Piwigo

Piwigo is the industry-leading open-source photo management platform trusted by thousands of professional photographers, museums, travel agencies, and enterprises worldwide. Unlike cloud-based solutions that lock you into subscription tiers and storage limits, Piwigo puts you in full control of your visual assets on your own server.

Key Features

• Unlimited Scale – Manage collections from hundreds to millions of images with powerful batch upload, synchronization, and server-side organization tools
• Advanced Metadata Management – Full EXIF/IPTC preservation, automatic geolocation mapping, facial recognition support, and intelligent tagging systems
• Granular Access Control – Create user groups, set private albums, configure watermarks per user level, and manage client permissions with precision
• Mobile-First Workflow – Native iOS and Android apps allow direct camera-to-gallery uploading, offline curation, and instant sharing
• Extensible Architecture – Hundreds of plugins and themes available to customize everything from payment walls for client proofing to e-commerce integration
• Professional Presentation – Responsive themes, slideshow capabilities, high-resolution zoom, and video support for mixed media galleries

Ideal For

Professional photography studios requiring client proofing galleries, museums and archives managing digitized collections, real estate firms organizing property imagery, or any organization needing a secure, branded alternative to Flickr, SmugMug, or Google Photos.

Technical Specifications

• Self-hosted PHP application (7.4+, 8.1 recommended)
• MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB database
• Standard LAMP/LEMP stack compatibility
• Web-based installation wizard included
• REST API for third-party integrations

What’s Included

Complete source code package, installation wizard, administration panel, user manual, and access to the Piwigo community plugin repository. No per-user fees or storage limits—host as much as your server allows.