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Zenphoto vs thumbsup: catalog facts
Zenphoto	thumbsup
Free Free and open source, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Gallery-first CMS with a blog and pages Multi-user with user rights	One command builds a whole gallery Incremental rebuilds that skip unchanged files
Requires your own web hosting Publishing tool rather than a phone photo backup	Command-line only, with no graphical interface Needs Node.js or Docker plus ffmpeg
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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