Photoview
Simple, fast photo gallery for browsing your own filesystem of photos and videos
Alternative to: google photos, apple photos, amazon photos
v2.4.0
2024-06-23This release includes numerous fixes, refactoring, and new features such as .CR3 support, swipe gestures, and globe view, along with updated Docker configurations.
v2.3.13
2022-07-26This release adds Basque translation, improves sidebar functionality and EXIF data display, optimizes database queries, and fixes several crashes and initialization errors.
v2.3.12
2022-02-11Introduced dark mode, improved media date detection and album navigation, and fixed several UI and stability issues.
v2.3.11
2022-02-06Fixes a bug where the initial setup page rendered as a blank page.
v2.3.10
2022-02-05This release adds Blurhash image previews, restores the browser favicon, and fixes a database cleanup bug, though it contains a critical flaw in the initial setup page.
v2.3.9
2021-10-21Updated the media sidebar with people, location, and album paths, improved French translations, and fixed database-related bugs for sharetokens, exif migrations, and the timeline API.
v2.3.8
2021-09-27Fixed a UI crash occurring when the timeline filter was used before any images had been scanned.
v2.3.7
2021-09-26Added album cover editing, a rewritten timeline with year selection, album zip downloads, and various bug fixes and translation improvements.
v2.3.6
2021-08-31This release adds environment variables to disable optional features, improves database query performance, fixes various UI and loading bugs, and adds several new language translations.
v2.3.5
2021-07-22This update introduces a UI redesign removing SemanticUI, adds MKV video support, enables symlinked directory following, and includes new Russian and improved Italian translations.
v2.3.4
2021-05-27Fixed a CSS loading issue affecting the Places page and adjusted sidemenu text styling and padding for better localization support.
v2.3.3
2021-05-20Updated thumbnail behavior for presentation mode, improved gallery navigation and shared album sorting, and optimized exiftool processing.
v2.3.2
2021-04-27Added German translations, improved French translations, included version build info, fixed a face recognition bug, and added server integration tests.
v2.3.1
2021-04-19Introduced localization support with multiple new languages, a Settings page for non-admins, and migrated most of the UI to TypeScript.
v2.3.0
2021-04-04Added support for .heic images and exiftool integration, replaced react-lazyload with IntersectionObserver, and fixed media sharing and sidecar file reprocessing bugs.
v2.2.1
2021-03-17Added support for media files in .photoviewignore and fixed bugs related to downloads, Postgres compatibility, and face recognition processing.
v2.2.0
2021-03-04Introduces face recognition with a new People page, support for .photoviewignore files, and updates to Darktable and the UI build process.
v2.1.1
2021-02-15This update fixes server crashes related to unauthorized requests and EXIF data, resolves database errors in the Timeline view, and improves pagination caching and video thumbnail encoding.
v2.1.0
2021-02-13Introduces a paginated timeline view for photos, implements dataloaders for better database performance, and fixes a blank page rendering bug.
v2.0.1
2021-02-01Added Postgres database support and fixed ARM Docker builds and album thumbnail lazy-loading.
v2.0.0
2021-01-31The update introduces a complete database rewrite for multiple backend support, enables multiple root directories, and optimizes video transcoding skipping.
v1.1.4
2020-12-27Added photo duplication detection to prefer JPEGs over RAW files and fixed a blank screen issue in Safari.
v1.1.3
2020-11-28Updated JPEG handling for sidecar files, migrated React components to functional components, and fixed bugs with share passwords and sidebar image downloads.
v1.1.2
2020-11-13Added media sorting options, API HTTP compression support, and various bug fixes and refactorings.
v1.1.1
2020-09-30Added a map-based 'Places' view requiring a Mapbox token, a favorite media toggle for photos and albums, and cache headers for photo resources.
v1.1.0
2020-09-25Introduces periodic scanner scheduling and configurable max concurrent workers, while fixing ARM build errors, layout issues, and a setup page exception.
v1.0.1
2020-08-18Improved mobile web UI layout and fixed various responsiveness issues.
v1.0.0
2020-08-15Photoview's first stable release introduces proper docker versioning, ARM support, and merged database migrations.