Chevereto vs Pingvin Share X

Comparing two open source alternatives to Flickr and Imgur. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Chevereto

AGPL-3.0

Self-hosted image and video hosting platform. Build your own Flickr or Imgur-style media sharing site.

Visit Full details

Pingvin Share X

BSD-2-Clause

Secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform.

Visit Full details

Side-by-side comparison

	Chevereto	Pingvin Share X
License	AGPL-3.0	BSD-2-Clause
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	989	417
Forks	84	44
Open Issues	4	34
Last Commit	Sep 1, 2026	Sep 9, 2026
First Released	Nov 30, 2022	Sep 16, 2025
Categories	Image Hosting	File Sharing
Tags	#photo gallery #image-hosting #photo-sharing #selfhosting #video-sharing	#self hosted #file sharing #docker #file-transfer

GitHub stars over time

Chevereto

Pingvin Share X417

Similar open source alternatives

yougram

Self-hosted image sharing app that ships as a single static binary with multi-user support and shareable guest albums.

Alternative to:

Imgur

Paperless-ngx

Self-hosted document management system with OCR, full-text search, and automatic tagging for your paper documents.

Alternative to:

Google Drive

SafeBucket

Self-hosted file sharing platform with direct S3 uploads, SSO, and role-based access control.

Alternative to:

Dropbox

Syncthing

Continuous file synchronization program that syncs files directly between your devices — no cloud required.

Alternative to:

Dropbox

OpenCloud

OpenCloud is an open-source platform for file management, sharing, and team collaboration. It's easy to deploy, fully self-hostable, and built for modern, privacy-first workflows.

Alternative to:

Google Drive

BluFiles

Self-hosted file sharing and management platform with file transfers, pastes, collections, and a REST API.

Alternative to:

WeTransfer