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Adding Folders

To get started, add one or more folders containing your photos. Click the + button at the bottom of the sidebar, or drag a folder onto the sidebar. Pellicle supports folders on local drives and network volumes (SMB/NFS).

Once added, Pellicle begins indexing the folder immediately. You can see indexing progress in the activity panel at the bottom of the sidebar.

HTTP-Only Folders (New in v1.3.0)

If you have a pellicle-watcher running on your NAS, you can add folders that are accessed entirely over HTTPS — no SMB mount required. This is useful when you want to browse photos on a NAS that isn't mounted as a network volume, or when SMB performance is poor.

To add an HTTP-only folder, click the watcher icon in the Remote Watchers settings tab and select a watch root. The folder will be added with transport mode set to "watcher", and all file access (thumbnails, metadata, full-resolution viewing) will go through the watcher's HTTPS API.

HTTP-only folders support all the same features as local folders: browsing, searching, culling (pick/reject), rotation, and sidecar writing.