Chevereto – self-hosted image and video hosting platform

Chevereto is a self-hosted image and video hosting platform for creating media-sharing websites. It enables individuals, communities and organisations to publish photographic collections, manage user uploads and operate their own image hosting services.

The software can power anything from a private photography archive to a public image-sharing community. Its interface combines media browsing, albums and user profiles with administrative controls for managing uploaded content and configuring the website.

Chevereto offers an alternative to relying on third-party image hosting providers. Administrators retain control over stored media, user access and the policies governing their hosting service.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Image and video hosting – supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, BMP, MP4, MOV and WebM files.
• Multiple upload methods – accepts files through drag-and-drop, clipboard, remote URLs and API requests.
• Multi-user support – provides user registration, individual profiles and administrative account management.
• Album organisation – creates albums and nested sub-albums with configurable covers, descriptions and privacy settings.
• Tagging and categorisation – organises uploaded media using searchable tags and categories.
• Privacy controls – supports private albums and password-protected collections.
• Image processing – generates thumbnails, adjusts image orientation and extracts photographic metadata.
• Duplicate detection – identifies repeated media during uploads.
• External storage – supports local storage, Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage services.
• Media sharing – provides direct links and HTML, Markdown and BBCode embedding options.
• Search and discovery – offers configurable media listings, search functionality and content exploration.
• Two-factor authentication – adds an additional security mechanism for user accounts.
• Responsive interface – adapts media listings and browsing layouts to different screen sizes.
• Administrative dashboard – controls registration, upload restrictions, media settings and website configuration.
• API integration – enables external applications to upload and interact with hosted media.

Website: github.com/chevereto/chevereto
Support:
Developer: Rodolfo Berríos Arce
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

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