Frequently asked questions

Where comes the hype from?

• With the enforcement of GDPR in May 2018 an increased interested in data privacy arrised.
• The retirement of Picassa left lots of users behind.
• Google announced to change its storage policy taking effect in June 2021 where users are limited to 15 GB of free space.

Why another photo management application

The list of photo and video gallery projects out there is amazing. Testing most of them ended in at least one of few complains:

• sluggish performance
• hard installation and setup
• not working with an existing folder structure
• supporting multiple TB of photos and videos
• process RAW files
• lack of control
• data privacy

Why not use or contribute to one of the big players?

• Plex is great for browsing and viewing photos, but it doesn't offer an API for 3rd party clients.
• Nextcloud can't work with RAW files nor with existing folder structures
• Ownphotos not maintained anymore
  • LibrePhotos (Ownphotos fork) lacks of extensibility