PictShare
PictShare is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sharing category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Imgur and ships a Docker image. It has 951 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 951
- Forks
- 137
- Open issues
- 3
- Commits, last 12 months
- 108
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Oct 27, 2015
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 108 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 108 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Open pull requests | 6 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Oct 27, 2015 |
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About PictShare
Multi lingual image hosting service with a simple resizing and upload API.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/HaschekSolutions/pictshare.
Topics
- docker
- images
- selfhosted
- picture
- mp4-uploads
- image-uploader
- encryption
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Is PictShare free and open source?
Yes. PictShare is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 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 PictShare with Docker?
Yes. PictShare 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 PictShare?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to PictShare include qBittorrent, transfer.sh and Transmission. PictShare itself is a self-hosted alternative to Imgur.
Is PictShare actively maintained?
The most recent commit to PictShare was on Oct 22, 2026 with 108 commits in the past twelve months. It had 3 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.