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Your private photo gallery, hosted in France

🔒 VPS only

A self-hosted photo gallery designed for photographers: RAW, EXIF, videos, and face recognition. Photoview installed and maintained by DINAO — your photos stay on our French servers.

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Overview

What is Photoview?

Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery, simple and user-friendly, designed for photographers. It provides a fast and enjoyable way to browse directories containing thousands of high-resolution photos.

Designed for professionals, Photoview supports RAW formats and EXIF metadata analysis, as well as many video formats automatically optimized for the web. A face recognition feature automatically detects people and groups their photos.

Regarding performance, thumbnails are generated automatically and photos are loaded on the fly as they become visible, ensuring smooth navigation even with very large photo libraries. Actively maintained and easy to deploy via Docker, Photoview is the sovereign alternative to mainstream photo clouds.

Compatible offers

Host Photoview at DINAO

Resource tiers compatible with Photoview prerequisites (minimum 1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 5 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.

Application available on a dedicated VPS

This application requires privileged access to the host machine, incompatible with managed shared hosting. It is installed on a dedicated VPS server where you keep full control — managed by DINAO.

Technical reason: bind-mount d'un chemin hôte (volumes nommés uniquement en managé).

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Requirements for Photoview: 1 vCPU, 512 Mo, 5 Go. Our Docker VPS at €11 excl. VAT per month covers them.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
512 Mo
ideal : 2 Go
Disk
5 Go
ideal : 50 Go
Image : photoview/photoview:2 Registry : docker.io Services : photoview, db (MariaDB) Ports : 8000->80/tcp (interface web)
FAQ

You might be wondering…

Does Photoview handle RAW files?

Yes. Photoview is designed for photographers: it supports RAW formats and reads EXIF data (lens, aperture, ISO, etc.).

Does face recognition use an external service?

No. Face detection is performed locally on your instance hosted in France; no photos are sent to a third party for analysis.

Is it smooth with many photos?

Yes. Thumbnails are generated automatically and images are loaded on the fly, keeping navigation smooth even with thousands of shots.

Where are my photos hosted?

On your DINAO instance in France, in one of the available data centers. Your photos never leave the territory.

Can I export my photos?

Yes. Your files remain yours and are exportable, without proprietary lock-in, and you can change plans at any time.