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Welcome to Slink, a powerful self-hosted image sharing platform designed to give users complete control over their media sharing experience. Built with Symfony and SvelteKit, Slink enables seamless and secure image sharing without relying on third-party services.

Slink solves the problem of sharing images with friends, family, and colleagues in a private, self-hosted environment. It’s also ideal for:

  • Artists: Showcase artwork in a community-focused platform.
  • Developers: Host and share screenshots for GitHub, portfolios, blogs, and more.
  • Anyone: Take control of image privacy and hosting.

Features

  • Image Upload: Upload images in formats like PNG, JPG, WEBP, SVG, BMP, ICO, GIF, AVIF, HEIC*, and TIFF*.
  • Upload History: View and manage your complete upload history.
  • Share Links: Share images with customizable links and sizes.
  • Explore Images: Browse public uploads from other users.
  • Authentication: Secure sign-up and login for platform access.
  • User Approval: Approve users before granting upload permissions.
  • Dashboard: Analyze data with advanced admin statistics.
  • Dark Mode: Switch effortlessly between Dark and Light themes.
  • Storage Providers: Integrate with local, SMB, or AWS S3 storage solutions.
  • Settings Configuration: Manage users, storage, and other settings.
  • Public API: Access the platform programmatically (Still needs to be documented).

Upcoming Features

  • Multiple Image Upload: Allow users to upload multiple images at once.
  • Tags: Allow users to tag their images for better organization and search.
  • Collections: Users can create collections of images and share them with others.
  • Password Protection: Allow users to protect their images with a password.
  • Image Compression: Compress images to reduce the file size and improve performance.
  • CDN Support: Support for CDN providers to reduce the load on the self-hosted server.
  • Storage Providers: Extend the support for additional storage providers.
  • Anonymous Upload: Allow users to upload images without signing up.
  • Password Recovery: Password recovery for users who forgot their password.
  • Email Notifications: Email notifications for user approval, password reset, etc.
  • ShareX Integration: Provide a ShareX configuration file for easy integration with the platform.
  • URL Shortening Integration: Integration with URL shortening services.
  • (Optional) Database Support: Support for additional databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
  • (Optional) GPU acceleration: Use GPU acceleration for image processing to improve performance.
  • (Experimental) Short Video Support: Allow users to upload short videos and perform basic editing.