Photoview
Simple and user-friendly photo gallery for personal servers. It is made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 25% of tracked projects; popularity more than 72%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 6.5k |
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| Latest release | v2.4.0 · 23 Jun 2024 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Go, Docker |
Is Photoview actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 81 commits, of which 22 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 7 commits a month.
The last tagged release, v2.4.0, is over 2 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Photoview ranks #21 of 25 tracked photo galleries projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Photoview actually does
Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery designed to let you browse large collections of high-resolution images on your own server. It provides a web interface focused on directory navigation and speed, catering specifically to photographers managing extensive local libraries. The application is built using Go and is distributed as a Docker container under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Best fit: This is a suitable choice if you are a photographer looking for a dedicated, lightweight web interface to explore extensive directories of high-resolution images on personal hardware.
Worth knowing: The project's low maintenance health score indicates that you may encounter unresolved issues or infrequent updates, making it a riskier choice for long-term deployments compared to more actively maintained alternatives.
Deployment notes
You will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes for your photo library and ensure a reverse proxy is set up in front of the container to handle TLS termination.
Photoview as a replacement for
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