Zenphoto
Gallery and CMS project.
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Still maintained? Yes: 30 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.6.8 (May 2025).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
Zenphoto quick facts
- Health score
- 64/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 318
- Last commit
- 28 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.6.8, May 2025
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Zenphoto
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Zenphoto is a standalone CMS for multimedia focused websites. Our focus lies on being easy to use and having all the features there when you need them (but out of the way if you do not.)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Zenphoto scores 64/100, #18 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 30 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.6.8, 1.4 years ago) earns 9.2 of 25, 318 stars add 10.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 15.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
30 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 9.2 / 25
v1.6.8 released 1.4 years ago
- Stars 10.0 / 20
318 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 30
- Last 90 days
- 120
- Last 12 months
- 28 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between Chevereto (#17) and Piwigo (#19) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v1.6.8 · 1.4 years ago |
| Stars | 318 |
| Open issues | 23 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | zenphoto/zenphoto ↗ |
Zenphoto vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Zenphoto (Photo Galleries), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChronoFrame | 93 | 2k | MIT | today |
| Memtly | 90 | 300 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| PiGallery 2 | 89 | 2.3k | MIT | today |
| Photoview | 69 | 6.6k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Zenphoto (this tool) | 64 | 318 | GPL-2.0 | 28 days ago |
| Piwigo | 61 | 3.9k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
Zenphoto: common questions
Is Zenphoto still maintained?
Zenphoto had 30 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 28 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.6.8, is from 1.4 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.