PhotoStructure

PhotoStructure is a self‑hosted digital asset manager that indexes and presents a family’s photos and videos through a web‑based gallery. It keeps the original files untouched, using a metadata inference engine to fill in missing timestamps and other information, while a de‑duplication system identifies and links related images to avoid redundant copies. The interface displays random selections from the entire collection, encouraging discovery of older or forgotten moments.

The software runs on Docker, NodeJS, or native installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux, allowing users to keep all media on their own hardware without reliance on external services. Its design emphasizes privacy, with no facial‑recognition data or location information sold to third parties, and it can be moved between machines without lock‑in.

Targeted at families or individuals who want full ownership and museum‑quality care of their media, PhotoStructure offers searchable, theme‑toggleable galleries that scale to millions of files while remaining lightweight enough to operate in the background.