GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 608
- Forks
- 16
- Open issues
- 35
- Commits, last 12 months
- 225
- Last commit
- Aug 17, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.25.0Aug 17, 2026
- Created
- Jun 14, 2020
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About Photofield
Experimental fast photo viewer. Photofield is open source under the MIT license and written mainly in Go, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 608 stars and 16 forks on GitHub, with 225 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- photos
- gallery
- photoviewer
- golang
- vue3
- self-hosted
- image
- image-viewer
- photo
- photo-gallery
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What is Photofield?
Photofield is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Photo Galleries category. Experimental fast photo viewer. The source code lives at github.com/SmilyOrg/photofield, where it has 608 stars.
Is Photofield free and open source?
Yes. Photofield is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Photofield with Docker?
Yes. Photofield provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Photofield?
Popular open-source alternatives to Photofield include Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente.
Is Photofield actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Photofield was on Aug 17, 2026 with 225 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.25.0, published Aug 17, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.