Alternatives to Sigal
A Python command-line tool that turns folders of images and videos into a static web photo gallery. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sigal
A Python command-line tool that turns folders of images and videos into a static web photo gallery.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sigal.
thumbsup
A command-line static gallery generator that turns a folder of photos and videos into a website.
thumbsup also builds static galleries from the command line, adding incremental rebuilds that skip unchanged files, but it needs Node.js or Docker plus ffmpeg instead of Python.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Sigal as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Zenphoto
A self-hosted CMS for gallery-focused websites with images, audio, video, a blog and pages.
Sigal generates a static gallery website from folders on the command line, so no web hosting with a CMS is needed, but it has no graphical interface or blog.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Lychee
Open-source, self-hosted photo management server for uploading, organizing and sharing photo albums.
Photoview
A self-hosted photo gallery that turns existing folders into albums, with maps and shared links.
PiGallery2
A fast directory-first photo gallery website designed for low-resource servers such as a Raspberry Pi.
HomeGallery
A self-hosted, open-source web gallery for browsing your own photo and video folders.
Piwigo
Open-source photo library and digital asset management software, self-hosted or used as a hosted service.
