Examples of opensource/free database driven website image galleries?

Hello all,
I was hoping people had suggestions for open source/free php based website galleries? I am open to either a database driven approach or a flat file approach, but am hoping to avoid having to re-engineer the wheel and write it myself.

My google searching has turned up several paid options but little free?

Any input?

Brian

Coppermine
Gallery2
Gallery3
Piwigo

If you go on Sourceforge and search for photo galleries you'll probably find more, but a lot of them may be orphans. Make sure you use one that is being updated and has a large user base. The first three certainly qualify; I have no experience with the fourth.

Excellent, thank you much for the links. I had implemented a flat file setup called e2, but the piwigo code you linked looks excellent and very extensible.

B

Hmm, just looked at e2. No database... pretty neat concept. I guess it parses the directories to make the albums.

I learned of Piwigo because its developer posted here. Personally I use Coppermine but it has its weaknesses also. I tried Gallery3 way back when it was in alpha and it was just too buggy but it's been in stable releases for quite a while now.

For me, it really comes down to how the album can be made to look. If you have a critical mass of users, you'll have a good selection of themes/skins.

Agree on all of the above. I think that the admin/upload panel of e2 is a bit more limited than I want, and I fear that management of the flat file directory storage structure is going to get messy as things grow. For a simple say single gallery of a few images though it seems like a beautiful simple system.

I saw coppermine as well. I had some objection to it but I can't remember what it was. It might have been I didn't like the style of the interface?

I'll probably setup mysql this afternoon and try to get this piwigo system up and running. I'm curious to see if all the required modules etc are included in the snow leopard included versions of php etc.

Piwigo seems largely like more than I actually need in that I'm pretty sure its setup to have multiple user accounts and user submissions etc, but who knows maybe that will be useful at some point.

Thanks again for pointing out some options.


b

bkcorwin wrote in post #11443762
I saw coppermine as well. I had some objection to it but I can't remember what it was. It might have been I didn't like the style of the interface?

Their tech support forum can be a pretty abrasive experience.

Very impressed. Once I got php mysql all talking, installing piwigo was super easy. The available themse, plugins, extensions, and community support seem excellent so far.

I'm new at this aspect of the business but does Zenphoto fit this category?

Side note: what kills me about all of these programs, not just gallery makers, is that there is nothing telling you how to get started with it. Plenty of stuff on the mechanics of download this, unzip or expand it here, ftp it over to there, change the permissions to this, etc but nothing telling you how to actually jump in to using the product!

Looks like Zenphoto is right with the others I listed. Might be worth looking at if/when I start to consider alternatives.

In looking at some old posts on here a PLG who develops(founded?) piwigo recommends zenphoto as another product to use. It appears to lack some of the depth that piwigo itself allows you to have.

I am actually doing this for personal use not for "business" as aphphoto notes, and I think solutions such as this are going to be very helpful for me. In the past I have had a heck of a time maintaining/managing large sets of standard html/flash based galleries. It seems as though this will alleviate much of that burden as well as providing a nice way for family/friends to comment on photos or even upload their own images via separate accounts.

I will add to that from what I have seen in the past few days using several of these systems, there isn't that much more to do once its installed. Aside from go to the admin panel and click upload photos.

B