ChronoFrame
Personal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map.
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Still maintained? Yes: 565 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.0.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
ChronoFrame quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,966
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.0.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to ChronoFrame
In its own words
The project's README opens: "ChronoFrame is a self-hosted photo gallery. Upload your photos and it extracts EXIF, creates previews and identifies shooting locations. Visitors can browse by time, album or map, zoom into large images and play Live Photos."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ChronoFrame scores 93/100, #7 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 565 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.0.2, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,966 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
565 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.0.2 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.2 / 20
2k 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
- 565
- Last 90 days
- 706
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between Lychee (#6) and Immich Kiosk (#8) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.0.2 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 1,966 |
| Open issues | 25 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | HoshinoSuzumi/chronoframe ↗ |
ChronoFrame vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with ChronoFrame (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 |
| LibrePhotos | 96 | 8.1k | MIT | today |
| ChronoFrame (this tool) | 93 | 2k | MIT | today |
| Memtly | 90 | 300 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| PiGallery 2 | 89 | 2.3k | MIT | today |
ChronoFrame: common questions
Is ChronoFrame still maintained?
ChronoFrame had 565 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.0.2, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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