MediaGoblin – decentralized Web platform for hosting and sharing digital media

MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.

MediaGoblin is an official GNU project.

The software is free and open source.

Features include:

• Browse galleries curated by other MediaGoblin users and create your own, by simply uploading your media files or compiling collections from the works of others
• Supports PostgreSQL and SQLite. The default is a local SQLite database.
• Show and share your media.
• Media isn’t just pictures. MediaGoblin also supports audio files, videos, books and presentations or even 3D-models and ASCII-art.
• On the backend, it can use powerful tools to transcode or convert your files.
• Built-in comment system which supports Markdown formatting, comment previews and notifications.
• Does not require special permissions or elevated access to run.
• Building tools to empower the world through decentralization.
• Themes.
• Built for extensibility. Multiple media types, including video support. You can easily add a new media type or new authentication provider. Even further, you could write plugins for all purposes, like connecting to another platforms API. MediaGoblin comes with core plugins.
• Command-line uploading and batch uploading.

Website: mediagoblin.org
Support: Documentation, Mailing List
Developer: MediaGoblin Developers
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3

MediaGoblin is written in Python and SQL. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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