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Albm is a self-hosted photography portfolio and client proofing app. Public site, private client galleries, downloads, event tools, and passkey admin — one Next.js app on SQLite and local files. No external services required.

Who this is for

You are…	Start here
A photographer who wants to self-host	Quick Start → Configuration → Deployment
Sharing proofs with clients	Client Galleries · Features
Pushing from Lightroom / Capture One	Publish API
Scripting against your own instance	Interactive API reference at /docs/api on your instance
Contributing code	Development
Hardening a live box	Security · FAQ

Contents

• Screenshots — public site, client proofing, admin
• Quick Start — Docker in a few minutes
• Configuration — env vars and DATA_DIR layout
• Features — what Albm can do (many options off by default)
• Client Galleries — private proofing workflows
• Publish API — upload tokens for Lightroom / Capture One
• /docs/api on your own instance — interactive reference + machine-readable spec (/openapi.yaml) for every route, not just Publish
• Deployment — updates, health checks, bare metal
• Development — local setup, tests, stack
• Security — threat model and operator checklist
• FAQ — common questions

Links

• GitHub repository
• Releases
• SECURITY.md
• docs/EXPORT.md (publish API source)
• Container: ghcr.io/kristian-buriasco/albm

Albm is maintained by Kristian Buriasco — sport and event photographer based in Leuven, Belgium.