Album Slideshow Camera for Home Assistant (Marketplace integration)

Installs: 613 sharing analytics
GitHub stars: 47
Connection: Uses the vendor's cloud
Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
Version: v1.16.0, October 26, 2026
Category: Security and safety, Cameras
Kind: Marketplace integration
Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain: album_slideshow
Source: github.com/eyalgal/album_slideshow
Issues: Report an issue

Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation.

Screenshots From the README of eyalgal/album_slideshow.

About

Album Slideshow Camera turns photo albums, self-hosted libraries, or local folders into a Home Assistant camera slideshow. Sources include Immich, Google Photos, PhotoPrism, local folders, and Media Source, and it connects to the vendor's cloud where a hosted service is used. It adds a camera along with buttons, numbers, selects, sensors, switches, and text entities, so timing, ordering, and date filters can be changed live. A bundled dashboard card handles transitions, captions for date, location, description, clock, and weather, and optional navigation controls. Photos can be hidden and restored per slideshow without changing the source library. Location lookups through OpenStreetMap are opt-in, with an option to hide the home country, and Immich videos and Live Photos can play in the card. Setup is done in the UI.

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Supports

Uses the vendor's cloud Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
From the Marketplace Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
Actively maintained Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

Provides

Cameras
Switches
Sensors

Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

Add album slideshow

Source

Google Photos

Album name
Shared album link

Local Folder

Album name
Folder path
Include subfolders

Media Source

Album name
Media Source id (media-source://...)

Immich

Immich URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:2283)
API key

Immich source

Name
Albums
People
Include favorites
Extra search filter (JSON, optional)
Image quality
Include videos (played by the Album Slideshow card)
Play Live Photo motion (played by the Album Slideshow card)

PhotoPrism

PhotoPrism URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:2342)
Authentication
App password (for App password)
Username (for Username + password)
Password (for Username + password)

PhotoPrism source

Name
Albums
People
Include favorites
Extra search query (optional)
Image quality

After setup

Fetch photo metadata (experimental)
Read original photo GPS (opt-in)
Look up GPS place names via OpenStreetMap (opt-in)
Hide the country for places in your home country
Reverse-geocode EXIF GPS coordinates via OpenStreetMap
Hide the country for places in your home country
Name
Albums
People
Include favorites
Extra search filter (JSON, optional)
Image quality
Include videos (played by the Album Slideshow card)
Play Live Photo motion (played by the Album Slideshow card)
Look up EXIF GPS locations via OpenStreetMap
Hide the country for places in your home country
Immich URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:2283)
API key
Shared album link

Texts from the code of eyalgal/album_slideshow.

From the README

Turn a photo album, self-hosted library, or local/NAS folder into a Home Assistant camera slideshow. The included dashboard card adds smooth transitions, captions, and optional photo controls. Adjust slideshow settings live through Home Assistant entities.
Automatic slideshows with adjustable timing, album refresh, and manual Previous/Next.
Pause/resume, an optional pause while no dashboard is showing the slideshow, and a configurable rendered-frame buffer for quick navigation.
Hide and restore photos per slideshow without changing the source library.
Optional on-demand or always-visible navigation and photo-management controls.
Pair portrait or landscape photos, choose cover/contain/blur, and set the aspect ratio.
Browser-side transitions and date, location, or description captions when the source provides them.
Clock, date, and weather captions, with optional colored weather icons.
Random or album order, capture/upload date ordering, and date filters including On this day.
Optional Immich video and Live Photo playback in the dashboard card, with sound.

From the README of eyalgal/album_slideshow, MIT License. Shortened.