Piwigo

A full-featured, self-hosted photo gallery for managing and sharing your photo collection. Supports albums, tags, batch uploads, user permissions, and hundreds of plugins and themes.

Default Setup

1. Visit your domain after deployment
2. Run the installer — on first access, Piwigo shows a setup wizard to configure the database and create an admin account
3. Choose SQLite — select SQLite as the database during setup for the simplest configuration (no external database needed)
4. Start uploading — add photos individually or in batch

What You Can Do After Deployment

1. Upload photos — drag-and-drop batch upload with automatic thumbnail generation
2. Organize albums — create nested albums with descriptions and cover images
3. Tag and search — add tags to photos for easy discovery and smart album creation
4. Manage users — create user accounts with different permission levels (admin, guest, etc.)
5. Install plugins — extend functionality with hundreds of available plugins
6. Customize themes — change the gallery appearance with community themes

Key Features

• Album management with nested sub-albums
• Batch upload with drag-and-drop support
• Automatic thumbnail and derivative generation
• Tag-based organization and smart albums
• User and group permission management
• Plugin system with hundreds of extensions
• Responsive web interface with mobile support
• EXIF and IPTC metadata display
• Multiple image format support (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, WebP)

Volumes

• /config — Piwigo configuration files and database
• /gallery — photo storage directory

License

GPL-2.0 — GitHub | Website