Maybe I’m overthinking this. I want something with a drag and drop interface that then gives me a link to paste into discord or a forum to show the image directly, as Imgur does.
I could just use a bare web server but I’d have to scp the images over every time.
The problem with this kind of stuff is that it HAS to be internet facing, and you want it to be stable so you don’t cause dead links.
You don’t want to be hosting software that’s not getting security updates, especially while linking to it randomly over the internet.
I totally agree with you. Should switch image hosting service, but haven’t found any similar yet that are close to ShotShare’s simplicity and quality.
Since imgur was blocked in the UK I was searching for an alternative way to occasuonally share photos on a Usenet group I’m in. (Text group, not binary, of course.)
I ended up just settling on a Hugo static site. It’s not quite drag and drop, but close enough for me - I just drag the photos into a content directory, run a build script and push the repo - argo deploys it.
Because it’s just plain old httpd serving static files, in a container, it’s about as safe/stable as I can make it.