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TECH Early signal · dormantEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Self Hosted Photo Organizer

1
builder post asking
latest ask seen 3mo ago
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1
person asking
across 1 platform
who →
12
rivals shipping · web scan
how verified →

In their words

"I'm looking for a self-hosted tool like Pinterest/Eagle" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Immish — "having to switch between library add friction" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Stash — "the NSFW focus with performers, scene, gallery tags is not what I want" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Pinry — "no longer updated, no folder" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Karakeep — "no video" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

works with existing local filesphotos and videos togetherno need to reorganize foldersgeographic browsingdesigned for large media librariesquick photo and video previews

Competitor pricing

Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
Pricing collected · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-08-24
🔵 5 open-source attempts, none above ⭐25 — no winner yet · verify ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
68 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
17d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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What the numbers suggest

Insufficient evidence to score — single-signal gap. We don't grade what we can't verify; the two facts below are all we know.
12 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
1 builder post asking (fact bar) see posttoo early to call it demand — watch, don't build yet.

Signal history

10 tracked posts (1 ask · 9 product/news) first post Apr 2026 0 in the last 30 days
2026-04-29 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-06-16 · +2 posts · 3 on record2026-07-02 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-07-06 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-07-10 · +1 post · 6 on record2026-07-16 · +1 post · 7 on record2026-07-20 · +2 posts · 9 on record2026-08-10 · +1 post · 10 on record 10 0 Apr 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

4 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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