Photoview
Photoview offers a photo gallery for personal servers that users host themselves.
About Photoview
Photoview is an open-source photo gallery for self-hosted personal servers. You point it at a directory on your file system, and its scanner finds photos and videos and generates thumbnails so browsing stays quick. The media then appears on a website organised like those folders. The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and it suits people who want to host their own photo and video collection on a server they run.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Maps directories on your file system to albums
- Per-user accounts tied to a path on the local filesystem
- Public share links, optionally password protected
- RAW file support and EXIF parsing
- Common video formats optimised for the web
- Face recognition that groups photos of the same person
Best for: Photographers who want a self-hosted gallery for photos and videos stored on their own server.
Watch out for
- Support is limited for many deployment setups, and help depends on user-provided logs and traces
- SQLite is the simplest database option, but it has the lowest performance and no scalability
- Albums follow the folder layout on disk
- Needs a server you run yourself, set up with Docker or another listed platform
Photoview at a glance
- Category
- Online Tools › Image Tools
- Type
- App
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web, Linux
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Photoview FAQ
Can I try it before installing?
Yes. The README links to a demo site and lists a demo username for signing in.
Which platforms are supported?
The README includes a Docker setup guide, and Debian and Ubuntu Linux are listed as supported platforms. Other listed options include Arch Linux AUR, NixOS, Unraid and TrueNAS.
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