Piwigo The European alternative to Flickr / SmugMug

Piwigo is software for managing photo and video collections that started in 2002 as the open-source project PHPWebGallery and was later renamed Piwigo. Media can be imported, organised into albums, tagged, searched and shared with permissions for individual users or groups. Plugins and themes extend the feature set and customise the look. According to the project, Piwigo is used in more than 100,000 installations worldwide, including public authorities, educational institutions, tourism organisations and photographers. Apps for iOS and Android provide access and uploads from a smartphone.

The hosted version Piwigo Cloud is operated by PigoLabs SAS, which is registered with the Nantes Trade and Companies Register. According to the terms of use, the service is hosted by the French provider OVHcloud. According to the provider, the company is owned by its founder and team and is funded by customer revenue rather than external investors. Alternatively, Piwigo can be installed on one's own servers, in which case all data remains on one's own infrastructure. The community site piwigo.org is run by a French non-profit association.

Yes. Piwigo is written in PHP, licensed under the GPL and can be downloaded free of charge and installed on one's own web server. The self-hosted version includes all features, and support is available through the community forum and documentation. For organisations, PigoLabs also offers paid support contracts for self-hosted installations. According to the provider, an existing self-hosted gallery can be migrated to Piwigo Cloud.