PiGallery2

This is a directory-first photo gallery website, optimised for running on low resource servers (especially on raspberry pi)

Work in progess.... Estimated first beta in 2017 summer

Feature list:

Rendering directories as it is
- Listing subdirectories recursively
- Listing photos in a nice grid layout
  - supporting most common image formats
  - showing tag/keywords, locations, GPS coordinates for photos
  - rendering photos on demand (on scroll)
On the fly thumbnail generation in several sizes
- prioritizes thumbnail generation (generating thumbnail first for the visible photos)
- saving generated thumbnails to TEMP folder for reuse
- supporting several core CPU
- supporting hardware acceleration (sharp as optional and JS-based Jimp as fallback)
Custom lightbox for full screen photo viewing
- keyboard support for navigation - In progress
- showing low-res thumbnail while full image loads
- Information panel for showing Exif info - In progress
Client side caching (directories and search results)
Rendering photos with GPS coordinates on google map
- .gpx file support - In progress
Two modes: SQL database and no-database mode
- both modes supports
  - user management
  - password protection can be disabled/enabled
- database mode supports:
  - faster directory listing
  - searching
    - instant search, auto complete
  - sharing - In progress
    - setting link expiration time
Nice design - In progress
- responsive design (phone, tablet desktop support)
Setup page - In progress
Markdown based blogging support - In progress
- you can write some note in the blog.md for every directory
bug free :) - In progress