Your private photo gallery, hosted in France
🔒 VPS onlyA 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.
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.
Host Photoview at DINAO
No managed container for Photoview: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 5 Go minimum).
Application available on a VPS
This application requires privileged access to the host machine, which is incompatible with managed shared hosting. It is installed on a VPS (virtual private server) that you administer: DINAO delivers it with Docker and the management panel of your choice, and you install and maintain Photoview yourself. The VPS is not managed by DINAO unless you add the managed-services option when ordering.
Technical reason: bind-mount d'un chemin hôte (volumes nommés uniquement en managé).
Discover the Docker VPS →Requirements for Photoview: 1 vCPU, 512 Mo, 5 Go. Our Docker VPS at €11 excl. VAT per month covers them.
Technical details
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.
