PictShare
Multi lingual image hosting service with a simple resizing and upload API.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 25 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
PictShare quick facts
- Health score
- 61/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 951
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Caution: Pictshare v3 may not be fully compatible with previous Pictshare versions!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PictShare scores 61/100, #22 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 25 commits in the last 90 days earn 29.2 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 951 stars add 11.9 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 release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 29.2 / 35
25 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 11.9 / 20
951 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
- 25
- Last 90 days
- 110
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between Gokapi (#21) and PsiTransfer (#23) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 951 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | HaschekSolutions/pictshare ↗ |
PictShare vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with PictShare (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plik | 93 | 1.8k | MIT | yesterday |
| Slink | 93 | 1.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| 015 | 91 | 422 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ProjectSend | 83 | 2k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Gokapi | 66 | 2.9k | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| PictShare (this tool) | 61 | 951 | Apache-2.0 | 3 days ago |
PictShare: common questions
Is PictShare still maintained?
PictShare had 25 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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