picpeak/README.md

# 📸 PicPeak - Open Source Photo Sharing for Events

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **PicPeak has moved to its own GitHub organization.**
>
> - **Docker images** are now published at `ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/{backend,frontend}`. The old path (`ghcr.io/the-luap/picpeak/...`) is no longer served — update your `docker-compose.yml`.
> - **Branches**: active development is now on `main` (was `beta`); the curated stable channel is now `stable` (was `main`). Existing PRs and clones auto-redirect via GitHub.
>
> See **[`docs/migration-to-org.md`](docs/migration-to-org.md)** for the one-line `docker-compose.yml` edit and full details.

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**PicPeak** is a powerful, self-hosted open-source alternative to commercial photo-sharing platforms like PicDrop.com and Scrapbook.de. Designed specifically for photographers and event organizers, PicPeak makes it simple to share beautiful, time-limited photo galleries with clients while maintaining full control over your data and branding.

![PicPeak Gallery Preview](docs/screenshot-gallery.png)

## 🎮 Live Demo

Try PicPeak without installing anything:

| | |
|---|---|
| **Demo URL** | [demo.picpeak.app](https://demo.picpeak.app) |
| **Admin Panel** | [demo.picpeak.app/admin](https://demo.picpeak.app/admin) |
| **Email** | `demo@picpeak.app` |
| **Password** | `Demo2026!` |

> The demo resets periodically. Uploaded content may be removed without notice.

## 🌟 Why Choose PicPeak?

Unlike expensive SaaS solutions, PicPeak gives you:

- **💰 No Monthly Fees** - One-time setup, unlimited galleries
- **🔒 Complete Data Control** - Your photos stay on your server
- **🎨 White-Label Ready** - Full branding customization
- **📱 Mobile-First Design** - Beautiful on all devices
- **🚀 Lightning Fast** - Optimized performance and caching
- **🌍 Multi-Language** - Built-in i18n support (EN, DE)

## ✨ Key Features

### For Photographers
- 📁 **Drag & Drop Upload** - Simply drop photos into folders
- 🔗 **External Media (Reference Mode)** - Browse and import from a read‑only external folder library without copying originals
- ⏰ **Auto-Expiring Galleries** - Set expiration dates (default: 30 days)
- 🔐 **Password Protection** - Secure client galleries
- 📧 **Automated Emails** - Creation confirmations and expiration warnings
- 📊 **Analytics Dashboard** - Track views, downloads, and engagement
- 📽️ **Live Slideshow** - A separate fullscreen "Diashow" link per event for projectors at live events — auto-picks-up new uploads while it runs, with transitions, a logo watermark, and image-fit/colour options ([guide](docs/live-slideshow.md))
- 🎨 **Custom Themes** - Match your brand perfectly
- 🌐 **Public Landing Page** - Publish a curated marketing page when guests visit your root URL

### For Clients
- 🖼️ **Beautiful Galleries** - Clean, modern interface
- 📱 **Mobile Optimized** - Swipe through photos on any device
- ⬇️ **Bulk Downloads** - Download all photos with one click
- 🔍 **Smart Search** - Find photos quickly
- 📤 **Guest Uploads** - Optional client photo uploads
- 🛡️ **Download Protection** - Advanced image protection with watermarking and right-click prevention

### Technical Excellence
- 🐳 **Docker Ready** - Deploy in minutes
- 🔄 **Auto-Processing** - Automatic thumbnail generation
- 🗂️ **Reference Library Support** - Point PicPeak at `EXTERNAL_MEDIA_ROOT` to reference existing originals, index quickly, and generate thumbnails on demand
- 💾 **Smart Storage** - Automatic archiving of expired galleries
- 🛡️ **Security First** - JWT auth, rate limiting, CORS protection
- 📈 **Scalable** - From small studios to large agencies

### For Studios — CRM & Accounting (Beta · off by default)
- 📝 **Quotes → Contracts → Invoices** - One deal lineage; cancel-and-reissue (Storno) keeps issued invoices immutable
- ⏱️ **Hours Logging & Calendar** - Per-customer time tracking; admin calendar of events, logged hours, and pending quotes/contracts
- 🧾 **Inbound Supplier Invoices & Expenses** - Capture received invoices (upload/camera, rasterised server-side), categorise, and re-bill costs to clients
- 📊 **Tax Report & Accountant Export** - Period-scoped income/cost report with VAT breakdown; PDF/CSV plus a Treuhänder/Banana (Swiss/LI) journal export, scopable to income-only or cost-only
- 🌍 **VAT & Multi-currency** - Single VAT-code registry snapshotted onto each document; data-driven per-country rates
- ⚠️ **Verify locally** - Feature-flagged off by default. Seeded contracts, QR/IBAN and tax defaults are **examples only** — review your own legal **and tax** regulations first (see disclaimers below)

## 🚀 Quick Start

Get PicPeak running in under 5 minutes:

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/PicPeak/picpeak.git
cd picpeak

# Copy the environment template — the defaults work out of the box.
# Machine secrets (JWT, DB, Redis) are auto-generated on first run, and the
# admin account is created in the browser (see below). Edit .env only to
# customise (domain, SMTP, storage paths, …) — nothing is required.
cp .env.example .env

# Start with Docker Compose
docker compose up -d

# Access at http://localhost:3000
```

### First run — create your admin account

On first start with no `ADMIN_PASSWORD` set, PicPeak has **no admin account yet** and greets you with an in-browser setup screen — no credentials in `.env`:

1. Open **http://localhost:3000/admin** — you'll be redirected to `/setup`.
2. Read the **one-time setup token** from the 0600 file the backend writes it to
   (it is deliberately *not* printed to the logs — that would leave a live
   bootstrap credential in `docker logs`):
   ```bash
   docker compose exec backend cat /app/data/SETUP_TOKEN
   ```
   It is bind-mounted, so `sudo cat data/SETUP_TOKEN` on the host works too. Only
   if that file could not be written does the backend fall back to logging the
   token (`docker compose logs backend | grep -i "setup token"`).
3. Paste the token, set your admin **email + password**, and you're in. The token is single-use, and the setup screen closes permanently once an admin exists.

> Prefer the old behaviour? Set `ADMIN_PASSWORD` in `.env` and PicPeak auto-creates the admin on first boot instead (credentials written to `data/ADMIN_CREDENTIALS.txt`).

Note on Docker file permissions
- The backend container starts as root, chowns bind-mounted host directories (`./storage`, `./data`, `./logs`) to UID 1001 (`nodejs`), then drops privileges via `su-exec` before running the app. No host-side setup needed for fresh installs.
- If you pin `user:` in a compose override (e.g. to map a specific host UID), the self-chown is skipped and you must pre-chown the host directories to that UID — see [docs.picpeak.app/deployment/docker#permissions](https://docs.picpeak.app/deployment/docker#permissions).

**ARM64 (aarch64) systems:** Pre-built images include native `linux/arm64`, no platform flags or emulation needed. If you're on an older image tag that's still amd64-only, see [docker-compose.amd64.override.yml](docker-compose.amd64.override.yml) for a transitional fallback.

## 🔄 Release Channels

PicPeak offers two release channels for different needs. Stable promotions are cut from a known-good beta point every 4–6 weeks — see [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md) for the maintainer's promotion criteria and cadence policy.

### Stable Channel (Recommended)
- Production-ready releases
- Thoroughly tested before release
- Docker tags: `stable`, `latest`, or specific version like `v2.3.0`

### Beta Channel
- Early access to new features
- May contain bugs or incomplete functionality
- Docker tags: `beta` or specific version like `v2.3.0-beta.1`

### Switching Channels

Set the `PICPEAK_CHANNEL` environment variable in your `.env` file:

```bash
# For stable releases (default)
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=stable

# For beta releases
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=beta

# For a specific version
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=v2.3.0
```

Then update your containers:

```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d
```

### Update Notifications

The admin dashboard automatically notifies you when updates are available for your channel. To disable update checks, set:

```bash
UPDATE_CHECK_ENABLED=false
```

## 📖 Documentation

Full documentation lives at **[docs.picpeak.app](https://docs.picpeak.app)** — deployment, admin settings reference, API docs, webhooks, archive lifecycle, branding, and everything else. Some quick links:

- 🚀 [**Deployment**](https://docs.picpeak.app/deployment) - Docker, environment variables, reverse proxy, SSL
- ⚙️ [**Admin Settings**](https://docs.picpeak.app/guides/admin-settings) - Every tab in the Settings panel
- 🎯 [**Creating Events**](https://docs.picpeak.app/guides/creating-events) - Full event field reference
- 📽️ [**Live Slideshow**](https://docs.picpeak.app/features/live-slideshow) - Fullscreen projector view that auto-updates during live events
- 💾 [**Backup & Restore**](https://docs.picpeak.app/guides/backup-restore) - Backup configuration, restore wizard, full disaster recovery
- 🔌 [**API Reference**](https://docs.picpeak.app/api) - REST endpoints, OpenAPI spec, webhooks
- 🪝 [**Webhooks**](https://docs.picpeak.app/features/webhooks) - Event payloads, signing, filters, templates

Project meta:

- 🤝 [**Contributing**](CONTRIBUTING.md) - How to contribute
- 📜 [**License**](LICENSE) - MIT License
- 🔒 [**Security**](SECURITY.md) - Security policies
- 📋 [**Code of Conduct**](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) - Community guidelines

## 🌐 Public Landing Page

Spotlight your studio with a customizable marketing page at `/`:

- Head to **Admin → CMS Pages** to enable the public landing page toggle.
- Edit the provided HTML template (rich sections, hero, testimonials) and optional CSS overrides.
- The preview renders in a sandboxed iframe so you can iterate safely before publishing.
- PicPeak sanitizes stored HTML and CSS server-side—scripts, iframes, and unsafe attributes are stripped automatically.
- Use **Reset to default** anytime to restore the bundled template.
- The backend caches the rendered landing page for 60 seconds by default; override with `PUBLIC_SITE_CACHE_TTL_MS` if you need a different TTL.
- When the landing page is disabled PicPeak continues to serve the admin SPA/login exactly as before.

## 🎯 Use Cases

Perfect for:
- 💒 **Wedding Photographers** - Share ceremony photos securely
- 🎂 **Event Photography** - Birthday parties, corporate events
- 📸 **Portrait Studios** - Client galleries with download limits
- 🏢 **Corporate Events** - Internal photo sharing with branding
- 🎓 **School Photography** - Secure parent access with expiration
- 📽️ **Live Events** - Put a [Live Slideshow](docs/live-slideshow.md) on the venue projector that updates as you shoot

## 🏗️ Tech Stack

- **Backend**: Node.js, Express, SQLite/PostgreSQL
- **Frontend**: React, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
- **Storage**: Local filesystem (default) or S3-compatible object store (AWS S3, MinIO, R2, B2, Wasabi, Spaces) — see [Storage Backends](#storage-backends)
- **Email**: SMTP with customizable templates
- **Analytics**: Privacy-focused with Umami integration

## 💾 Storage Backends

PicPeak supports two storage backends for photos, thumbnails, hero images, watermarks, and archive zips. Both are configured via environment variables; no code change is required to switch.

| Capability | `STORAGE_BACKEND=local` (default) | `STORAGE_BACKEND=s3` |
|---|---|---|
| Photo / thumbnail / hero storage | Local filesystem under `STORAGE_PATH` | Bucket on any S3-compatible service |
| Admin UI upload | ✅ | ✅ |
| Filesystem auto-import (chokidar watcher) | ✅ | ❌ — disabled (use the upload API) |
| Watermarks, fingerprinting, fragmentation | ✅ | ✅ (materialized to a tmp file just-in-time) |
| Bulk download zips (cached + on-the-fly) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Backups | ✅ | ✅ |
| External media reference mode (`EXTERNAL_MEDIA_ROOT`) | ✅ (always local) | ✅ (still local — not migrated) |

### Switching to an S3-compatible backend

1. Provision a bucket and credentials. The minimum IAM policy is documented in `.env.example`.
2. Set `STORAGE_BACKEND=s3` plus `STORAGE_S3_BUCKET`, `STORAGE_S3_REGION`, `STORAGE_S3_ACCESS_KEY`, `STORAGE_S3_SECRET_KEY`. For non-AWS providers (MinIO, R2, B2, …) also set `STORAGE_S3_ENDPOINT`.
3. If you have existing local content, copy it first: `node backend/scripts/migrate-storage.js --dry-run` then `node backend/scripts/migrate-storage.js`. The script is idempotent and writes a failures CSV.
4. Restart the backend. The startup check pings the bucket and refuses to boot on misconfig.

Note: presigned-URL serving (zero-bandwidth direct downloads from S3) is intentionally **not** in v1 — every request still streams through the backend so watermarks, devtools-detection, and access logging keep working.

## 🔔 Webhooks

PicPeak POSTs event/photo lifecycle notifications to URLs you configure under **Settings → Webhooks**. Each delivery is signed `HMAC-SHA256` with a per-webhook secret in the `X-PicPeak-Signature` header so receivers can verify the request really came from your PicPeak instance.

### Event types

| Event | Fires when |
|---|---|
| `event.created` | Gallery created (admin or API) |
| `event.published` | Draft becomes live (`is_draft: true → false`) — also fires when an event is created with `is_draft=false` |
| `event.archived` | Bulk-archive, manual archive, or auto-archive on expiry |
| `event.expired` | Expiration checker marks the gallery inactive (fires before `event.archived` in the cascade) |
| `photo.uploaded` | Admin upload, API upload, guest upload, or auto-import |
| `photo.deleted` | Single delete, bulk delete (NOT fired per-photo when an event is archived — receivers infer from `event.archived` to avoid flooding) |

### Payload shape

```json
{
  "id": "delivery-uuid",
  "type": "event.published",
  "created_at": "2026-04-28T05:25:00.000Z",
  "data": {
    "event": { "id": 123, "slug": "wedding-smith", "share_url": "https://..." }
  }
}
```

Also sent on every request:
- `X-PicPeak-Signature` — `HMAC-SHA256(secret, raw_body)` as hex
- `X-PicPeak-Event` — the event type (handy for routing without parsing the body)
- `X-PicPeak-Delivery` — UUID for idempotency on the receiver side
- `User-Agent: PicPeak-Webhooks/1.0`

### Verifying signatures

**Node.js**
```js
const crypto = require('crypto');
function verify(secret, rawBody, signature) {
  const expected = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret).update(rawBody).digest('hex');
  const a = Buffer.from(expected, 'hex');
  const b = Buffer.from(signature, 'hex');
  if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, b);
}
```

**Python**
```python
import hmac, hashlib
def verify(secret: str, raw_body: bytes, signature: str) -> bool:
    expected = hmac.new(secret.encode(), raw_body, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
    return hmac.compare_digest(expected, signature)
```

**curl + openssl** (one-liner for a quick replay)
```sh
SIG=$(printf '%s' "$BODY" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$SECRET" | awk '{print $2}')
[ "$SIG" = "$RECEIVED_SIG" ] && echo OK || echo MISMATCH
```

### Retries + observability

- `2xx` → success, recorded with latency
- Non-`2xx` or network error → exponential backoff: `1m → 5m → 30m → 2h → 12h`, max 5 attempts
- After max attempts: status `failed`, surfaces in **Settings → Webhooks → Deliveries** with a "Replay" button
- Up to 5 deliveries in flight at once; one slow consumer can't block others (configurable via `WEBHOOK_DELIVERY_CONCURRENCY`)
- Response body truncated to 1KB before storage so chatty receivers don't bloat the audit log

The deliveries page (`/admin/webhooks/:id/deliveries`) shows every attempt with timestamp, status, HTTP code, latency, payload sent, signature, and response. Click "Send test event" to fire a synthetic delivery for any event type.

### SSRF protection

Webhook URLs are validated against the same private-IP blocklist used elsewhere in the app — loopback, private RFC1918 ranges, link-local, `.local`/`.internal` hostnames, cloud metadata endpoints. The check runs both at create time and per-delivery (DNS-rebinding mitigation).

For local development with a receiver on the same machine or docker network, set `WEBHOOK_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS=true`. Production deployments must leave this OFF.

## 💻 System Requirements

### Minimum Requirements
- **CPU**: 2 CPU cores
- **RAM**: **4 GB minimum** for a normal photo-upload workload — sharp/libvips
  decodes the full uncompressed frame before resize, and the default two
  worker loops at sharp-concurrency 2 can push peak RSS past 1.5 GB on a
  batch of 20-MP+ photos. On a 2 GB VPS that's enough to OOM-kill the
  backend mid-batch (surfaces as 503s on thumbnails — see [Low-memory
  hosts](#low-memory-hosts) below for the recipe to run on 2 GB).
- **Storage**: 20GB minimum (plus photo storage needs)
- **OS**: Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+), macOS, or Windows with WSL2
- **Node.js**: v18.0.0 or higher
- **Database**: SQLite (included) or PostgreSQL 12+

### Docker Requirements (Recommended)
- **Docker**: v20.10.0+
- **Docker Compose**: v2.0.0+

### Low-memory hosts

Running on 2 GB RAM (e.g. an entry-level VPS) is workable but requires
tuning the upload-processor concurrency down. The backend auto-detects
total RAM at startup via `os.totalmem()` — on a host that reports < 3 GB,
it defaults `UPLOAD_PROCESSOR_CONCURRENCY` to **1** instead of 2 and logs
a one-shot warning. You can pin the value explicitly in `.env`:

```env
# Single worker loop — slower batch processing, lower peak RSS
UPLOAD_PROCESSOR_CONCURRENCY=1
```

The trade-off is throughput: a single worker processes one photo at a
time, so a 100-photo batch takes ~2× as long but won't OOM. **Health-check
note**: if the backend dies under memory pressure, the gallery serves
`503 Service Unavailable` on thumbnails until Docker's
`restart: unless-stopped` brings the container back. Persistent 503s
during/after an upload batch on a low-memory host are almost always this.

### Video Support Requirements
When enabling video uploads, consider these additional resources:

| Resource | Recommendation | Notes |
|----------|----------------|-------|
| **RAM** | 4GB+ recommended | FFmpeg processing requires more memory |
| **Storage** | Plan for 10-100x more | Videos are significantly larger than images |
| **CPU** | Additional cores help | Video thumbnail extraction is CPU-intensive |
| **Bandwidth** | Higher throughput | Video streaming requires more bandwidth |

**Technical Notes:**
- FFmpeg is bundled via npm (`@ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg`) - no system installation required
- Maximum upload size: **10GB per video file**
- Chunked upload support for files >100MB (resumable uploads)
- Supported formats: MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI
- Video thumbnails are automatically generated from the first few seconds

**For Nginx/Reverse Proxy:**
If using Nginx, increase the client max body size:
```nginx
client_max_body_size 10G;
proxy_read_timeout 3600;
proxy_send_timeout 3600;
```

## 🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! PicPeak is built by photographers, for photographers. Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, your help is welcome.

See our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

## 📊 Comparison with Alternatives

| Feature | PicPeak | PicDrop | Scrapbook.de | Pixieset |
|---------|---------|---------|--------------|----------|
| Self-Hosted | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Custom Branding | ✅ Full | Limited | Limited | ✅ (paid) |
| Monthly Cost | $0* | $29-199 | €19-99 | ~$60 |
| Storage Limit | Unlimited** | 50-500GB | 100-1000GB | 3GB–Unlimited*** |
| Client Uploads | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Limited |
| API Access | ✅ | Paid | ❌ | ❌ |
| Open Source | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Customer Accounts | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Quotes / Contracts / Invoices | 🧪 Beta | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Incoming Invoices & Accounting | 🧪 Beta | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |

*You still bring your own server (own hardware or a VPS) and, if you want one, a domain.
**Limited only by your server storage.
***Pixieset's "unlimited" is photos only; video is capped by plan (roughly 0–10 h depending on tier).
🧪 Beta = built but feature-flagged off by default (see [Beta Features](#-beta-features-use-at-your-own-risk)).

## 🛡️ Security

PicPeak takes security seriously:
- 🔐 Password hashing with bcrypt
- 🎫 JWT-based authentication
- 🚦 Rate limiting on all endpoints
- 🛡️ CORS protection
- 📝 Activity logging
- 🔒 Secure file access

Found a security issue? Please open a [security issue](https://github.com/PicPeak/picpeak/issues/new?labels=security) on GitHub

## 📸 Screenshots

### 🎛️ **Admin Dashboard**
Get a complete overview of your photo galleries, analytics, and system status.

<img src="docs/screenshot-dashboard.png" alt="PicPeak Admin Dashboard" width="800" />

### 📊 **Analytics & Insights**
Track gallery performance, view statistics, and monitor user engagement.

<img src="docs/screenshot-analytics.png" alt="PicPeak Analytics Dashboard" width="800" />

### 📁 **Event Management**
Organize and manage your photo galleries with intuitive event management tools.

<img src="docs/screenshots-events.png" alt="PicPeak Events Management" width="800" />

### ✨ **Key Interface Highlights**

<details>
<summary>👆 Click to see more interface details</summary>

#### What makes PicPeak's interface special:

- **🎨 Clean Design**: Modern, photographer-friendly interface
- **📱 Responsive**: Perfect on desktop, tablet, and mobile
- **⚡ Fast Loading**: Optimized for quick photo browsing
- **🔒 Secure Access**: Password-protected galleries with expiration
- **📤 Easy Uploads**: Drag & drop functionality for effortless photo management
- **🎯 Client-Focused**: Intuitive gallery experience for your clients

</details>

## 🗺️ Roadmap

We're constantly improving PicPeak and welcome contributions from our community! If you have ideas for new features or want to help implement existing ones, please open an issue or submit a pull request. Your contributions help make PicPeak better for everyone.

### 🚧 Beta Features (Use at your own risk)

These features are currently in beta testing and may have limited functionality or stability:

| Feature | Description | Status |
|---------|-------------|--------|
| **CRM & Accounting Module** | Quotes, contracts, invoices (+ Storno), hours logging, calendar, and tax report — plus inbound supplier-invoice capture, internal expenses, and a Treuhänder/Banana (Swiss/LI) accountant-journal export. Feature-flagged off by default. Seeded contract blocks, payment terms, IBAN / QR-bill and tax defaults are **examples only** and need legal / financial / **tax** review before customer-facing use. See [docs.picpeak.app/features/crm](https://docs.picpeak.app/features/crm). | 🧪 Beta |
| **Simple Deployment Script** | One-click deployment script for quick server setup with automated configuration and dependency installation | 🧪 Beta |

### 📋 Future Enhancements

| Feature | Description | Priority | Status |
|---------|-------------|----------|---------|
| **Backup & Restore** | Comprehensive backup system with S3/MinIO support, automated scheduling, and safe restore functionality | High | ✅ Implemented |
| **External Media Library (Reference Mode)** | Use an external folder library as a read‑only source with import and on‑demand thumbnail generation | High | ✅ Implemented |
| **Download Protection** | Advanced image protection system with canvas rendering, invisible watermarking, right-click prevention, and DevTools detection to protect photos from unauthorized downloads | High | ✅ Implemented |
| **Gallery Templates** | Multiple gallery layouts (grid, masonry, carousel, timeline, hero, mosaic) with custom CSS styling support. Includes starter templates like Apple Liquid Glass for complete visual customization | Medium | ✅ Implemented |
| **Face Recognition** | AI-powered face detection to help guests find their photos and create automatic person-based albums | Low | 🔄 Open |
| **Gallery Feedback** | Allow guests to like, rate, and comment on photos with admin notifications and moderation | Medium | ✅ Implemented |
| **Video Support** | Upload and display videos alongside photos in galleries with streaming support | Low | ✅ Implemented |
| **Multiple Administrators** | Support for multiple admin accounts with role-based permissions and activity tracking | Low | ✅ Implemented |
| **Filtering & Export Options** | Filter photos by likes, ratings, comments, or favorites. Search by filename. Sort by date, name, size, or rating. Export filtered selections as ZIP or generate Capture One/Lightroom-compatible file lists for professional workflows | Medium | ✅ Implemented |

**Status Legend:** ✅ Implemented | 🚧 In Progress | 🔄 Open | 📋 Planned

## ☕ Support the Project

PicPeak is free, open source, and self-hostable forever. If it saves you time or replaces a paid subscription, consider buying me a coffee — it directly funds the time spent on new features, bug fixes, and keeping the demo + docs running.

<p align="left">
  <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/theluap" target="_blank">
    <img src="https://img.buymeacoffee.com/button-api/?text=Buy%20me%20a%20coffee&emoji=☕&slug=theluap&button_colour=FFDD00&font_colour=000000&font_family=Cookie&outline_colour=000000&coffee_colour=ffffff" alt="Buy Me A Coffee" />
  </a>
</p>

Other ways to support without spending anything: ⭐ star the repo, share it with photographer friends, file good bug reports, or open a PR.

## 🙏 Acknowledgments

PicPeak is inspired by the best features of commercial platforms while remaining completely open source. Special thanks to all contributors who make this project possible.

### 👥 Contributors

A huge thank you to the people whose code, reports, and feedback have shaped PicPeak:

- [**@the-luap**](https://github.com/the-luap) — creator and lead maintainer. Started the project and built PicPeak's foundation and the entire gallery experience (events, galleries, uploads, sharing, download protection, templates), plus backup & restore, analytics, system health, branding/theming, and WhatsApp notifications — and the architecture every later feature builds on.
- [**@Luca-Timo**](https://github.com/Luca-Timo) — native Apple Silicon multi-arch images, external-URL toggle for legal CMS pages, the lazy-loaded folder tree picker, the admin-email picker on event creation, the data-driven self-hosted webfont system, the gallery header/banner decoupling, several typed-API refactors, and the CRM + accounting suite (quotes/contracts/invoices, hours logging, calendar, tax report, inbound supplier-invoice capture, expenses, and the Treuhänder/Banana export). Consistently raises the bar with thoughtful PRs.
- [**@Rekoo-PS**](https://github.com/Rekoo-PS) — sharp-eyed bug reporter and product feedback. Filed the issues that drove the login-loop fix, the gallery-loading skeleton work, the redirection cleanup, the mobile-lightbox overhaul, the admin-events search-counter fix, the photo-count column, and the bulk-delete workflow. Also a [BuyMeACoffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/theluap) supporter — the kind of feedback loop that keeps the project useful for real deployments.

If you've contributed and aren't listed here, please open a PR — this list is meant to grow.

### 🤖 AI-Assisted Development

This project was generated with the assistance of AI technology, but has been:
- ✅ **Fully tested end-to-end** by human developers
- 🔒 **Security audited** with comprehensive security checks
- 👨‍💻 **Human-reviewed** for code quality and best practices
- 🧪 **Production-tested** in real-world scenarios

We believe in transparent development practices and the responsible use of AI as a tool to accelerate development while maintaining high standards of quality and security.

## ⚠️ CRM & Accounting disclaimers — examples only, verify locally

The CRM & accounting modules (contracts, invoices, QR-bills, the tax
report and the accountant exports) ship seeded content and computed
figures that are intended as a **starting point only**:

- **Contract blocks** (image rights, NDA, model release, cancellation,
  jurisdiction, …) are written by the maintainer, **not by a lawyer**.
  Every operator must have their lawyer review and adapt them before
  sending any contract to a customer.
- **QR-bills and SEPA EPC payloads** are rendered from the data you
  typed. Picpeak is open source — please scan a test invoice with your
  bank's app to check the QR actually works. We are not responsible for
  any mistakes that come from sending an invoice with bad data on it.
- **Tax, VAT & accounting figures** (the tax report, VAT-payable, the
  per-rate breakdown, the Treuhänder / Banana export, etc.) are computed
  from the data you enter and the defaults you configure. They are
  **guidance only and jurisdiction-specific** — tax rules, VAT rates,
  deduction schemes (e.g. the Liechtenstein 20 % Gewinnungskosten flat
  rate) and filing duties differ by country and change over time. **Every
  operator must check their own tax / VAT regulations and verify the
  numbers with their accountant / Treuhänder / tax authority before
  relying on any figure or export.** Picpeak makes no warranty that the
  output is correct for your jurisdiction or situation.

Read [`docs/crm-disclaimers.md`](docs/crm-disclaimers.md) before
enabling the Contracts, Invoices or Accounting features.

## 📄 License

PicPeak is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). Use it freely for personal or commercial projects.

## 🚀 Ready to Get Started?

1. ⭐ **Star this repository** to show your support
2. 📖 Read the [docs at docs.picpeak.app](https://docs.picpeak.app)
3. 🐛 Report issues or request features
4. 🤝 Join our community and contribute!

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