Reworks Explore from "anchor + neighbour grid + cluster tag-gap rail" into a persistent 3-pane workspace that unfolds the image modal so you can tag while rabbit-holing (operator concept 2026-06-26): - LEFT neighbour grid (larger thumbs), click = walk; breadcrumb retained. - CENTER light viewer — reuses ImageCanvas + ImageMetaBar(:image) for the focused image; "Open full viewer" still launches the overlay modal. - RIGHT the modal's TagPanel, hosted on the anchor for modal-parity tagging (chips, autocomplete, suggestions + Accept, fandom-on-chip, T/"/" focus). Reuse without destabilising the audited modal store: TagPanel and SuggestionsPanel gain an optional `host` prop (default = modal store, so the image modal is unchanged); the explore store implements the same small tag-CRUD surface (current/currentImageId + reloadTags/addExistingTag/ removeTag/createAndAdd) over the anchor. ImageMetaBar gains an optional `image` prop for the same reason. Drops the mass/cluster tagger (TagGapPanel deleted; clusterIds/thumbById removed) — per-image tagging feeds the per-tag reference-embedding centroid better than bulk ops. Nav: keep the Explore tab but bare /explore now SEEDS a random image (GET /api/showcase?limit=1 → /explore/:id) so the tab kick-starts a rabbit hole; explicit meta.navOrder pins nav order (Explore after Gallery) since router.getRoutes() doesn't preserve declaration order. Note: the backend cluster tag-gaps route/service (#94a) is now frontend-orphaned — left in place; flag for a separate cleanup. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
FabledCurator
Self-hosted media curation — gallery, ML tagging, and subscription-driven downloading in one app. Part of the FabledSword family.
Combines what was ImageRepo (gallery, ML, importer) and GallerySubscriber (gallery-dl wrapper, subscriptions, credential capture) into a single product.
Status
Pre-v1. Not yet functional.
Quick start
For local development and testing, just:
docker compose up -d
# UI: http://localhost:8080
That uses sane dev defaults baked into docker-compose.yml and the dev
override (docker-compose.override.yml, auto-merged) — local builds, DEBUG
logging, exposed Postgres + Redis ports on the host. No .env required.
For a production-like deployment, override the dev defaults via shell env
or a .env file (see .env.example for the variable names) and use:
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
# (skips the override so containers pull registry images)
Deployment posture
FabledCurator is designed to run inside a self-hosted homelab environment over plain HTTP. If you want TLS, terminate it at your reverse proxy. The app does not generate certificates, redirect to HTTPS, or set HSTS.
CI / Forgejo setup
The repo's workflows expect:
-
Runner label
python-ci— a Forgejo runner with Python 3.14, ruff, and Node 22 pre-installed. Bothci.ymlandbuild.ymluse this label. The runner image (runner-base:python-ci) is built fromCI-Runner/CI-python/in the operator's workspace;make pushfrom that directory builds and pushes a new image when toolchain pins change. -
Repo secret
RELEASE_TOKEN— a Forgejo PAT with the following scopes:write:package+read:package— fordocker pushtogit.fabledsword.comwrite:release— for future release-cutting workflowswrite:issue— for future issue-management automation
Generate at https://git.fabledsword.com/user/settings/applications. The injected
GITHUB_TOKENcannot be used because it lackswrite:package.
License
Personal project; use at your own discretion.