darktable
Photo ManagementOpen-source photography workflow and RAW developer
Replaces Adobe Lightroom
Best Plugins Photo Management for self-hosting
The 6 best Plugins photo management you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Piwigo
Photo ManagementOpen-source photo gallery for the web
Replaces Flickr, Google Photos
Sigal
Photo ManagementSimple static photo gallery generator written in Python
Replaces Flickr
Damselfly Web
Photo ManagementServer-based digital asset manager for large photo libraries
Replaces Flickr, YouTube
Zenphoto
Photo ManagementOpen-source CMS for photo galleries and multimedia
Replaces SmugMug, Flickr
Coppermine
Photo ManagementMulti-purpose, full-featured web picture gallery
Replaces Flickr
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| darktable | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 2,048 MB | GPL-3.0 | 13,273 |
| Piwigo | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | GPL-2.0 | 3,865 |
| Sigal | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 948 |
| Damselfly Web | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 700 |
| Zenphoto | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 317 |
| Coppermine | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | GPL-3.0 | 72 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: darktable (13,273 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Sigal (from 128 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 3 of 6 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Plugins within the photo management category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.