myimage

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Introduction

This is an image hosting website.

Use Rust to build it.

dependencies:

• serde + serde_json + serde_derive (for JSON serialization/deserialization)
• tiny_http + urlencoded (for HTTP server)
• rustsqlite + uuid + chrono (for database)
• image + image_base64 + webp (for image processing)

Frontend: Vanlla JavaScript + HTML + CSS

Data

Index database will be created at data/data.db.

Picture files will be stored at res/pictures, every picture will have a unique UUID as its filename, and it will be generated a thumbnail when uploaded. The thumbnail is used for displaying in the frontend of list page.

Usage

Development

git clone the repository.

cargo run

This will start the server at http://localhost:8080.

deploy

cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

Then copy the binary and the web directory to the app directory.

mkdir app
cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/myimage app/
cp -r web app/

Start the server:

cd app
./myimage

Deploy to Docker

Prepare the Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml file.

cp Dockerfile docker-compose.yml app/

Run with docker, the project file strucure is:

app/
├── Dockerfile
├── app
│   ├── myimage
│   └── web
└── docker-compose.yml

At first, you need to use docker to build the image.

docker build -t myimage .

Run the container with docker-compose.

docker compose up -d

Update Log

• 2026-01-18: Major optimizations have been made to the overall application interface and interaction effects, resulting in a more visually appealing waterfall-style image wall.