HobbyBoard

Your private visual library

curated by AI

A sanctuary for your inspiration. Turn your folder of photos, sketches, and screenshots into a moodboard searchable by AI enriched metadata.

Install locally
No account. No cloud.
Try the demo View source
HobbyBoard interface showing a curated visual library with masonry grid layout

Now on iOS

Free on the App Store — no in-app purchases. Connects to your self-hosted Hobbyboard.

HobbyBoard iOS app screenshot

Designed for flow.

Experience a clutter-free environment where your images take center stage.

localhost:9625
Masonry grid view of a curated image collection in HobbyBoard Detailed image view with AI-generated metadata and tags Semantic search interface finding images by natural language description Visual similarity search showing related images from the collection

Built for inspired makers.

Search by vibe

AI tags your library automatically. Find your image just by describing it, your notes on it, or even OCR text in it.

Tame the chaos

Curate your collection by Tags, boards and rich notes.

Free, open, and yours

Run it on your computer or server. Free as in beer and speech. No subscriptions needed.

Offline and Private

AI/Vision model is used only once at build time. Work on your library freely offline. Use local models for 100% privacy if desired.

Get started now.

Option 1: Homebrew (Recommended)

Terminal
brew install aravindhsampath/tap/hobbyboard
hobbyboard
# Open http://localhost:9625

Option 2: Docker Compose

Terminal
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aravindhsampath/hobbyboard/main/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d
# Open http://localhost:9625

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