Hey fellow hoarders,
Crossposting this from r/selfhosted because I figured some of you might have run into the same problem - or have a hoarding-friendly solution ๐
After spending 8 full days digitizing ~300 CD-ROMs (mostly retro PC games) plus a bunch of OS install ISOs, I'm now looking for a clean, self-hosted web-based library manager to organize, browse, and possibly even boot these ISOs.
What I'd love:
- Scan folders with
.iso files
- Add metadata (title, platform, year, notes, etc.)
- Clean, searchable/sortable interface (covers or thumbnails would be awesome)
- Bonus: integration with QEMU/VirtualBox
- Self-hosted, preferably Docker-compatible
I tried Jellyfin, Plex, File Browser - nothing quite fits.
I'm ready to roll my own Flask app if I must, but I'd love to know if anyone already did something similar!
Note: All discs were legally owned and ripped - this is a personal preservation project.
If you're curious, I can share how I structured the archive too.
Here's the original post on r/selfhosted:
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Thanks in advance, and long live the stacks of spinning rust!