PiGallery 2
Directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers.
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Still maintained? Yes: 97 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.5.2 (Jan 2026).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
PiGallery 2 quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,307
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.5.2, Jan 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PiGallery 2 scores 89/100, #10 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 97 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.5.2, 9 months ago) earns 20.4 of 25, 2,307 stars add 13.5 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 6.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
97 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 20.4 / 25
3.5.2 released 9 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.5 / 20
2.3k 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
- 97
- Last 90 days
- 329
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between Memtly (#9) and SPIS (#11) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Latest release | 3.5.2 · 9 months ago |
| Stars | 2,307 |
| Open issues | 170 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | bpatrik/pigallery2 ↗ |
PiGallery 2 vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with PiGallery 2 (Photo Galleries), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 100 | 118k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ChronoFrame | 93 | 2k | MIT | today |
| Memtly | 90 | 300 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| PiGallery 2 (this tool) | 89 | 2.3k | MIT | today |
| Photoview | 69 | 6.6k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Piwigo | 61 | 3.9k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
PiGallery 2: common questions
Is PiGallery 2 still maintained?
PiGallery 2 had 97 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 3.5.2, is from 9 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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