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thumbsup

Static photo and video gallery generator

Photo Management ★ 865 stars Easy setup MIT

thumbsup is a tool that builds a static HTML gallery from your photos and videos, requiring no server-side runtime. The generated site can be hosted anywhere and includes thumbnails, albums, and metadata.

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Key features

  • Static gallery generation
  • No server runtime needed
  • Thumbnails and albums
  • Host anywhere

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Extremely portable output
  • No database

Trade-offs

  • No live uploads
  • Regenerate to update

Is thumbsup secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for thumbsup's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

thumbsup replaces

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