Immich
117kPhoto and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
Self-hosted Photo Galleries
SelfHostHub lists 25 open-source Photo Galleries projects you can host on your own server. The most-starred on GitHub are Immich (116,585 stars), PhotoPrism (40,321 stars) and Ente (29,453 stars). 18 of them document a Docker install, and 8 offer a live demo you can try first.
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PhotoPrism
40kPersonal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures.
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
Ente
29kAn end-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
Thumbor
11kA smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.
Photo GalleriesMIT
LibrePhotos
8.1kPhoto management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).
Photo GalleriesMIT
Photoview
6.6kSimple and user-friendly photo gallery for personal servers. It is made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos.
Photo GalleriesGPL-3.0
Lychee
4.3kGrid and album based photo-management-system.
Photo GalleriesMIT
Piwigo
3.9kPhoto gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.
Photo GalleriesGPL-2.0
Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
PiGallery 2
2.3kDirectory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers.
Photo GalleriesMIT
ChronoFrame
1.9kPersonal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map.
Photo GalleriesMIT
Damselfly
1.8kFast server-based photo management system for large collections of images. Includes face detection, face & object recognition, powerful search, and EXIF Keyword tagging. Runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows.
Photo GalleriesGPL-3.0
Immich Kiosk
1.7kLightweight slideshow for running on kiosk devices and browsers that uses Immich as a data source.
Photo GalleriesGPL-3.0
bewCloud
1.2kFile sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
File Transfer & SynchronizationAGPL-3.0
HomeGallery
1.2kBrowse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery.
Photo GalleriesMIT
Chevereto
997Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes.
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
Photofield
611Experimental fast photo viewer.
Photo GalleriesMIT
Zenphoto
317Gallery and CMS project.
Photo GalleriesGPL-2.0
Memtly
298Event photo sharing platform and gallery with slideshow that allows guests to view and share memories via a QR code.
Photo GalleriesGPL-3.0
SPIS
211A simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support.
Photo GalleriesGPL-3.0
Aggregates images taken this week, from previous years and presents them on a web page with a simple slideshow.
Photo GalleriesMIT
Media publishing platform that anyone can run (alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud).
Photo GalleriesAGPL-3.0
All your family's photos and videos automatically organized into a fun and beautiful website. Runs via Docker, NodeJS, or native desktop installers.
Photo Galleries⊘ Proprietary
Scalable image hosting script with support for CDNs, paid account upgrades, advertising spots and drag & drop upload.
Photo Galleries⊘ Proprietary
Web gallery in one single PHP file.
Photo Galleries⊘ Proprietary
How to choose self-hosted Photo Galleries software
- Check project health. Stars show popularity, not maintenance. Open the source repository and look at recent commits and releases.
- Match the licence to your use. 14 use a GPL-family licence (copyleft, including AGPL) and 8 use a permissive licence such as MIT, Apache-2.0 or BSD. AGPL matters if you modify the software and offer it to others over a network.
- Pick a stack you can run. The most common platforms here are Docker (18), PHP (7), Go (5) and Nodejs (5). Docker is usually the easiest path for a home server or VPS.
- Try before you migrate. Use a live demo where one exists (8 here), or a throwaway container first, and confirm it can import your existing data before switching.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most popular self-hosted Photo Galleries software?
By GitHub stars, the top projects in this category are Immich (116,585 stars), PhotoPrism (40,321 stars) and Ente (29,453 stars).
How many open-source Photo Galleries tools are listed?
25 projects are currently listed in the Photo Galleries category on SelfHostHub.
Which licences do self-hosted Photo Galleries projects use?
The most common licences in this category are MIT (8), AGPL-3.0 (7) and GPL-3.0 (5).
Can I run these Photo Galleries tools with Docker?
18 of the 25 projects list Docker as a supported platform. Check each project's documentation for the exact install steps.