Piwigo
Open-source photo gallery for the web
Piwigo is a mature open-source photo gallery application for organizing, sharing, and showcasing photo collections. It targets photographers and organizations managing large galleries. It is deployed via Docker or a PHP stack.
Key features
- Large gallery management
- Plugin and theme ecosystem
- Granular access control
- Upload from desktop and mobile
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Very mature and stable
- Extensible
- Good for big collections
Trade-offs
- Interface feels classic
- No modern AI search
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- Piwigo vs Google Photos Takeout Helper
- Piwigo vs Syncthing Android Wrapper
- Piwigo vs Lychee
- Piwigo vs Memories
- Piwigo vs Hydrus Network
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- Piwigo vs OwnPhotos
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- Piwigo vs Photonix
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- Piwigo vs HomeGallery
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