FolderFrame

Gallery, viewer & photo info

FolderFrame full viewer showing a portrait-oriented city photograph

FolderFrame screenshots.

Features

A summary of browsing, playback, photo details and hosting options.

Albums & browsing

  • Nested albums, cover previews and breadcrumbs
  • Thumbnail grid or recursive All Pics view
  • Filename or file-date sorting, with optional capture dates

Photos & videos

  • JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, BMP and HEIC / HEIF
  • Native-first HEIC / HEIF viewing with generated grid previews
  • MP4, MOV, WebM and M4V, with optional FFmpeg fallback

Slideshows

  • Play, pause, Shuffle and previous / next
  • Photo intervals from 3 seconds to 60 minutes
  • Videos advance when playback finishes

Display modes

  • TV Mode: Fit, Shuffle, Auto Refresh and playback
  • Fullscreen with controls that fade when idle
  • Different settings for each display

Touch & navigation

  • Swipe, pinch to zoom and drag to pan
  • Fit / Original sizing and display-only rotation
  • Browser back / forward, mobile controls and shortcuts

Embedding

  • Standard iframe with its own startup profile
  • Interactive gallery or controls-free slideshow
  • Muted videos in controls-free embeds

Configuration

  • Named sources and separate index / embed profiles
  • auto, directory or manifest discovery
  • URL overrides, saved preferences and configurable controls

Refresh & recovery

  • Refresh Folder, Reload Library and automatic rescans
  • Scan progress, loading feedback and recovery actions
  • Failed-media skipping, partial-scan recovery and ignored subtrees

Photo information

  • Capture time, camera, lens and exposure details
  • Capture-date sorting with file-date fallback
  • Optional GPS coordinates link to Google Maps

Generated library

  • Incremental thumbnail, manifest and EXIF scans
  • Signature cache prevents stale generated previews
  • Safe orphan pruning and worker-status records

Container deployment

  • Multiple read-only libraries become top-level albums
  • Persistent configuration, thumbnails and manifests
  • Verified Linux AMD64 and ARM64 images

Hosting & performance

  • Static files; no database, PHP or build step
  • Live directory listings or generated static manifests
  • Persistent thumbnails, windowed grids and bounded loading