Photoview

What Photoview is

Photoview is a free, self-hosted photo gallery for browsing directories of high-resolution photos. It scans configured filesystem paths and presents folders as albums without changing original media. Users can assign separate media paths and share albums, photos, or videos through links that can be password protected. Features include RAW image support, video, EXIF metadata, timelines, maps for photos with GPS data, and detection of nearby RAW and JPEG pairs. Optional face recognition groups detected faces for labeling or merging. Photoview can scan Nextcloud files when their filesystem path is mounted and added to a user. Deployment documentation covers Docker and manual installation; the Docker example mounts media read-only by default. Supported databases are MySQL, Postgres, and SQLite. The maker says media stays on the user's server, passwords are hashed, resources use cookie tokens, and the API has a strict CORS policy. Links shared outside a local network require the instance to be internet-accessible, and share-link expiry is not implemented. The iOS app is no longer maintained or available on the App Store.