so i've been searching for a long time for an image tagging software, there are some tools out there, some are electron based so no thanks, then there's Hydrus which is actually very similar to what this does, but the GUI is horrible and the installation is way more complicated. I created a docker compose file and I was running Blombooru in a few minutes. So if anyone was looking for something like this to organize their system, please give it a try because it is really good!

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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What is a booru?

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Other have already explained, but to simplify, a tag-based media archive. The original is Danbooru (cardboard), an anime-based one (including NSFW, so I haven't linked). They often tend to be fandom-based.

A high-quality safe-for-work example of a standard online booru is Find A Fox.

OP's tool is a local single-user booru instead, using Hydrus Network as an example. Personally, I like its UI, and while it has a developer-driven swiss-army knife design vibe, I still like it and have used a wide range of its many options. I haven't tried Blombooru and can't see many screenshot samples so I can't assume what specific issues OP has and how Blombooru solved them.

[–] MellowBright@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Agree on the hydrus UI. I love it and wish more things used a more classic style interface. It's slim, it works, and while it can admittedly be a little bit of a maze, it does practically anything you can imagine. And most importantly it's not a damn website pretending to be a UI like so many things these days. Blombooru looks like a white space nightmare imo. I will say that the tag extractions from AI metadata looks very nice though.

And thank you for the link to Find A Fox. I don't know how I never knew about this, but I very much needed it! 🦊

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is how it looks for anyone curious

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the screencap. It looks nice! Much more focused than Hydrus.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's like an otaku software were people upload artwork and other stuff, in theory you could store any kind of image or videos, and it is tag based.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What's an otaku? Sorry friend, can't that be defined in English words? I am more familiar than japanese jqrgob.

By your words, is it a gallery? A kind of public gallery?

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

it's an image board based around fan art and art work, but it can host anything, it culturally hosts that content because of overlaps between japanese animation culture and that kind of software

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Otaku is the Japanese direct equivalent of "nerd" in English.

In English otaku is used to describe a nerd nerding over Asian stuff (anime, manga, games, whatever). Some gatekeep it for Japan-only stuff, while others use it for K-pop and K-drama as well.

In Japanese it's the opposite - they use "nerd" to decribe people nerding over American stuff.

Edit: both loaned versions are a bit more derogatory than their "native" version.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 1 week ago

I learned something new!

Thank you

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just looked it up. Otaku (お宅) is essentially 宅, which means "house". It became an adjective which describes someone who seldomly leave the house, which relates to animation (anime). It probably means somewhere to host images or videos now.

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The etymology is a bit different from that. Otaku does mean "your house" (important distinction: it's always the second person's house, not your own), but it's also used figuratively as a formal way to refer to your family or just you. There was a culture, at least in the 70s and 80s, for enthusiasts in non-mainstream fields of interests, whether that be ~~TV manga~~ anime, science-fiction, wargaming etc., to talk to each other in a weirdly formal way, so they kept calling each other "otaku".

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Only thing I want to add is outside of Japan, otaku almost exclusively mean anime fan

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're uh... Way off. Good try though.

Putting aside specific etymology, what it means in common parlance is basically "nerd" with a heavy implication of "really into anime and manga."

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Well, sir, it is of course way off because I was only saying what the word originally means. It means "house" and there is no argument about it. "Nerd" is developed later.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Otaku has essentially become a loan-word in English. It's somewhat derogatory and generally used to refer to people who are really into anime and manga.