Arcadeia is an open-source, self-hosted photo and video library designed to help people with personal media archives quickly find and preview clips. It generates animated thumbnails that surface key moments in videos without opening each file, supports full-text search of filenames and descriptions, and offers optional local transcription to make spoken words searchable. Users can import media via drag-and-drop, connect network storage, mark favorites, run advanced queries, and play videos in-browser with on-the-fly transcoding to web-friendly formats.
The application is packaged for Docker and relies on .NET Core, Solr for search, and an Apache front end with multiple docker-compose configurations and supporting scripts. Minimum hardware requirements are x86_64 or ARM64 CPU, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), and at least 10 GB free disk space; supported OSes include modern Linux and macOS. A clear deployment warning states it is not yet hardened for public internet exposure: operators must add authentication, TLS via a reverse proxy, firewall/IP restrictions, and avoid storing sensitive data until security is confirmed. Licensed under AGPL-3.0, it includes docs, a demo, testing guidance, and encourages bug reports and contributions to setup, thumbnail behavior, and deployment documentation.
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