Add your photos to Kura-chan

Kura-chan needs read access to your photos before it can show them, index them, or recognize faces. There are two ways.

Option 1 — Mount your fnOS Photos library (recommended)

This lets Kura-chan see your whole existing fnOS Photos library, read-only. Nothing is copied.

1. Open App Center → Installed → Kura-chan → App Settings.

   

2. Under Allowed folders, click + Folder.

   

3. Select your Photos folder.

   

4. Set the permission to Read/Write and click Confirm.

   

Kura-chan picks up the change automatically — no restart. Open Photos → Settings → Photo sources to confirm; it shows “Kura-chan can see N photos” once your library is mounted.

Note

Kura-chan only reads a folder named Photos at the top of your user space (this is your fnOS Photos library). If you mount a differently named folder, it won’t be picked up.

Option 2 — Upload from the Kura-chan filesystem

For photos that aren’t in your fnOS Photos library, drag them into Kura-chan’s Agent Drive. Uploading this way keeps each photo’s original date and location.

Troubleshooting

• “Kura-chan can see 0 photos” after mounting. The mounted folder must be the one named Photos. Open Photos → Settings → Photo sources → Add or change folders and pick the correct folder.
• New photos aren’t appearing. Mounting is live, but very large libraries take a moment to scan. Give it time, then refresh.

What’s next

With your photos mounted, you can build the AI index to search by text, or recognize people.