Picturesque Online Photo Management Platform

Picturesque is a self-hosted online photo management and distribution platform for communities and organizations. It features unique upload and download workflows that help nonprofit organizations manage picture donations and usage requests.

Features

• Archive
  • Upload original files instead of downsized versions and have your originals available for download anytime from anywhere.
• Browse
  • Browse pictures in endless scrolling views, by categories and tags.
• Galleries
  • Group pictures into galleries.
• Categories & Tags
  • Sort pictures into managed categories and add any tags.
• Favorites
  • Users can collect and share their favorite pictures.
• Search
  • Integrated Lucene search engine to search for titles, descriptions, categories, tags, and EXIF data. Elasticsearch optional.
• Upload
  • Upload multiple images in parallel through an elaborate upload form, add metadata while upload is in progress.
  • Autosave makes sure that you never lose unsubmitted data, and upload sessions can even be continued on different devices.
• Modern Design
  • Modern and polished design for a great user experience, and a responsive layout that works on any screen size from mobile phones to workstations.
  • Built on state-of-the-art web frontend technologies, easily themeable by web designers.
  • Supports localization in different languages.
• Short & Clean URLs
  • All pages are available though short and clean URLs that can be easily shared.
• Sharing & Embedding
  • Share pictures and galleries on Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms.
  • Open Graph support ensures that links are nicely rendered everywhere.
  • Embed content in 3rd party sites with oEmbed discovery.
• Private Pictures & Galleries
  • Private pictures and galleries are only visible to the owner.
  • Share them with 3rd parties through secret unguessable URLS.
• Image Processing & Analysis
  • Optimized image processing with GD, ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, and VIPS.
  • Color analysis of images with automatic tagging (“magic tags”). Sort, filter, and search images by colors.
  • Advanced image analysis can be optionally integrated.
  • EXIF support: View camera and lens make and model, and camera settings that a picture was taken with.
  • Supports huge pictures up to hundreds of megapixels in size.
• Multi-user with role-based rights management
• Flexible Storage
  • Store images locally or externally on Amazon S3 (or compatible providers).
  • Smart caching of various picture and thumbnail sizes for fast response times.
• Auditing & Notifications
  • Users and administrators receive email notifications on important events.
  • Track changes in the system to see who changed what and when.
• Configurable download formats
  • Provides downloads in various formats, sizes, and qualities, with optional embedded copyright information.
• Image Request Management
  • Workflows to handle acceptance or rejection of picture requests.
  • Limit download access by request count and time, or allow flat access to the whole library.
  • Track downloads to determine usage of images.
  • Optional integration with payment gateways to sell pictures with PayPal and Stripe.
• Watermarking & embedded copyright info
  • Prevent illicit use of preview pictures.
• Static Pages
  • Integrate static pages (e.g. FAQs, terms) written in HTML or Markdown.
• Wide Platform Support
  • Runs on any server, bare metal or containerized in any cloud (even on shared hosting).
  • Frontend optimized for all browsers (Internet Explorer 9+, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Edge).
• REST API
  • Integrate into 3rd party apps and workflows via HTTP REST API.

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