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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Philaire on 2025-03-31 11:57:48+00:00.
Hey r/selfhosted!
After spending 8 full days digitizing my collection of ~300 CD-ROMs (mostly retro PC games) and archiving a bunch of OS install ISOs, I'm now looking for a clean, self-hosted web-based tool to organize and browse this little museum.
Here's what I'd ideally like:
- Scan one or more folders full of
.iso files
- Allow me to add metadata (title, year, platform, tags, description...)
- Provide a searchable and sortable web interface, ideally with covers or thumbnails
- Bonus: integration with QEMU or VirtualBox to launch ISOs
- Dockerized would be awesome, or at least easy to deploy on a home server
- Must be self-hosted (no cloud, no proprietary stuff)
I've tried things like File Browser (a bit too basic), and media managers like Jellyfin or Plex, but they don't really play well with ISO files.
For the record: all the games were legally purchased and personally ripped from my own physical CDs. This project is about preservation and ease of access - nothing shady here.
If nothing exists, I'm not against rolling my own Flask app - but I'd love to avoid reinventing the wheel if there's already something great out there.
Has anyone here tackled a similar use case?
Thanks in advance.