PictShare

PictShare is a self-hostable hosting service for images, GIFs, MP4 videos, and text pastes. It provides a simple HTTP API for uploads and supports on-the-fly resizing and transformations by changing the URL.

Key Features

• Upload images, GIFs, MP4s, and text pastes via web UI and HTTP API (POST upload, URL fetch, and Base64 upload)
• URL-based resizing and transformations (including optional forced sizing) and image filters
• Automatic conversions such as GIF-to-MP4 and JPG/PNG to WebP when supported
• MP4 resizing and preview image generation
• EXIF metadata removal for uploaded photos to reduce accidental data leakage
• File-based storage (no database required) with duplicate detection to save disk space
• Delete codes and delete URLs for per-file removal, plus global/master delete controls
• Optional external storage support, including S3-compatible backends and encryption for external storage
• Extra utilities such as placeholder images, identicon generation, and URL shortening

Use Cases

• Private image and video hosting for teams, homelabs, or internal tools
• API-driven uploads from scripts, CI pipelines, or applications that need shareable media links
• Lightweight paste hosting for sharing logs, snippets, or text attachments

Limitations and Considerations

• Primarily file-based and URL-driven; it is not a full digital asset management system with advanced libraries/workflows
• Video and image conversions rely on system tooling (for example FFmpeg configuration) and can be resource-intensive

PictShare fits well when you need a simple, controllable media/paste endpoint with an easy API and predictable link-based transformations. Its database-less design and optional external storage make it straightforward to scale and operate.