Chronoframe – a Slick, Online Photo Gallery with Smart Exif, Maps and Live-Photo
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ChronoFrame is a new online photo gallery that showcases smart EXIF metadata, maps, and live-photo features, sparking interest in its potential as a useful tool for photographers.
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Why?
Most open-source galleries are either slow with large images, don’t support EXIF/geo properly, or feel outdated. ChronoFrame solves that by using WebGL rendering + progressive image loading for a fluid UX, even on big RAWs.
Features
- WebGL viewer with buttery-smooth zoom/pan
- Progressive & LOD image loading (bandwidth-friendly)
- Full EXIF parsing: camera, timestamp, geolocation
- Map exploration of geotagged photos
- JPEG / PNG / HEIC (auto-converted) support
- Live Photos support
- ThumbHash thumbnails for instant preview
- Responsive UI with touch gestures
Read more at the repo: https://github.com/HoshinoSuzumi/chronoframe