A SQLite based photo archival system written in Rust and TypeScript.
The application consists of a command line application for maintaining the photo database (scanning photos, generating thumbnails) with a built-in web server that provides a (still limited) REST API for viewing the database and a frontend developed in Typescript.
The application is written in Rust 1.37 and TypeScript 3.6 (other version might also work). The following dependencies are needed for building:
- Rust 1.37
- Cargo
- TypeScript 3.6
- Browserify (for turning the JS generated by TypeScript into something that is usable in a browser)
- Inkscape (for rasterizing the favicon)
- ImageMagick (for converting png to ico)
The command line application is called photoctl. It automatically tries to detect the location of the users photo library based on platform specific mechanisms, but it can also be explicitly overriden.
The most important commands are the following:
# Scanning the library
photoctl photos scan
# Generating thumbnails (for the web frontend)
photoctl thumbnails generate
# Start a webserver, listening on http://localhost:8076 by default
photoctl browse
# Discovering more functionality and customizable options
photoctl --help
photoctl photos --help
# ...