Chevereto
Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 9 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 4.5.8 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
Chevereto quick facts
- Health score
- 68/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,006
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 4.5.8, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Chevereto is a robust, self-hosted media-sharing platform that prioritizes flexibility and control. It enables you to build and manage a media-sharing website on your own server, granting you complete autonomy over your hosting environment and policies. With Chevereto, you eliminate the risk of platform restrictions and shutdowns, ensuring your site operates entirely on your terms."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chevereto scores 68/100, #17 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 9 commits in the last 90 days earn 10.5 of 35 points, the latest release (4.5.8, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,006 stars add 12.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 24.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 10.5 / 35
9 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
4.5.8 released 3 days ago
- Stars 12.0 / 20
1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 9
- Last 90 days
- 18
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between Photoview (#16) and Zenphoto (#18) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | 4.5.8 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 1,006 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | chevereto/chevereto ↗ |
Chevereto vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Chevereto (Photo Galleries), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 100 | 118k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Ente | 98 | 30k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| PhotoPrism | 98 | 40k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| PiGallery 2 | 89 | 2.3k | MIT | today |
| Chevereto (this tool) | 68 | 1k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| HomeGallery | 36 | 1.2k | MIT | 17 days ago |
Chevereto: common questions
Is Chevereto still maintained?
Chevereto had 9 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, 4.5.8, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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