I have too much media to share with friends and family for free on the cloud. I would also like to retain control over the files.<p>I think the best way to sum up what I&#x27;m looking for is an open source version of Google Drive&#x27;s file browser that I can hook up to a hard drive and access over the web. Dropbox is also comparable.<p>Desired features (roughly descending importance): Loads thumbnails quickly, loads images on-demand as you scroll, allows larger photo previews, single file downloads, batch file downloads (as zip), video previews, light on resources (ideally will run on a small ARM computer), simple to deploy (preferably no php or web server configuration, etc), authentication, progressive jpeg.<p>I&#x27;ve tried OwnCloud, Seafile, h5ai, Expose, and Mediagoblin. Each was either difficult to deploy, didn’t include enough features, or was too slow&#x2F;would freeze.
Ask HN: Open source software to self-host 30+GB of photos and videos?