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Self-hosted Photo Galleries software (2026)

A [gallery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_Software) is software that helps the user publish or share photos, pictures, videos or other digital media.

Related: Media Streaming - Video Streaming · Content Management Systems (CMS)

22 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable

Chevereto source

Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes.

AGPL-3.0PHP/Docker

ChronoFrame source

Personal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map.

MITNodejs/Docker

Damselfly source

Fast 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.

GPL-3.0Docker/C#/.NET

Ente source

An end-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).

AGPL-3.0Docker/Nodejs/Go

HomeGallery source

Browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery.

MITNodejs/Docker

Immich source

Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).

AGPL-3.0Docker

Immich Kiosk

Lightweight slideshow for running on kiosk devices and browsers that uses Immich as a data source.

GPL-3.0Docker/Go

LibrePhotos

Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).

MITPython/Docker

Lychee source

Grid and album based photo-management-system.

MITPHP/Docker

Mediagoblin source

Media publishing platform that anyone can run (alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud).

AGPL-3.0Python

Memtly source

Event photo sharing platform and gallery with slideshow that allows guests to view and share memories via a QR code.

GPL-3.0C#/Docker

Photofield

Experimental fast photo viewer.

MITDocker/Go

PhotoPrism source

Personal 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.

AGPL-3.0Go/Docker

Photoview source

Simple 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.

GPL-3.0Go/Docker

PiGallery 2 source

Directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers.

MITDocker/Nodejs

Piwigo source

Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.

GPL-2.0PHP

sigal

Yet another simple static gallery generator.

MITPython

SPIS

A simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support.

GPL-3.0Docker/Rust

This week in past

Aggregates images taken this week, from previous years and presents them on a web page with a simple slideshow.

MITDocker/Rust

Thumbor source

A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.

MITPython/Docker