HomeGallery

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

FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted
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About HomeGallery

HomeGallery puts a browsable web gallery on top of your existing files and folders without reorganising them. It offers similar-image search, so you can find sunsets or food photos without tagging them, plus manual tagging, face recognition and a map view built from GPS data with reverse geocoding.

A flexible search expression language lets you build your own filters. It runs through Docker or on Linux, macOS and Windows, can be used as a PWA, and is written in JavaScript and TypeScript.

Strengths

  • Keeps your existing folder structure
  • Similar-image search and face recognition
  • Map view from GPS data
  • Runs via Docker or natively

Limitations

  • You host and maintain the server yourself
  • Browsing gallery rather than a phone backup service

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
The HomeGallery contributors
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
How it runs
Self-hosted
Best suited for
Self-hosters who want a private gallery over an existing photo archive
Categories
Photo libraries
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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