Immich
Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).
Best self-hosted Photo Galleries software in 2026
A gallery is software that helps the user publish or share photos, pictures, videos or other digital media.
We track 25 open-source, self-hosted Photo Galleries apps. 20 of them had commits in the last 90 days, 18 can run with Docker, and the most common licenses are MIT (8), AGPL-3.0 (7), GPL-3.0 (5). The most-used languages are PHP, Go, Nodejs. Below are the top picks by GitHub stars, followed by every app ranked by stars weighted by maintenance health.
Alternatives to Google PhotosAlternatives to ImgurAlternatives to InstagramAlternatives to GyazoAlternatives to FlickrAlternatives to Amazon PhotosAlternatives to iCloud PhotosAlternatives to SmugMugAlternatives to Immich
Top 5 by GitHub stars
| # | App | Stars | Health | Last activity | License | Language | Docker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immich | 119.1k | Active | 2026-11-09 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker | ✓ |
| 2 | PhotoPrism | 40.5k | Active | 2026-11-09 | AGPL-3.0 | Go, Docker | ✓ |
| 3 | Ente | 30.1k | Active | 2026-11-09 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker, Nodejs | ✓ |
| 4 | Thumbor | 10.5k | Active | 2026-11-08 | MIT | Python, Docker | ✓ |
| 5 | LibrePhotos | 8.1k | Active | 2026-11-09 | MIT | Python, Docker | ✓ |
- Immich — Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).
- PhotoPrism — 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.
- Ente — End-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).
- Thumbor — Smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.
- LibrePhotos — Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).
Head-to-head comparisons
Immich vs PhotoPrismEnte vs ImmichImmich vs ThumborEnte vs PhotoPrismPhotoPrism vs ThumborEnte vs Thumbor
All 25 self-hosted Photo Galleries apps
Ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.
PhotoPrism
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.
Ente
End-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).
Thumbor
Smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.
LibrePhotos
Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).
Photoview
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.
Lychee
Grid and album based photo-management-system.
Piwigo
Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.
Nextcloud Memories
Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.
PiGallery 2
Directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers.
ChronoFrame
Personal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map.
Immich Kiosk
Lightweight slideshow for running on kiosk devices and browsers that uses Immich as a data source.
bewCloud
File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
HomeGallery
Browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery.
Chevereto
Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes.
Photofield
Experimental fast photo viewer.
Damselfly
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.
Zenphoto
Gallery and CMS project.
Memtly
Event photo sharing platform and gallery with slideshow that allows guests to view and share memories via a QR code.
SPIS
Simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support.
This week in past
Aggregates 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 is the best self-hosted Photo Galleries software in 2026?
By GitHub stars, the most popular self-hosted Photo Galleries apps are Immich (119,125 stars), PhotoPrism (40,452 stars), Ente (30,134 stars). Popularity is only one signal: also check maintenance health, license and whether it fits your setup.
How many self-hosted Photo Galleries apps are actively maintained?
20 of the 25 apps listed had commits in the last 90 days and 1 more in the last 12 months; for 4 we have no repository activity data.
Which self-hosted Photo Galleries apps can I run with Docker?
18 of the 25 apps can run with Docker; 3 publish an image on Docker Hub, including PiGallery 2, Immich Kiosk and Chevereto.
Which licenses do self-hosted Photo Galleries apps use?
The most common licenses in this category are MIT (8 apps), AGPL-3.0 (7 apps), GPL-3.0 (5 apps).
How much does it cost to self-host Photo Galleries software?
The software itself is free to download. Based on our rough hardware estimates, the cheapest suitable VPS plan starts at about $10/month (median $10/month across apps in this category). Several light apps can share one server.
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Figures from GitHub and Docker Hub as of 2026-11-15; hosting costs are rough estimates.