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A fast, simple photo gallery that indexes an existing folder tree without importing or duplicating files. This page describes the Levelrail template for Photoview (Media). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://photoview.github.io/docs/. Recommended memory: about 256 MiB.

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Services, ports and volumes

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Environment variables

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

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Deploy Photoview with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Photoview. Review the Compose body and deploy. With the CLI:
See the service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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More Media templates

All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.
Last modified on October 12, 2026