the dumbest image gallery possible see https://gitlab.com/cinnaboot/ansible_roles/-/blob/master/roles/gallery/tasks/main.yml for an ansible role or create a python virtual environment: $ virtualenv venv $ source venv/bin/activate (venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt then start a local flask development server: (venv) $ export FLASK_APP=gallery (venv) $ export FLASK_ENV=development (venv) $ flask run Make album folders under 'instance/images', and copy some images.