Photofield
Experimental fast photo viewer.
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Still maintained? Yes: 13 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.25.0 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
Photofield quick facts
- Health score
- 71/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 613
- Last commit
- 18 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.25.0, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A self-hosted non-invasive single-binary photo gallery with a focus on speed and simplicity."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Photofield scores 71/100, #15 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 13 commits in the last 90 days earn 15.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.25.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 613 stars add 11.2 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 commit activity, worth 19.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 15.2 / 35
13 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.25.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars 11.2 / 20
613 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
- 13
- Last 90 days
- 227
- Last 12 months
- 18 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #15 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between bewCloud (#14) and Photoview (#16) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v0.25.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 613 |
| Open issues | 37 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | SmilyOrg/photofield ↗ |
Photofield vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Photofield (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 |
| LibrePhotos | 96 | 8.1k | MIT | today |
| Lychee | 95 | 4.3k | MIT | yesterday |
| Photofield (this tool) | 71 | 613 | MIT | 18 days ago |
Photofield: common questions
Is Photofield still maintained?
Photofield had 13 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 18 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.25.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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