SELF-HOSTED PHOTO & VIDEO GALLERY

Drop folders.
Get a gallery.

Browse photos and videos directly from your folders.

View demo GitHub

Open source · MIT licensed

● ● ● your-server / photos ↗

The FolderFrame gallery showing real photo thumbnails and folder albums

Simple hosting

Hosting requirements

No database
No PHP
No build step

Static files served by Caddy, NGINX or a similar web server. Only requirement is HTML directory listings enabled for your media folders in your webserver.

Folder albums

Nested albums with cover previews
Browse folders or all photos
Drop files or folders into your media directory; auto-refresh picks them up

Viewing & slideshows

Photo and video slideshows
Touch controls, fullscreen and TV Mode
Configure which viewer controls appear

Standalone or embedded

Use on its own or embed on your site
Choose an album for each display

Who it’s for

Self-hosters who want simple folder-based galleries
Families putting photos on tablets and wall displays
Businesses powering digital signage and screens

All features

INTERACTIVE EXAMPLE

A folder becomes an album

No uploads · just an illustration

Add a sample folder and watch its album appear. In the app, Auto Refresh picks up changes in your served media directory.

Your media directory

photos/

📁 Family/birthday.jpg

Your gallery

Family1 photo

Embedded slideshow demo

Loaded from the separately hosted demo when you press play. It may be unavailable if the demo server is offline.

Open Slideshow Fullscreen

Links & integrations

GitHub

Source code & documentation

Live demo

Browse the sample gallery

Unraid Community App

Coming soon

Home Assistant App & Card