Manage, share and organize your photos and videos.
Your way.

Piwigo is an open source digital asset management solution and photo library software. Developed and hosted in Europe.
Use it as a cloud service or self-host it on your own infrastructure, with full control and no feature limitations.

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version 16.4.0 3 months ago

Websites piwigo.org and piwigo.com are now merged 14 hours ago

Latest activity 15 hours ago

Two ways to use Piwigo

Use Piwigo as a hosted service or run it on your own infrastructure.

Piwigo Cloud

We host and operate Piwigo for you

No servers or infrastructure to manage
Updates, backups and maintenance included
Hosted in France, on our own infrastructure
Full data ownership, exportable at any time
Unlimited customer support

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Piwigo Self-hosted

You run Piwigo on your own infrastructure

Full control over hosting and environment
Same core features as Piwigo Cloud
Ability to modify the code and create custom plugins
Documentation and community forum
Professional support and services available as an option

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Both versions are built on the same open source core and offer access to the Piwigo API for advanced use cases.

No lock-in. Built for long-term use.

With Piwigo, you are never locked into a single hosting option

You can export your photos, videos and metadata at any time, free of charge

Switching between Piwigo Cloud and self-hosted installations is always possible

No technical or contractual vendor lock-in

Piwigo is designed to evolve with your needs, without forcing long-term dependency.

Data sovereignty,
by design.

Piwigo Cloud is hosted in France, on our own infrastructure,
under European regulations.

No customer data is transferred to the United States

Data is hosted and operated by our team

Transparent hosting model, no third-party cloud dependency

What you can do with Piwigo

1. Import & Centralize

Bring media into Piwigo from everywhere.

Upload files from your computer, mobile apps or synchronized folders, and import in bulk when you need to move fast.
Piwigo supports photos, videos and many document formats, so your library can live in one place.

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2. Organize your media

Structure your library the way it makes sense to you

Organize content with albums, sub-albums, tags and metadata — simple or complex, depending on your needs.

Your structure can evolve over time without forcing a rigid model.

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3. Search & Find

Find and rediscover the right file in seconds

Search across tags, metadata and file properties, and use filters to navigate large collections quickly.

From classic search to browsing by date or location, Piwigo helps you get back to the right content fast.

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4. Share & Collaborate

Share media and work with others, securely

Publish galleries on the web or run a completely private media library — you decide what’s visible and to whom.

Invite users and collaborators, control permissions, and let others contribute without losing control.

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5. Customize & Extend

Adapt Piwigo to your specific needs

Extend Piwigo with plugins, themes and settings to fit your use cases and your brand.

For advanced needs, you can go further with custom code and dedicated extensions.

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6. Measure & Monitor

Keep track of activity and usage over time

Monitor usage, activity and storage, and keep visibility on how your media is used.

Piwigo also helps you track data quality and integrity, so your library stays reliable and usable in the long run.

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7. Security & Privacy

Control access and protect your media

Manage roles, groups and permissions to secure your content at every level. Privacy and access control are built into Piwigo’s core, for internal libraries as well as public galleries.

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Who uses Piwigo

Piwigo is used worldwide by:

Public sector organizations

Companies and communication teams

Tourism organizations and destinations

Universities and research institutions

Nonprofits and clubs

Professional and amateur photographers

From small teams to large organizations, with cloud or self-hosted deployments.

Why Piwigo

Piwigo brings together the flexibility of open source with the practical ease of a managed service, all while giving you control over your media, your data and your future workflows.

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Simple to use, without compromise

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Transparent, fair and predictable

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Open source at the core

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Support that understands you

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Built for data protection and sovereignty

Despite its depth, Piwigo remains intuitive and easy to learn for all users.

Whether you’re a seasoned library manager or a non-expert, you can start organizing and sharing your media quickly and autonomously.

Piwigo is a full-featured, ergonomic and intuitive tool managed by an attentive and responsive team. We were pleased with its 100% customizable interface. Piwigo is a good internal communication tool, allowing us to share the life of our projects in images, and facilitates collaboration with our service providers: communication agency, photographer.

Cindy, Groupe ECT

CompaniesFrench

Piwigo’s plans are clearly priced with no hidden fees or surprises.

If your needs evolve, you can move from Piwigo Cloud to a self-hosted installation at any time. Your photos, videos and metadata remain fully accessible and can be exported free of charge whenever you need them. We also support you throughout the transition to make the move as smooth as possible.

I chose Piwigo to manage our photo library and I’m completely satisfied. Piwigo is cheaper, simpler and more powerful than our old software. A library of plugins allows real customization of the solution. I’m a particular fan of the ergonomics, and I recommend Piwigo without hesitation!

Jean-François Lacou, Département de l'Indre

Public SectorFrench

Piwigo is an open source project, developed in a transparent and sustainable way.

The community around it enhances cost-efficiency, durability and adaptability over time, without vendor lock-in.

Piwigo has all the functionality I need and it’s under an active development so it’s continuously improving. I love Piwigo because it’s fairly easy to install and then manage, easy to backup, and it’s free-and-open-source software.

Dave

Photographers & individualsCzech

Piwigo users can rely on human, expert support when needed.

Whether you use the hosted service or run Piwigo on your own infrastructure, help is available from people who know the product inside out.

Piwigo has allowed us to be able build a strong photo library, which I can share with my key partners. Support is always so helpful and the creativity and freedom you get is amazing!

Callum White, Winchester City Council

Public SectorBritish English

Piwigo lets you choose where your data lives.

You can use Piwigo as a hosted service in France, under European regulations, or host it yourself on your own infrastructure — with the same software and full control over your media.

Having just returned from a wonderful family trip, we needed to find a way to share our photos while making it easy to distribute them to our friends. Being an open source promotor, unwilling to share photos with GAFAMs and having a web hosting, Piwigo was the perfect solution! Modular as you like, easy to use... Needless to say, for the next trip of this type I already know how we’ll share the photos :-).

Thomas Bury

Photographers & individualsFrench

Why Piwigo

Piwigo brings together the flexibility of open source with the practical ease of a managed service, all while giving you control over your media, your data and your future workflows.

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