Your storage, your starting point.
Your photographs may already be neatly stored on a NAS—or scattered across several drives. My Local Photos is designed to help you work with the collection you have, without making a cloud upload the first step.
Embedded Files
Local folders and attached drives
Local folders and attached drives
Choose selected image folders on storage available to the application host. Keep the structure you already understand while adding a more convenient gallery and discovery layer.
NAS and network locations
NAS and network locations
Home NAS devices and shared folders commonly expose standard network file-sharing protocols. Compatibility depends on the NAS configuration, the protocol actually supported by the product release, network connectivity, and permissions. A verified compatibility list will be provided with the public release.
Example home setup
Example home setup
Photo storage: NAS or external drive → Application host: Mini PC, Raspberry Pi, or home server → Access: Browser on a device on the home network.
This arrangement lets the storage device remain the place where your collection lives while the application host performs library tasks.
Supported host platforms
Supported host platforms
My Local Photos 2.10.0 runs on 64-bit Linux and is built for two processor architectures.
AMD64 (x86-64)
AMD64 (x86-64)
For computers with Intel or AMD processors, such as Mini PCs, desktop PCs, and home servers.
Package: myhomephotos-2.10.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
ARM64 (AArch64)
ARM64 (AArch64)
For ARM-based computers such as the Raspberry Pi and other ARM single-board computers. Requires a 64-bit operating system, for example 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS.
Package: myhomephotos-2.10.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz
Not sure which one you need? On your host, run uname -m: x86_64 means AMD64, and aarch64 means ARM64. Downloads for both architectures are available soon.
Before you connect a large library
Before you connect a large library
Check that your host can read the source folders and stays connected to your NAS or external drive.
Protect your original photo files with an independent backup before major changes to your setup.
Give the application only the permissions it needs; read-only access to original photo folders is preferable wherever supported.
Make room for application data such as previews, database records, and search indexes.
Test a smaller folder first, then expand to your full collection.
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