# HomeGallery

> HomeGallery is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the photo galleries category. Browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery. It has 1,194 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/xemle/home-gallery |
| Website | https://home-gallery.org/ |
| Demo | https://demo.home-gallery.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 1,194 |
| Forks | 106 |
| Open issues | 42 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Categories | Photo Galleries |
| Commits, last 12 months | 48 |
| Last commit | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Latest release | No releases |
| Created | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Maintenance | Maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: gallery, videos, open-source, web-gallery, mobile, geo-reverse-lookups, photo-gallery, reverse-image-search, tagging, photos

## Install

HomeGallery ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/xemle/home-gallery for the image name and environment variables.

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