HomeGallery by xemle

Self-hosted open-source web gallery to view your photos and videos featuring mobile-friendly, tagging and AI powered image discovery

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Verdict 48/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 241k docker pulls 1 open CVE

Self-host HomeGallery on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
48 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.1k
96 forks

About HomeGallery

From the project's README at github.com/xemle/home-gallery. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Home-Gallery.org is a self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image and face discovery. Try the demo gallery or enjoy the food images!

Note: This software is a private pet/spare time project without any warranty. Ask questions on gitter.im or Discord.

Do you like HomeGallery? Does it solve your media problem? Would you like to help? Please read the CONTRIBUTING guidelines and support this project through any recurring financial support to my patreon.com/xemle or one time support to my paypal.me/xemle account. Thank you in advance.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
41
maturity
30
community
72
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
26

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.1k github.com/xemle/home-gallery
GitHub forks 96 github.com/xemle/home-gallery
Docker Hub pulls 241k hub.docker.com / xemle

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.4 yearssince Dec 2020
Last commit2 months agoMar 1, 2026

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

2 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-28679.

Ready to self-host HomeGallery?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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