--- title: PicPeak: Self-Hosted Photo Galleries Made Easy | daily.dev description: PicPeak is an open-source, self-hosted photo and video gallery platform for sharing event albums rather than entire photo libraries. Galleries can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/picpeak-self-hosted-photo-galleries-made-easy-9mz44cthw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PicPeak: Self-Hosted Photo Galleries Made Easy | daily.dev og:description: PicPeak is an open-source, self-hosted photo and video gallery platform for sharing event albums rather than entire photo libraries. Galleries can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/picpeak-self-hosted-photo-galleries-made-easy-9mz44cthw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9MZ44CTHw.png og:image:alt: PicPeak: Self-Hosted Photo Galleries Made Easy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PicPeak: Self-Hosted Photo Galleries Made Easy **[Noted](https://daily.dev/sources/noted)** · [@noted](https://daily.dev/noted) · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PicPeak is an open-source, self-hosted photo and video gallery platform for sharing event albums rather than entire photo libraries. Galleries can be password-protected and set to expire, and visitors can download single images or a full ZIP without an account. Guests can upload their own photos directly, and a live slideshow mode can display incoming photos during an event. It ships as an all-in-one Docker image with SQLite for quick setup, or a Docker Compose stack with PostgreSQL and Redis for larger installs, and it supports local or S3-compatible storage. It's released under the MIT license. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I let event guests upload their own photos to a shared gallery without creating accounts? PicPeak, an open-source self-hosted photo and video gallery platform, supports guest uploading so attendees can contribute pictures directly instead of sending them through text or email. It also includes a live slideshow mode that displays incoming photos during the event, and visitors can view or download galleries, including as a ZIP, without creating an account. _Planning a self-hosted gallery setup is easier when daily.dev surfaces tools like this alongside real deployment details._ ### What are the deployment options for running PicPeak on a home server? PicPeak offers an all-in-one Docker image bundled with SQLite for quick setup without a separate database. For larger installations, it also provides a Docker Compose stack using PostgreSQL and Redis, and it supports both local storage and S3-compatible backends so files don't need to live on a third-party photo service. _Comparing self-hosted stacks gets easier when daily.dev brings deployment specifics like this to one place._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SmartGallery Is the Self Hosted Way to Manage ComfyUI Generations](https://daily.dev/posts/smartgallery-is-the-self-hosted-way-to-manage-comfyui-generations-ktouttccx) · Noted · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [I replaced Google Photos with Immich, and my entire photo library finally stays under my control](https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-google-photos-with-immich-and-my-entire-photo-library-finally-stays-under-my-control-i3hrfiwq0) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [This self-hosted photo tool replaced Google Photos and OneDrive for me, and it's more private too](https://daily.dev/posts/this-self-hosted-photo-tool-replaced-google-photos-and-onedrive-for-me-and-it-s-more-private-too-xdjattwf4) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Google Photos? 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