A self-hosted photography portfolio powered by Immich. Turns your Immich albums into a beautiful, public-facing gallery — without ever exposing your Immich server to the internet.

Immich Folio acts as a secure reverse proxy between your visitors and your private Immich instance. Your Immich server stays on your local network, completely invisible to the outside world.

Features

Portfolio-style navigation — horizontal nav bar with all your collections
Split hero homepage — configurable hero image with navigation links
Subpage grouping — organize albums under named collections (e.g. /japan/tokyo-2023)
Masonry photo grid — responsive layout with lightbox viewer
EXIF metadata — camera, lens, and settings displayed on demand
Aggressive caching — configurable TTL for fast repeat loads

Security

Immich Folio adds a full security layer between the public internet and your Immich instance:

Concern	Protection
Server exposure	Immich URL and port are never sent to the browser — all requests are proxied server-side
API key	Stored only in `.env.local`, never included in client-side code or responses
Asset IDs	Immich UUIDs are encrypted (AES-256) into opaque tokens — visitors cannot guess or enumerate asset IDs
Album scope	Only albums explicitly listed in `LIGHTBOX_ALBUMS` are accessible — everything else is blocked
No direct access	Visitors interact only with the Next.js app; they have zero knowledge of your Immich server's existence

Quick Start

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USER/immich-lightbox.git
cd immich-lightbox
npm install

# Configure
cp .env.local.example .env.local
# Edit .env.local with your Immich server details

# Run
npm run dev

Configuration

All configuration is done via environment variables in .env.local:

# Required
IMMICH_API_URL=http://your-immich-server:2283
IMMICH_API_KEY=your-api-key

# Albums to publish (comma-separated UUIDs, optional labels)
LIGHTBOX_ALBUMS=Wedding:uuid-1, Vacation:uuid-2

# Group albums into subpages (one per line, wrap in quotes)
LIGHTBOX_SUBPAGES="
Japan > uuid-tokyo, uuid-kyoto
Italy > uuid-rome, uuid-florence
"

# Optional
SITE_TITLE=My Portfolio
SITE_SUBTITLE=Photography
HERO_IMAGE=asset-uuid-for-homepage
CACHE_TTL=300

Tech Stack

Next.js 16 (App Router)
React 19
TypeScript
Vanilla CSS (no framework)

Docker

docker build -t immich-lightbox .
docker run -p 3000:3000 --env-file .env.local immich-lightbox

README.md

Immich Folio