Deploy Photoview on Your Own Server
Photo gallery for self-hosted personal servers.
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What is Photoview?
Photoview is a simple and user-friendly photo gallery that's made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high-resolution photos. You configure Photoview to look for photos and videos within a directory on your file system. The scanner automatically picks up your media and start to generate thumbnail images to make browsing super fast. When your media has been scanned they show up on the website, organised in the same way as on the filesystem.
Self-Host Photoview
Follow these steps to deploy on your own server.
Install Docker
Skip this step if Docker is already installed on your server.
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
Configure
Customize the settings below. Defaults work for most cases.
General
Deploy
Copy the configuration and run it on your server.
services:
photoview:
image: viktorstrate/photoview:2.3.9
environment:
MAPBOX_TOKEN: ""
PHOTOVIEW_DATABASE_DRIVER: mysql
PHOTOVIEW_LISTEN_IP: 0.0.0.0
PHOTOVIEW_LISTEN_PORT: "80"
PHOTOVIEW_MEDIA_CACHE: /app/cache
PHOTOVIEW_MYSQL_URL: photoview:95b07e9a3978fc69@tcp(photoview-mariadb)/photoview
volumes:
- photoview-media-cache:/app/cache
- :/photos
depends_on:
- photoview-mariadb
photoview-mariadb:
image: mariadb:10.5
environment:
MYSQL_DATABASE: photoview
MYSQL_PASSWORD: 95b07e9a3978fc69
MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "1"
MYSQL_USER: photoview
volumes:
- photoview-mariadb-data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
photoview-media-cache: {}
photoview-mariadb-data: {}
Then run:
docker compose up -d
Access
Once started, access your app at http://localhost:80
Why Self-Host Photoview?
Full Data Ownership
Your data stays on your servers. No third-party access.
No Monthly Fees
Pay only for your server. No per-seat or usage charges.
Complete Control
Customize, backup, and scale on your own terms.
Privacy & Compliance
Meet GDPR, HIPAA, or internal security requirements.
Technical Details
Docker Image
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