Best self-hosted Photo Galleries apps
A gallery is software that helps the user publish or share photos, pictures, videos or other digital media.
26 open source Photo Galleries tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.
Immich
★ 104,174Immich is a self-hosted photo and video backup with mobile apps that upload your media automatically, just like Google Photos. It offers face recognition, object search and a timeline — all running on your own server, with no subscription or storage limit.
PhotoPrism
★ 39,890PhotoPrism organizes your photo library with AI recognition (faces, objects, places), running on your own hardware. It's an alternative to Google Photos that works well even on a Raspberry Pi.
Ente
★ 27,271Ente is an end-to-end encrypted photo platform with mobile apps that back up automatically. It's the self-hosted alternative to Google Photos with real privacy.
Thumbor
★ 10,501A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.
LibrePhotos
★ 7,999Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).
Photoview
★ 6,460Simple 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.
Lychee
★ 4,201Grid and album based photo-management-system.
Piwigo
★ 3,802Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.
Nextcloud Memories
★ 3,793Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.
PiGallery 2
★ 2,216Directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers.
ChronoFrame
★ 1,846Personal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map.
Damselfly
★ 1,771Fast 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.
Immich Kiosk
★ 1,557Lightweight slideshow for running on kiosk devices and browsers that uses Immich as a data source.
bewCloud
★ 1,198File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
HomeGallery
★ 1,157Browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery.
sigal
★ 939Yet another simple static gallery generator.
Chevereto
★ 933Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes.
Photofield
★ 590Experimental fast photo viewer.
Zenphoto
★ 317Open-source gallery and CMS project.
SPIS
★ 204A simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support.
Memtly
★ 119Event photo sharing platform and gallery with slideshow that allows guests to view and share memories via a QR code.
This week in past
★ 99Aggregates images taken this week, from previous years and presents them on a web page with a simple slideshow.
Mediagoblin
Media publishing platform that anyone can run (alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud).
PhotoStructure
All your family's photos and videos automatically organized into a fun and beautiful website. Runs via Docker, NodeJS, or native desktop installers.
Reservo
Scalable image hosting script with support for CDNs, paid account upgrades, advertising spots and drag & drop upload.
Single File PHP Gallery
Web gallery in one single PHP file.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best self-hosted Photo Galleries tools?
Among the 26 options, the most popular include Immich, PhotoPrism, Ente. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.
Is there a free open source alternative for Photo Galleries?
Yes — all 26 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.
Where can I host a Photo Galleries app?
On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.