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WordPressZenphoto
Free

Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.

 Free

Free and open source, funded by donations.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Very large library of themes and plugins
  • Visual block editor with live preview
  • Gallery-first CMS with a blog and pages
  • Multi-user with user rights
  • Needs a PHP and database server to self-host
  • Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
  • Requires your own web hosting
  • Publishing tool rather than a phone photo backup
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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