EventSnap
A private, QR-code-accessed photo & video sharing platform for weddings, birthdays, and personal events — built for guests, run by you.
What is EventSnap?
At private events, photos and videos are scattered across dozens of guests' phones and never truly shared. Existing solutions (WhatsApp groups, Google Photos) require accounts, expose personal data, and lack event-specific social features.
EventSnap gives every guest instant, frictionless access to a shared, living gallery — no app store, no email, no password.
A guest scans the QR code on their way in, types their name, and is immediately part of a shared moment. They upload, react, and comment throughout the day. After the event, the host releases the gallery — every guest walks away with a beautiful offline HTML keepsake and the full archive.
Project type: Mobile-first PWA — runs in any browser, no installation required.
Scale: Personal / private use — one event at a time, ~100 guests, ~1,000 files.
Features
MVP
| Area | Feature |
|---|---|
| Onboarding | QR code join flow, name-only registration, persistent JWT + recovery PIN, 30-day sessions |
| Uploads | Photo & video from library or live camera, client-side IndexedDB queue, per-file progress & retry, captions + #hashtags |
| Processing | Lossless server-side compression, feed preview generation, ffmpeg video thumbnails |
| Feed | Chronological grid, real-time SSE updates, hashtag filtering, likes & comments |
| Host Dashboard | Ban/unban guests, delete content, promote to host, lock event, release gallery for export |
| Admin Dashboard | All host permissions + configure limits, rates, quota tolerance, disk usage widget |
| Export | On-demand ZIP (full-quality originals) + self-contained offline Memories.html viewer |
Planned (v1.x)
- Individual file download button
- Low-disk alert (< 10 GB free)
- Event banner / cover image
- Chunked resumable upload for large videos
- Host-curated story highlights
- Slideshow / presentation mode
Tech Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | SvelteKit + TypeScript |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS v4 |
| Backend | Rust + Axum |
| Async | Tokio |
| Database | PostgreSQL 16 via SQLx (compile-time query checking) |
| Auth | Custom JWT (jsonwebtoken) + bcrypt PINs |
| Image processing | image crate + oxipng (lossless compression) |
| Video processing | ffmpeg via tokio::process::Command |
| File storage | Local disk (/media/) |
| Real-time | Axum SSE + tokio::sync::broadcast |
| Export | async-zip (streaming ZIP) + minijinja (HTML bundle) |
| Rate limiting | tower-governor (token-bucket, DB-configurable) |
| Reverse proxy | Caddy 2 (automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt) |
| Containers | Docker + Docker Compose |
| Infrastructure | Hetzner CX33 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD) |
Repository Structure
eventsnap/
├── backend/ # Rust + Axum API server
│ ├── src/
│ ├── Cargo.toml
│ └── Dockerfile
├── frontend/ # SvelteKit PWA
│ ├── src/
│ ├── svelte.config.js
│ └── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.yml
├── Caddyfile
└── .env.example
Getting Started
Prerequisites
- Docker (includes Compose plugin)
- A domain name with an A record pointing to your server
Deploy on a fresh VPS
# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://git.mc02.dev/fabi/EventSnap.git
cd EventSnap
# 2. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
nano .env # set DOMAIN, JWT_SECRET, ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH, EVENT_NAME, etc.
# 3. Start the stack
docker compose up -d
Caddy automatically obtains a Let's Encrypt certificate on first start. The app is live at https://DOMAIN within ~30 seconds.
Generate required secrets
# JWT secret (64 random bytes)
openssl rand -hex 64
# Admin password hash (bcrypt, cost 12)
htpasswd -bnBC 12 "" yourpassword | tr -d ':\n'
Environment Variables
See .env.example for the full list with descriptions and defaults. Key variables:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
DOMAIN |
Public domain for TLS (e.g. my-wedding.example.com) |
JWT_SECRET |
64-byte random hex string for signing JWTs |
ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH |
bcrypt hash of the admin dashboard password |
EVENT_NAME |
Display name shown to guests |
EVENT_SLUG |
URL-safe event identifier |
DATABASE_URL |
PostgreSQL connection string |
Docker Compose Stack
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Caddy :80 / :443 (TLS termination) │
└────────────┬────────────────────────┘
│
┌────────┴────────┐
│ │
┌───▼────┐ ┌─────▼──────┐
│ app │ │ frontend │
│ :3000 │ │ :3001 │
│ (Rust) │ │ (SvelteKit)│
└───┬────┘ └────────────┘
│
┌───▼────┐
│ db │
│ :5432 │
│(Postgres│
└────────┘
/api/*and/media/*→ Rust backend- Everything else → SvelteKit frontend
- Named volumes:
postgres_data,media_data,caddy_data
Backup
# Database snapshot
pg_dump $DATABASE_URL | gzip > /media/backups/db_$(date +%Y-%m-%d).sql.gz
# Weekly offsite sync (Hetzner Storage Box or similar)
rsync -az /opt/eventsnap/media/ user@storagebox.example.com:backup/eventsnap/
The /media volume holds originals, previews, thumbnails, exports, and DB backups — a single path to back up.
Development Roadmap
- Project blueprint & architecture
- Monorepo scaffold (
backend/,frontend/, Docker Compose) - DB schema + SQLx migrations
- Auth flow (join, JWT, PIN recovery)
- Upload pipeline (multipart → compression worker → SSE broadcast)
- Client upload queue (IndexedDB, progress, retry)
- Gallery feed (grid, SSE, hashtag filters)
- Camera capture (
getUserMedia) - Host Dashboard
- Admin Dashboard
- Export engine (ZIP + offline HTML)
- Rate limiting middleware
- End-to-end test event (10+ real devices)
License
Private project — all rights reserved.