Alternatives to HomeGallery

A self-hosted, open-source web gallery for browsing your own photo and video folders. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as HomeGallery.

  • Photoview

    A self-hosted photo gallery that turns existing folders into albums, with maps and shared links.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Photoview also turns existing folders into albums with map views, and adds multiple users with separate directories and password-protected sharing links under GPL-3.0.

  • PhotoPrism

    A self-hosted photo library that tags pictures and recognises faces on your own hardware, not a company's.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    PhotoPrism adds automatic labelling, combined search and RAW handling on your own server, but indexing is demanding and some features are reserved for sponsors.

  • PiGallery2

    A fast directory-first photo gallery website designed for low-resource servers such as a Raspberry Pi.

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    PiGallery2 follows your existing folder layout and runs well on a Raspberry Pi, but it is not open source and lists no face recognition.

  • Photofield

    A self-hosted single-binary photo gallery built for speed and for leaving your files untouched.

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Photofield is a single binary built for fast browsing of large folders without modifying files, but it is a smaller, closed-source project without face recognition.

  • Damselfly

    A server-based photo management system for large folder-based collections, with fast search and keyword tagging.

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Damselfly works on folder-based collections with keyword tagging, object detection and batch export, but full facial recognition needs an Azure Face Services account.

  • Lychee

    Open-source, self-hosted photo management server for uploading, organizing and sharing photo albums.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Lychee is an open-source self-hosted server for uploading and sharing albums with password protection, focused on managed albums rather than browsing an existing archive.

  • Immich

    A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile apps, aimed at replacing Google Photos.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWebAndroidiOS

    Immich adds automatic phone backup with mobile apps and multi-user sharing, but it needs Docker with at least 6 GB RAM and manages its own upload location.

  • LibrePhotos

    A self-hosted photo service with face recognition and automatic event albums, all processed locally.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    LibrePhotos adds trainable face recognition and automatic event albums processed locally, but it is early-stage, Docker-only and needs a Mapbox key for reverse geocoding.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.