Self-Hosted Gallery Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Gallery as a self-hosted solution and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is PhotoPrism, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Gallery and many of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Gallery are Piwigo, MediaGoblin, LibrePhotos and Nextcloud Photos.

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  1. PhotoPrism icon

    PhotoPrism

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    PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.

    124 PhotoPrism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    Whether you're using a phone, tablet, or desktop computer, our intuitive PWA provides a native app-like experience.
     
  2. Piwigo icon

    Piwigo

     71 likes

    Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.

    130 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    Piwigo vs Gallery Comments
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    Lacks support for user contributions.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Piwigo is Free and Open SourceGallery is also Free and Open Source
    • Piwigo is LightweightGallery is not according to our users
  4. MediaGoblin icon

    MediaGoblin

     100 likes

    MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.

    59 MediaGoblin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm
    A User profile and their corresponding galleries
     
  5. LibrePhotos icon

    LibrePhotos

     20 likes

    Unlike commercial service that store your photos in the cloud and scan/index them to train their machine learning models and collect ad targeting data on you, LibrePhotos keeps all your photos and metadata on your local machine.

    117 LibrePhotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Lychee icon

    Lychee

     30 likes

    Lychee is a free photo-management tool, which runs on your server or web-space. Installing is a matter of seconds. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application. Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely.

    38 Lychee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Docker
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
    • Cloudron
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  10. IO200 icon

    IO200

     2 likes

    Portfolio websites & content management for photographers and artists.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. novaGallery icon

    novaGallery

     4 likes

    novaGallery is a free PHP image gallery that works right out of the box and looks beautiful. Modern, mobile-friendly responsive design, uncomplicated management for your photos and beautiful presentation in the web.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. MediaCMS icon

    MediaCMS

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    A content management system developed to meet the needs of modern web platforms for viewing and sharing media.

    19 MediaCMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  13. F

    fgallery

     4 likes

    fgallery is a static photo gallery generator with no frills that has a stylish, minimalist look. “fgallery” shows your photos, and nothing else.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Photoview icon

    Photoview

     7 likes

    Photoview is a simple and user-friendly photo gallery that can easily be installed on personal servers. It's made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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