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Two fixes from a security pass over the server:
- /api/frames/{id}/thumbnail/{asset_id} accepted any asset id and
fetched it via the frame owner's Immich credentials, unscoped to what
that frame actually shows -- a user merely linked to view a frame
could pull thumbnails for any asset in the owner's whole library, not
just the frame's own album. Now scoped to current_asset_id/queue,
matching the check device.frame_share and manage.manage_thumbnail
already both apply.
- firmware_update_repo_url now has to be a plain http(s) URL. Unlike a
one-off manual firmware upload (a deliberate, explicit act -- left
alone), auto-update from a repo is a standing trust relationship: the
frame keeps fetching from it and, with auto-update on, installs
whatever it finds with nobody reviewing it first. Added a plain-
language note next to the checkbox saying exactly that.
ESPresso Frame
A DIY e-ink photo frame: an ESP32-C6 pulls photos from your Immich library and displays them on a 7.3" full-color e-paper panel, waking on a timer to refresh and spending the rest of its time in deep sleep.
- No cables to a computer, no SD card shuffling. Provisioning is a captive portal with a QR code drawn on the panel itself -- scan, join, fill in your WiFi and server address, done.
- The frame never decodes an image. A small self-hosted server does all the work (pulling from Immich, cropping, dithering, packing into the panel's exact pixel format) and hands the device a stream it can write straight to SPI. The ESP32-C6 has no PSRAM and not much SRAM to spare -- keeping it a dumb display client is what makes that workable.
- Crops toward faces, not just the center, using face bounding boxes Immich already computed for its own People feature -- no bundled face detector.
- Refresh interval and album are configurable from a web UI, no reflashing needed to change them.
Hardware
- ESP32-C6 dev board (8MB flash)
- Waveshare 7.3" E Ink Spectra 6 (E6) panel -- 800x480, 6-color, SPI
See docs/hardware.md for wiring and
docs/architecture.md for how the two halves talk
to each other.
Getting started
server/-- run the FastAPI server first (Docker Compose, points at your Immich instance). Seeserver/README.md.firmware/-- build and flash the ESP32-C6, then scan the QR codes it draws on first boot to provision it. Seefirmware/README.md.
Repo layout
firmware/ ESP-IDF project for the ESP32-C6
server/ FastAPI server: Immich -> crop/dither/pack -> the frame
docs/ Wiring and architecture notes
License
MIT -- see LICENSE. A few small pieces of vendored
third-party code (a QR code generator, a bitmap font table) keep their
own permissive licenses; see LICENSE for details.
Built with substantial assistance from Claude Code.