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.

BSD-2-Clause

Secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform.

	Chevereto	Pingvin Share X
License	AGPL-3.0	BSD-2-Clause
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,002	533
Forks	89	59
Open Issues	7	39
Last Commit	Oct 24, 2026	Oct 24, 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

Chevereto

Pingvin Share X533

Self-hosted file management and sharing platform that unifies local disk and multiple cloud storage providers behind one web interface.

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

Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization that speaks the Syncthing BEP protocol and needs no cloud account.

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

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

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