DD Photos – static photo albums, now with Docker and 1-command deploy
Static photo gallery with Docker mode removes Go and Node dependency hell.
Own Your Photos, Forever Secure
E2EE albums and Rust backend are nice, but Immich dominates this crowded space.
Self-hosters and privacy-conscious users
Immich · Photoprism · Nextcloud Photos
Static photo gallery with Docker mode removes Go and Node dependency hell.
Static photo gallery generator when Immich and PhotoPrism already handle this server-side.
Apple TV screensavers get a surrealist upgrade via Claude stories and Gemini image generation.
iMessage alternative for Android users, but execution depends on self-hosting reliability.
Hand-designed templates beat AI layouts, but Canva already owns this space.
Folder-native manifests plus a global SQLite index let you keep originals untouched while getting album features and very fast queries — smart trade-offs for large local libraries. Live Photo pairing/playback, a map view, and GPU-accelerated browsing show real engineering focus; it's not reinventing the genre (digiKam/Lightroom exist), but this is a tidy Photos-to-Windows port with thoughtful implementation details.