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# PiGallery2
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Homepage: http://bpatrik.github.io/pigallery2/
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This is a **fast** (like faster than your PC fast) **directory-first photo gallery website** , optimised for running on low resource servers (especially on raspberry pi).
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✔️ Strengths:
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* ⚡ Fast, like for real.
* ✔️ Simple. Point to your photos folder and to a temp folder and you are good to go.
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⛔ Weakness:
* 😥 Its simple. Shows what you have that's it. No gallery changes (photo delete, rotate, enhance, tag, organize, etc), your gallery folder is read-only.
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* 📁 Optimized for galleries with < 100K photos with < 5k photos / folder .
* It will work on bigger galleries, but it will start to slow down.
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[You wrote about pigallery2 ](docs/references/README.md ).
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## Live Demo
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Live Demo @ render: https://pigallery2.onrender.com/
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- the demo page **first load** might take up **30s** : the time while the free webservice boots up
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## Table of contents
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1. [Getting started ](#1-getting-started-also-works-on-raspberry-pi )
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2. [Translate the page to your own language ](#2-translate-the-page-to-your-own-language )
3. [Feature list ](#3-feature-list )
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4. [Suggest/endorse new features ](#4-suggestendorse-new-features )
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5. [Known errors ](#5-known-errors )
6. [Credits ](#6-credits )
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## 1. Getting started (also works on Raspberry Pi)
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### 1.1 [Install and Run with Docker (recommended)](docker/README.md)
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[Docker ](https://www.docker.com/ ) with [docker-compose ](https://docs.docker.com/compose/ ) is the official and recommend way of installing and running *Pigallery2* .
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It contains all necessary dependencies, auto restarts on reboot, supports https, easy to upgrade to newer versions.
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For configuration and docker-compose files read more [here ](docker/README.md ) or check all builds [here ](https://hub.docker.com/r/bpatrik/pigallery2/tags/ ).
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### 1.2 Direct Install (if you are familiar with Node.js and building npm packages from source)
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As an alternative, you can also directly [install Node.js ](https://www.scaler.com/topics/javascript/install-node-js/ ) and the app and run it natively.
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### 1.2.0 [Install Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
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Download and extract
```bash
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curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
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sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
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```
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Full node install on raspberry pi description: https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_raspberrypi.asp
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### 1.2.1 Install PiGallery2
#### 1.2.1-a Install from release
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```bash
cd ~
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wget https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/releases/download/1.9.0/pigallery2-release.zip
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unzip pigallery2-release.zip -d pigallery2
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cd pigallery2
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npm install
```
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#### 1.2.1-b Install from source
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**Note:** A build requires a machine with around 2GB or memory.
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```bash
cd ~
wget https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
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cd pigallery2-master # enter the unzipped directory
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npm install
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npm run build
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```
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**Note**: It is recommended to create a release version with `npm run create-release` on a more powerful machine and deploy that to you server.
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**Note**: you can use `npm run create-release -- --languages=fr,ro` to restrict building to the listed languages (English is added by default)
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#### 1.2.2 Run PiGallery2
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```bash
npm start
```
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To configure it, run `PiGallery2` first to create `config.json` file, then edit it and restart.
The app has a nice UI for settings, you may use that too.
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Default user: `admin` pass: `admin` . (It is not possible to change the admin password, you need to create another user and delete the default `admin` user, see [#220 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/220 ))
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**Note**: First run, you might have file access issues and port 80 issue, see [#115 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/115 ).
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Running `npm start -- --Server-port=8080` will start the app on port 8080 that does not require `root`
Adding read/write permissions to all files can solve the file access issue `chmod -R o-w .` , see [#98 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/98 ).
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##### 1.2.2.1 Run on startup
You can run the app up as a service to run it on startup. Read more at [#42 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/42#issuecomment-458340945 )
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### 1.3 Advanced configuration
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You can set up the app any of the following ways:
1. Using the UI (recommended)
2. Manually editing the `config.json`
3. Through switches
* Like: `node start -- --Server-port=3000 --Client-authenticationRequired=false`
* You can check the generated `config.json` for the config hierarchy
4. Through environmental variable
* like set env. variable `Server-port` to `3000`
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Full list of configuration options are available at the [MANPAGE.md ](MANPAGE.md ).
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### 1.4 Useful links/tips:
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#### using nginx
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It is recommended to use a reverse proxy like nginx before node
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5009324/node-js-nginx-what-now
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#### making https
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With cerbot & nginx it is simple to set up secure connection. You have no excuse not doing so.
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https://certbot.eff.org/
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#### node install error:
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If you get error during module installation, make sure you have everything to build node modules from source
```bash
apt-get install build-essential libkrb5-dev gcc g++
```
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## 2. Translate the page to your own language
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1. [Install Pigallery2 ](#121-b-install-from-source ) from source (with the release it won't work)
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2. add your language e.g: fr
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* copy `src/frontend/translate/messages.en.xls` to `src/frontend/translate/messages.fr.xls`
* add the new translation to the `angular.json` `projects->pigallery2->i18n->locales` section
3. translate the file by updating the `<target>` tags
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4. test if it works:
build and start the app
```bash
npm install
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npm run build
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npm start
```
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5. (optional) create a pull request at github to add your translation to the project.
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**Note**: you can also build your own release with as described in [1.1.1-b Install from source ](#121-b-install-from-source );
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## 3. Feature list
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* supported formats [full list here ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/blob/master/src/common/SupportedFormats.ts ):
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* images: **jpg, jpeg, jpe, webp, png, gif, svg**
* videos: **mp4, ogg, ogv, webm**
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* with (built-in) transcoding: avi, mkv, mov, wmv, flv, mts, m2ts, mpg, 3gp, m4v, mpeg, vob, divx, xvid, ts
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* **Rendering directories as it is**
* Listing subdirectories recursively
* Listing photos in a nice grid layout
* showing **tag/keywords, locations, GPS coordinates** for photos
* rendering photos on demand (on scroll)
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* **On the fly thumbnail generation** in several sizes
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* prioritizes thumbnail generation (generating thumbnail first for the visible photos)
* saving generated thumbnails to TEMP folder for reuse
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* supporting multi-core CPUs
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* supporting hardware acceleration ([sharp](https://github.com/lovell/sharp))
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* Custom lightbox for full screen photo and video viewing
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* keyboard support for navigation
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* showing low-res thumbnail while full image loads
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* Information panel for showing **Exif and IPTC info**
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* Automatic playing
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* gesture support (swipe left, right, up)
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* shortcut support
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* On the fly photo downscaling for faster load [#50 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/50 )
* on zoom, the original photo loads
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* Client side caching (directories and search results)
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* Rendering **photos** with GPS coordinates **on open street maps**
* .gpx file support: rendering paths to map
* supports [OSM ](https://www.openstreetmap.org ) and [Mapbox ](https://www.mapbox.com ) by default, but you can add any provider that has a tile url
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* **Two modes: SQL database and no-database mode**
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* both modes support
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* user management
* password protection can be disabled/enabled
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* database mode supports:
* faster directory listing
* searching
* instant search, auto complete
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* sharing
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* setting link expiration time
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* Faces (persons) support
* reads Adobe's XMP Face region metadata. (It is defined by the Metadata Working Group (MWG).)
* shows face bounding box over images
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* internalization / translation support
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* currently supported languages: eng, hun, ro, ru, fr, many other
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* Nice design
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* responsive design (phone, tablet desktop support)
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* Setup page
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* Random photo url
* You can generate an url that returns a random photo from your gallery. You can use this feature to develop 3rd party applications, like: changing desktop background
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* duplicate photo detection
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* video support
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* fully supports `*.mp4` files and partially (might have errors with safari and IE) supports `*.ogg` , `*.ogv` , `*.webm` files
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* uses ffmpeg and ffprobe to generate video thumbnails
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* can transcode videos to mp4 for better support
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* job scheduling support, with the following supported task: [#92 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/92 )
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* converting/transcoding videos [#66 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/66 ) [#71 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/71 )
* generating thumbnails
* generating converted photos
* cleaning up temp folder
* indexing db
* folder ignoring [#87 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/87 )
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* `.pg2conf` UI modifying files. [#177 ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/issues/177 ).
* List of these files are passed down to the UI modify its behaviour.
* Currently, supported custom, per folder sorting.
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* Dockerized
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* **Markdown based blogging support**
* you can write some note in the *.md files for every directory
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* bug free :) - `In progress`
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## 4. Suggest/endorse new features
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Unfortunately, lately I only have a limited time for this hobby project of mine.
So, I mostly focus on those features that are align with my needs. Sorry :(.
Although, I try to fix bugs ASAP (that can still take from a few days to months).
I also try to implement some feature requests that have a lots of 'likes' (i.e.: `+1` -s or thumbs ups) on it.
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If you have a feature that you really would like to happen, I welcome contributions to the app. See [CONTRIBUTING.md ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md ) for more details.
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## 5. Known errors
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* IOS map issue
* Map on IOS prevents using the buttons in the image preview navigation, see #155
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* Video support on weak servers (like raspberry pi) with low upload rate
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* video playback may use up too much resources and the server might not respond for a while. Enable video transcoding in the app, to transcode the videos to lover bitrate.
## 6. Supporting the project
I'm making this app for my own entertainment,
but I like to share it with others as the contributions and bug reports make the app better
and it also does not cost anything to me :)
There is [no way to donate ](https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/discussions/328#discussioncomment-894546 ) to this project at the moment. And I'm also not planning on monetizing it.
But it warms my hearth [seeing that it is useful for some people ](docs/references/README.md ).
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## 6. Credits
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Crossbrowser testing sponsored by [Browser Stack ](https://www.browserstack.com )
[<img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a7b268f2785656ab3ca7b1cbb1633ee5affceb8f/68747470733a2f2f64677a6f7139623561736a67312e636c6f756466726f6e742e6e65742f70726f64756374696f6e2f696d616765732f6c61796f75742f6c6f676f2d6865616465722e706e67" alt="Browser Stack" height="31px" style="background: cornflowerblue;"> ](https://www.browserstack.com )
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