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Thumbor is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Photo Galleries category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 10,527 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/thumbor/thumbor

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
10,527
Forks
863
Open issues
3
Commits, last 12 months
198
Last commit
Oct 25, 2026
Latest release
7.8.0May 30, 2026
Created
Mar 16, 2011
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 198 commits in 12 months.

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Last commitOct 25, 2026
Commits, last 12 months198
Latest release7.8.0 (May 30, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months1
Releases, all time134
Open issues3
Open pull requests8
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedMar 16, 2011

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About Thumbor

A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/thumbor/thumbor.

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FAQ

Thumbor FAQ

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Is Thumbor free and open source?

Yes. Thumbor 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 Thumbor with Docker?

Yes. Thumbor 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 Thumbor?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Thumbor include Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente.

Is Thumbor actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Thumbor was on Oct 25, 2026 with 198 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 7.8.0, published May 30, 2026. It had 3 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.