps shift focus from local file storage to remote db file storage via apps.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or even simpler just download the JS and put it next to the script if single file isn't a hard requirement (which I don't see a use case for besides simplicity)
> which I don't see a use case for besides simplicity There is a use case for that. Maintainability. Drop one file to start. To delete, delete the file. To upgrade, replace the file. For example, I really like tiddlywiki because no matter where or what, I only have to deal with and track 1 file. It’s impressive what they’ve accomplished with just one file full of custom content. Even upgrading is possible.
I suppose? Replace "file" with "non nested folder" and you get the same result. An html doc + 2-3 javascript files isn't a nightmare to deal with.
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
This looks great, and like something I was looking for a couple of months ago. I couldn't find anything, so I created my own [0] (limited) solution. But the Files app looks like it might replace this. [0] https://j11g.com/2021/11/23/corbin-static-responsive-image-a... [1] https://github.com/jan-vandenberg/corbin
Hijacking top comment with a shallow compliment and a self-promo is not nice.
It was a fine comment and I don't think there was any intention to hijack the thread - but I've detached it from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241128 now.
Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#187Hi, Files app DEVELOPER here. Someone notified me that the app had been posted here. A lot of negative comments, which I don't have a problem with, but I can perhaps clarify a few things. About Files app not being "single file" because it loads JS/CSS resources from the CDN (internet). That is of course a correct observation, and this is already noted on the website. From an operational perspective, there is only one…
You can easily bundle all resources in that PHP as someone said. Or the script can download them from CDN and cache locally and then use the local version. I also don't like external resources, it makes no sense. It is often not even faster as most people think. It is fast only if that file is already cached in the browser and given the number of various js/css projects and their versions it is generally unlikely to have the proper version cached.
Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#188Two more noteworthy alternatives that focus on photo gallery:
* https://github.com/bpatrik/PiGallery2/
I’m using the first one as personal album and it works very well, including things like infinite scroll and link-based album sharing.
The latter is more sophisticated and has a native accompanying app but I found pigallery easier to work with.
Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager
#189Two more noteworthy alternatives that focus on photo gallery: * https://github.com/bpatrik/PiGallery2/ * https://piwigo.org/ I’m using the first one as personal album and it works very well, including things like infinite scroll and link-based album sharing. The latter is more sophisticated and has a native accompanying app but I found pigallery easier to work with.
My pick: https://github.com/lenormf/mediasurf