Piwigo

Mature open-source photo gallery you can self-host or have managed.

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Pricing The GPL-2.0 software is free to self-host; managed hosting and support plans start around €29/mo (billed annually), with capacity depending on your plan or server.

Piwigo is a veteran open-source gallery that has been going since 2002 and it shows in its maturity and flexibility. You can self-host it for free under the GPL, or take French-hosted managed plans and it offers fine-grained sharing controls, user management and more than 200 plugins and themes. It is a strong pick if your goal is organising and sharing large photo collections. It is not, however, an encrypted private vault, there is no end-to-end encryption, the interface feels dated next to modern rivals, and the mobile experience is functional rather than polished.

Strengths

  • Very mature and stable, since 2002
  • Fine-grained sharing and user management
  • 200+ plugins and themes
  • EU (France) managed-hosting option

Considerations

  • Dated interface compared to modern rivals
  • Not end-to-end encrypted
  • More a shared gallery than a private encrypted vault

Listed in Photo Storage

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