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* fix(gallery): route single-photo downloads through the storage backend The route resolved a local filesystem path unconditionally and handed it to res.sendFile. On an S3/R2 deployment managed photos are never on local disk, so every per-photo download failed — while download-all and secure-images worked, because they already went through getStorage(). That asymmetry is why it went unnoticed: the gallery looks healthy until a guest clicks the download button on one photo. Measured rather than assumed: because sendFile is called WITH a callback, Express does not send a response when the file is missing and the callback only logs. The request does not 404, it hangs until the client gives up. The new tests pin this — all five backend-path cases time out against the previous implementation. Two existing pieces do the work, so this mostly deletes code: - renderPhotoForDownload (#858) already owns resize-then-watermark ordering and the storage fetch, and the zip builders in this same file already use it. The inline duplicate of that logic goes. - the pass-through case branches on storage.kind(). Local disk keeps res.sendFile: it emits Content-Length, Accept-Ranges, ETag and Last-Modified and answers Range with a 206, and sharing one bare stream.pipe(res) with S3 would silently drop all of it — a resumed download would append a second full body onto the partial file. On S3 the parts that matter for a download are reproduced via stat() and getRange(). Ranges are parsed defensively; an unchecked parse yields NaN bounds and a 206 with a nonsense Content-Range, which corrupts a resumed download rather than failing it. Malformed or unsatisfiable ranges fall back to a 200. The pre-stream 404s now run before any image header is staged, so the error goes out as JSON instead of a .jpg attachment containing JSON. Co-authored-by: peipeimo <peipeimo@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(gallery): open the stream before staging download headers, honour If-Range Both from an external review round on this PR. stat() succeeding does not mean get() will — a concurrent delete or replace, or a transient backend error, lands between them. The fetch was awaited AFTER the headers went out, so: - the range branch had already called writeHead(206), leaving the outer catch nothing to do but throw ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT. In practice the request hangs: the new regression test sat for the full 120s jest timeout against the previous code instead of returning. - the full branch would have sent its 500 JSON underneath the staged image/jpeg attachment headers — a .jpg file full of JSON, which is the exact failure this PR set out to stop doing on the 404 paths. Opening the stream first also lets a vanished object answer 404 and a transient failure answer 500, instead of both surfacing as a broken body. If-Range: emitting Last-Modified without honouring the validator built from it is the dangerous half of the feature. A client resuming after the object was replaced — the watcher re-importing a swapped file, an admin re-upload — would get 206 from the NEW bytes and splice two versions into one corrupt file. A validator that does not match now falls back to a full 200. 4 new tests; 3 of them fail against the previous commit, the fourth is the matching-validator control that must keep returning 206. * fix(gallery): HEAD without egress, classify render failures, stage 206 headers Round-2 findings from the external reviewer. Express routes HEAD through this GET handler and Node discards the body, but the pipe still drains the whole object out of S3 first — a metadata probe from a download manager cost a full transfer in egress and latency. Everything a HEAD needs is already in stat(). renderPhotoForDownload rejections were all reported as 404. It can equally fail because getToFile timed out, tmp filled up, or sharp died; calling that "photo not found" misleads the guest and hides the incident from us. Now classified the same way the pass-through branch already does. The 206 path uses status()+set() instead of writeHead(). writeHead commits the response immediately, so a stream that resolved and then errored before its first chunk left pipeStreamToResponse able only to destroy the connection. Staged headers flush on the first body write, so an error at byte zero now returns a clean retryable status with keep-alive intact. Credit to the reviewer for the correction — I had assumed deferring the commit required buffering. Writing the test for that surfaced one more: pipeStreamToResponse cleared Content-Type, Content-Length, ETag and Content-Disposition but not the range headers, so the 500 went out still advertising Content-Range: bytes 0-9/40 — telling a resuming client the error body IS the partial content. Not taken: binding response metadata to a fetched object version. That needs an ETag/versionId on the storage abstraction and conditional GETs in both adapters; the reviewer agreed it belongs in its own PR rather than blocking this one. Backend suites: 485 passed. * fix(gallery): answer HEAD before the counters and the render Round-3 finding. The HEAD short-circuit was inside the storage branch, which sits below both the download_count increment / access_logs insert and renderPhotoForDownload — so a download manager's metadata probe was recorded as a real download, and on a watermarked or resized gallery it also pulled the original from S3 and ran sharp over it to build a body Node then throws away. HEAD now leaves the handler right after the access checks, with no side effects and no bytes read. Content-Length is included only when the photo ships untransformed and the size is readable from stat(); a watermark or resize changes the length and the only way to learn the new one is to do the work this branch exists to avoid. HEAD may omit it. Not taken, again: binding the read to the statted object version. The reviewer already agreed in a follow-up that it needs an ETag/versionId on the storage abstraction plus conditional GETs in both adapters, and belongs in its own PR. Re-raising it does not change that. Tests assert the probe moves neither download_count nor access_logs. --------- Co-authored-by: Paul Nothaft <paul@MacStudio-von-Paul.local> Co-authored-by: peipeimo <peipeimo@users.noreply.github.com>
📸 PicPeak
Open-source, self-hosted photo sharing for events.
PicPeak is a powerful, self-hosted open-source alternative to commercial photo-sharing platforms like PicDrop.com and Scrapbook.de. Built for photographers and event organizers, it makes it simple to share beautiful, time-limited photo galleries with clients while keeping full control over your data and branding.
Important
PicPeak has moved to its own GitHub organization. Docker images are now at
ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/{backend,frontend,aio,ml}(and on Docker Hub aspicpeak/{backend,frontend,aio,ml}) and active development is onmain. The oldghcr.io/the-luap/...path still responds but its tags are frozen at 2026-05-27 — if updates never arrive, check your image path first. Seedocs/migration-to-org.mdfor the one-linedocker-compose.ymledit.
Contents
- Live Demo
- Quick Start
- Why PicPeak?
- Features
- Documentation
- Comparison
- Tech Stack
- Contributing & Support
- License
🎮 Live Demo
Try PicPeak without installing anything — demo.picpeak.app · admin panel
| Password | |
|---|---|
demo@picpeak.app |
Demo2026! |
The demo resets periodically. Uploaded content may be removed without notice.
🚀 Quick Start
Get PicPeak running in under 5 minutes:
# 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. 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
On first start, open http://localhost:3000/admin and follow the in-browser setup to create your admin account. Full details — the one-time setup token, Docker file permissions, and ARM64 notes — are in First-run setup.
Updating / release channels: set
PICPEAK_CHANNEL(stabledefault, orbeta) in.env, thendocker compose pull && docker compose up -d. See RELEASING.md for the promotion cadence.
Or: one container, no compose file
For a home server, a NAS, or a single small studio, the all-in-one image runs the whole app as one process with SQLite — no compose file, no separate database, no reverse proxy to wire up:
docker run -d --name picpeak -p 3000:3000 \
-v picpeak:/data \
ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/aio:main
No environment variables to set — the JWT secret is generated on first start and kept on the volume.
Then open http://localhost:3000/admin and read the setup token with docker exec picpeak cat /data/db/SETUP_TOKEN, or open db/SETUP_TOKEN on the volume with any file manager if the host has no shell.
:main is the active-development tag, and today it is the only one the all-in-one image has — Dockerfile.aio landed after the current stable release, so :stable and :latest first appear for this image once the aio build reaches the stable branch. Switch to :stable then, or pin a published version tag if you would rather not track main.
The compose stack above is still the right choice for anything busier — SQLite takes one writer at a time, and Postgres is what scales. You can move to it later without reinstalling: take a .picpeak backup and restore it into the full stack. See Single-container install for the volume layout, the external-Postgres variant, TLS, and the limits.
Docker images
| GHCR | Docker Hub | |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/backend |
picpeak/backend |
| Frontend | ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/frontend |
picpeak/frontend |
| All-in-one | ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/aio |
picpeak/aio |
| ML sidecar (optional) | ghcr.io/picpeak/picpeak/ml |
picpeak/ml |
Both registries get the same digests and the same tags — stable/latest, a pinned x.y.z, and beta/main for the active development channel — for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. Keep every image in one install on the same tag.
🌟 Why 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
- 🌍 Multi-Language — built-in i18n (EN, DE)
✨ Features
For photographers — drag & drop upload, auto-expiring & password-protected galleries, automated emails, an analytics dashboard, custom themes, a public landing page, and a Live Slideshow projector view that auto-picks-up new uploads during live events.
For clients — clean mobile-optimized galleries, one-click bulk downloads, smart search, People in this gallery face grouping (opt-in per gallery, needs the optional ML sidecar), optional guest uploads, and download protection (watermarking + right-click prevention).
Technical — Docker-ready, automatic thumbnail generation, external media reference mode, smart archiving of expired galleries, S3-compatible storage backends, webhooks, and security-first defaults (JWT, rate limiting, CORS).
🧾 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
- 🌍 VAT & Multi-currency — single VAT-code registry snapshotted onto each document
Warning
CRM & Accounting — examples only, verify locally. Feature-flagged off by default. Seeded contract blocks are written by the maintainer, not a lawyer; QR-bills/SEPA payloads and every tax, VAT and Treuhänder/Banana figure are computed from your input and defaults and are jurisdiction-specific guidance only. Have your lawyer review contracts, scan a test QR with your bank's app, and verify all numbers with your accountant / Treuhänder / tax authority before customer-facing use. Read the CRM disclaimers first.
📖 Documentation
Full documentation lives at docs.picpeak.app — deployment, admin settings, API, branding, and more.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| 🚀 Deployment (Docker, env, reverse proxy, SSL) | docs.picpeak.app/deployment |
📦 Single-container install (one docker run, SQLite) |
docs.picpeak.app/deployment/single-container |
| ⚙️ Admin settings reference | docs.picpeak.app/guides/admin-settings |
| 🎯 Creating events | docs.picpeak.app/guides/creating-events |
| 📽️ Live Slideshow | docs.picpeak.app/features/live-slideshow |
| 🙂 People in galleries (face grouping) | docs.picpeak.app/features/face-recognition |
| 💾 Backup & Restore | docs.picpeak.app/guides/backup-restore |
| 🔌 API reference | docs.picpeak.app/api |
| 🪝 Webhooks | docs.picpeak.app/features/webhooks |
| 💾 Storage backends (local / S3) | docs.picpeak.app/features/storage-backends |
| 💻 System requirements & tuning | docs.picpeak.app/deployment/system-requirements |
| 🧾 CRM & Accounting | docs.picpeak.app/features/crm · disclaimers |
| 🗺️ Roadmap | GitHub Issues |
Project meta: Contributing · License · Security · Code of Conduct
📊 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 bring your own server and, optionally, a domain. **Limited only by your server storage. ***Pixieset's "unlimited" is photos only; video is capped by plan. 🧪 Beta = built but feature-flagged off by default.
🏗️ 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
- Email: SMTP with customizable templates
- Analytics: Privacy-focused with Umami integration
- External media: point PicPeak at
EXTERNAL_MEDIA_ROOTto reference existing originals read-only, index quickly, and generate thumbnails on demand
📸 Screenshots
Click to see the admin dashboard, analytics, and event management
🎛️ Admin Dashboard
📊 Analytics & Insights
📁 Event Management
🤝 Contributing
We love contributions! PicPeak is built by photographers, for photographers — whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving docs. See the Contributing Guide to get started.
Found a security issue? Please open a security issue. See SECURITY.md for the policy.
☕ 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 new features, bug fixes, and keeping the demo + docs running. You can also ⭐ star the repo, share it, file good bug reports, or open a PR.
🙏 Acknowledgments
PicPeak is inspired by the best features of commercial platforms while remaining completely open source. It's developed with AI assistance, but human-tested end-to-end, security-audited, and human-reviewed for quality.
👥 Contributors
A huge thank you to the people whose code, reports, and feedback have shaped PicPeak:
@the-luap — creator and lead maintainer
- Gallery foundation (events, uploads, sharing, download protection, templates)
- Backup & restore, analytics, branding/theming
- The architecture every later feature builds on
- Native Apple Silicon multi-arch images
- CRM & accounting suite (quotes/contracts/invoices)
- Hours logging & Treuhänder/Banana tax export
- Gallery header/banner decoupling
@Rekoo-PS — bug reports & product feedback
- Login-loop fix, mobile-lightbox overhaul, bulk-delete workflow
- Also a BuyMeACoffee supporter
If you've contributed and aren't listed here, please open a PR — this list is meant to grow.
📄 License
PicPeak is released under the MIT License. Use it freely for personal or commercial projects.
Made with ❤️ by photographers, for photographers
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