FrameVault — Photo Disaster Recovery

What it does

FrameVault is a desktop-first disaster recovery system for photographers who can’t afford silent backup failure. Unlike sync-based tools that assume perfect networks and small files, FrameVault is built around explicit upload queues, interruption-safe recovery, and clear visibility into what is actually protected. It’s intentionally boring software designed for large RAW libraries, external drives, and real-world failures — not marketing claims.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, I’m a longtime developer and photographer who built this after losing client photos years ago due to a “working” backup that silently failed. Most photo backup tools I tried assumed: • always-on cloud • perfect networks • small files • trust in background magic Real photography workflows don’t look like that.…

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