photoview VS photoprism-mobile

Most lightweight one I've found so far: https://photoview.github.io/

I looked at a bunch of these 2 years ago and ended up using PhotoView for a private gallery. It had the right mix of simplicity and features, and I was actually able to get it running.

https://github.com/photoview/photoview

Take a look at Photoview: https://photoview.github.io/ . I think that it will fit all your needs (or at least, most all of them)

I use Photoview with Nextcloud, because I like its UI more than Nextcloud.

I can suggest 3 options. * Photoview - It is like a gallery with recursive folder structure (folders inside folders) support. You can create shareable links for the folders, with password protection. The UI is great. And your clients will be able to download the complete folder, also individual images at either full resolution or reduced. The issue is you cannot use the UI to add or delete photos, but it can be a great thing for security and stability. * Chevereto - It is more like imgur. You upload all the files using the UI and create albums and their sharable links. I do not think if it supports videos at all. * Nextcloud - Another great option if you want to give your clients a Google Drive or a Dropbox like experience. You can create custom links, like example .com/client-name, which can look more professional. For better videos experience you'll need hardware acceleration.

I have tried A LOT of solutions and I finally stopped after using Nextcloud and Photoview. I synchronise files from my computer to Nextcloud using rclone and view them on Photoview whenever I need. You can sync to you nextcloud using their official app on phone. I use Photoview because I have not found a single self-hosted solution that keeps the folder structure and lets me view them as both, in folder structures as well as in a chronological timeline.

Bl4ckB1s3ct0r gave the right answer - Photoprism and Immich can be considered as open-source alternatives of Google Photos. Another one is Photoview.

PhotoView

The maintainers are only taking responsibility for the PWA, but there is a mobile app out there which depends on the backend code waiting for review in https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pull/995 . You can use the temporarily forked version of photoprism with the necessary backend API changes and use the mobile app just fine.

So, from what I can find during my 2am browse because my son woke up, I think photoprism is what I'm looking for. There's also a community built app here

PhotoPrism (version 2): Mobile App for PhotoPrism

i've been playing with photoprism (seems to meet all your requirements) in docker for a while. as i've seen your comment i searched for a mobile app, apparently there is one: https://github.com/thielepaul/photoprism-mobile i'll probably try it at some point.

You may want to clarify what having an app means. There is a native app for photoprism, for both Android and iOS. It's just not "official". The table implies there's none at all.

I want to host photoprism on a computer in my house, and be able to access the files on my phone via the photoprism flutter app here. do i need to setup a reverse proxy like the warning states, or can i use it for my purposes without having it transmit my files in plain readable form?

The native app is community maintained. Feel free to open an issue here: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism-mobile/issues

If you want to view photoprism in mobile, the browser does an okay job, but if you want a dedicated app for it, the mobile app curently seems to be incompatible with the latest version of photoprism.

You also might be interested in trying the community maintained app: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism-mobile

The more you know! https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism-mobile