Alternatives to PiGallery2

A fast directory-first photo gallery website designed for low-resource servers such as a Raspberry Pi. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • PiGallery2

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

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PiGallery2.

  • 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 and adds map view and multiple users, and it is open source under GPL-3.0.

  • Photofield

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

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Photofield is a single-binary gallery designed for fast browsing of large libraries and leaves your files untouched, but it is a smaller project.

  • HomeGallery

    A self-hosted, open-source web gallery for browsing your own photo and video folders.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    HomeGallery keeps your existing folders and adds similar-image search, face recognition and a map view, and it is open source.

  • 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 album server with public and password-protected sharing, but it organizes uploaded albums rather than following your folder layout.

  • 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 and face recognition, but its indexing is demanding and a Raspberry Pi will struggle.

  • Piwigo

    Open-source photo library and digital asset management software, self-hosted or used as a hosted service.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Piwigo is open source with plugins and an API, and it offers a paid hosted option alongside self-hosting on your own web server.

  • 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 and face and CLIP search, but it needs a server with at least 6 GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores.

  • Damselfly

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

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Damselfly adds keyword tagging and object detection for large folder collections, while full face recognition depends on an Azure Face Services account.

Also worth comparing

These listings name PiGallery2 as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Chevereto

    Self-hosted image and video hosting software for running your own media sharing site.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    PiGallery2 is a free, folder-based gallery website built for low-resource servers such as a Raspberry Pi, with Docker deployment available.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.