Photohaul

Effortless photo management.

• Reorganize 10K+ photos (30 GB) in under 10 seconds!
• Migrate photos locally and to the cloud

Say goodbye to photo clutter - 👋 + 🚀

Motivation

As an avid photographer, I use Adobe Lightroom to organize my edited SLR photos with custom file names and folder structures. This has worked well for me since 2015, when I started getting serious about photography.

I want to apply those same patterns to old photos, so that it is easier for me to access my precious memories. Unfortunately, Lightroom settings cannot apply to photos after they are exported. And writing bespoke scripts to manage these photos is no fun!

If I also want to migrate my photos over to a NAS or a cloud provider like Google Drive, it typically involves many drag + drop operations. After a few dozen times, I get tired of doing it again and again.

Value

Photohaul addresses the pain points above by providing a central hub for photographers to filter, organize, and migrate photos to local storage or cloud services. The folder structure for photos can be based on info such as year taken and camera make.

Getting started

Prerequisites:

• Java 17+ installed on your system
• Gradle 8+ installed on your system
• Basic understanding of command line tools

Steps:

1. Run gradle build in your terminal to build the application
2. Set PathRuleSet to filter photos by extension, file size, etc.
3. Set MigratorMode to PATH, DROPBOX or GOOGLE_DRIVE
4. Set PhotoResolver to adjust folder structure for photos
5. Set Settings to your properties file in src/main/resources
6. Fill relevant parameters in your properties file
7. Run gradle run in your terminal to start the magic!

Then sit back and rediscover your memories! 😎 + 🍹 + 🌴

You're welcome 🙏