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Photoview

Simple, fast photo gallery for browsing your own filesystem of photos and videos

Alternative to: google photos, apple photos, amazon photos

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About Versions (28)

v2.4.0

2024-06-23

This 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

2022-07-26

This release adds Basque translation, improves sidebar functionality and EXIF data display, optimizes database queries, and fixes several crashes and initialization errors.

v2.3.12

2022-02-11

Introduced dark mode, improved media date detection and album navigation, and fixed several UI and stability issues.

v2.3.11

2022-02-06

Fixes a bug where the initial setup page rendered as a blank page.

v2.3.10

2022-02-05

This 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

2021-10-21

Updated 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

2021-09-27

Fixed a UI crash occurring when the timeline filter was used before any images had been scanned.

v2.3.7

2021-09-26

Added album cover editing, a rewritten timeline with year selection, album zip downloads, and various bug fixes and translation improvements.

v2.3.6

2021-08-31

This 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

2021-07-22

This 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

2021-05-27

Fixed a CSS loading issue affecting the Places page and adjusted sidemenu text styling and padding for better localization support.

v2.3.3

2021-05-20

Updated thumbnail behavior for presentation mode, improved gallery navigation and shared album sorting, and optimized exiftool processing.

v2.3.2

2021-04-27

Added German translations, improved French translations, included version build info, fixed a face recognition bug, and added server integration tests.

v2.3.1

2021-04-19

Introduced localization support with multiple new languages, a Settings page for non-admins, and migrated most of the UI to TypeScript.

v2.3.0

2021-04-04

Added support for .heic images and exiftool integration, replaced react-lazyload with IntersectionObserver, and fixed media sharing and sidecar file reprocessing bugs.

v2.2.1

2021-03-17

Added support for media files in .photoviewignore and fixed bugs related to downloads, Postgres compatibility, and face recognition processing.

v2.2.0

2021-03-04

Introduces face recognition with a new People page, support for .photoviewignore files, and updates to Darktable and the UI build process.

v2.1.1

2021-02-15

This 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

2021-02-13

Introduces a paginated timeline view for photos, implements dataloaders for better database performance, and fixes a blank page rendering bug.

v2.0.1

2021-02-01

Added Postgres database support and fixed ARM Docker builds and album thumbnail lazy-loading.

v2.0.0

2021-01-31

The update introduces a complete database rewrite for multiple backend support, enables multiple root directories, and optimizes video transcoding skipping.

v1.1.4

2020-12-27

Added photo duplication detection to prefer JPEGs over RAW files and fixed a blank screen issue in Safari.

v1.1.3

2020-11-28

Updated JPEG handling for sidecar files, migrated React components to functional components, and fixed bugs with share passwords and sidebar image downloads.

v1.1.2

2020-11-13

Added media sorting options, API HTTP compression support, and various bug fixes and refactorings.

v1.1.1

2020-09-30

Added 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

2020-09-25

Introduces periodic scanner scheduling and configurable max concurrent workers, while fixing ARM build errors, layout issues, and a setup page exception.

v1.0.1

2020-08-18

Improved mobile web UI layout and fixed various responsiveness issues.

v1.0.0

2020-08-15

Photoview's first stable release introduces proper docker versioning, ARM support, and merged database migrations.