Comparison of photo gallery software

The following is a comparison of photo gallery publishing software. Some are desktop applications, others are server side applications.

Desktop applications

Name License Platform Languages Resizing Upload Output IPTC Support GeoTagging Support Tags Categories Keywords
A4Desk Gallery Basic, Pro. and Ent. licences from $39 Windows English Automatic FTP Flash, XML, HTML No No
AlbumShaper GPL Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris Multilingual Automatic Local Filesystem XML, HTML No No
Flash Gallery All Basic, Pro. and Ent. licences All browser English Automatic FTP Flash, XML, HTML No No
HTTPhotos Freeware Windows 95,98,ME,XP,NT,7 English Automatic Local Filesystem or digicamsoft.com server HTML 4.01 Strict, CSS, Flash/HTML No No
Jalbum Free for personal and non-commercial use. Windows, Mac, Linux Multilingual Automatic FTP XHTML, HTML, CSS, Flash Yes Yes
Shozam Web Gallery Generator $24.95 USD and up (product family has 5 different editions) Windows Multilingual Automatic Local filesystem, FTP XHTML 1.0 Transitional, CSS, (Static HTML Pages) No Yes
Visual LightBox Free for non-commercial use. Windows, Mac Multilingual (24 languages) Automatic Local filesystem, FTP HTML, CSS, JavaScript, (Static HTML Pages) No No
Web Album Generator Freeware Windows English Automatic Local Filesystem HTML, CSS, (Static HTML Pages) No No
Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory $49.95 with 50+ built-in 3D photo gallery templates and flash templates Windows English Automatic FTP Flash, HTML, EXE, Screen Saver No No
Easy Website Photo Gallery $34.95 with 40+ built-in photo gallery templates Windows English Automatic Local filesystem, FTP HTML, CSS, JavaScript, (Static HTML Pages) No No
iFunia 3DGallery $39.95 with 35+ ready to use 3D gallery templates Mac English Automatic Local filesystem, FTP Flash, HTML, EXE, Screen Saver No No
Flash Slideshow Maker $49.95 with 100+ built-in Flash templates Windows,Mac Multilingual Automatic FTP Flash, XML, HTML No No

Server applications

Name License Platform Languages Resizing Upload Output IPTC Support GeoTagging Support Tags Categories Keywords Dynamic Image Processing Access Control
4images 100/170€, free for private and non-commercial use PHP/MySQL Multilingual thumbnails HTTP, FTP HTML 4.01 Transitional, CSS Yes No
Artnetbook.com FREE up to 30 artworks, 19€ PRO PHP/MySQL Multilingual thumbnails HTTP, FTP HTML 4.01 Transitional, CSS Yes Yes
xFlow! £10.00 GBP PHP/JavaScript/XML Multilingual
via user edited language files
thumbnails, resize, rotate, watermark HTTP, FTP XHTML 1.0 Strict No No Yes
Alkaline $79 Standard, $249 Multiuser PHP/MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite English Automatic HTTP, FTP, Drag-and-drop (HTML5) XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bizou GPL PHP Any Automatic directory on webserver XHTML, CSS No No
Camera Life GPL PHP/MySQL English Automatic Local directory, Amazon S3, Flickr, HTTP, Java Applet, Gallery Remote, Picasa 2, Kipi HTML 4.01 Transitional, CSS Yes No Yes
Community Server Free for personal and non-commercial use. Licenses for commercial use. ASP.NET/SQL Server Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP, Web Service XHTML 1.0, CSS Yes No
Coppermine GPL, but with a potentially non-compliant advertising requirement PHP/MySQL Multilingual (46) Automatic (GD/Imagemagick) HTTP one at a time or in batch, FTP, Windows XP Publishing Wizard, drag and drop (via extension) XHTML 1.0 Transitional Yes Modification available Yes
Exhibit Engine GPL PHP/MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS Yes No
Flash Gallery Creative Commons Attribution Flash, PHP, XML English Automatic FTP Flash, XHTML, CSS No No
Gallery Project GPL PHP/MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server Multilingual Automatic (GD/Imagemagick) Local directory, HTTP, Java Applet, Gallery Remote, Picasa 2, Import from Gallery 1.x, Windows XP Publishing Wizard, Local server, GLoSS, WebDAV (as of 2.2) XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS Yes, in G2 module Yes, keywords in G2 No No, as of G3
Gallery Server Pro GPL ASP.NET/SQLite (SQL Server optional) English Automatic HTTP one at a time or in batch, FTP XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS Yes No Yes (read-only, searchable view of tags and keywords imported from image metadata) Yes Yes
EASY PHOTO GALLERIES $14– $25, Single Website License PHP, XML, Flash Multilingual Automatic HTTP Flash, XML, HTML No No
Idut Gallery Free for private and commercial use PHP English Automatic HTTP, FTP HTML, CSS Yes No
imgal GPL PHP Multilingual (Currently Implemented: English/Persian) No HTTP HTML No No
ImageIsland [$39, Single Website License] ASP.NET English Thumbnails, resize, rotate HTTP XHTML, CSS No No
jGallery GPL Java, JEE English Automatic directory on webserver XHTML, CSS Yes No
KoffeePhoto Free for personal and non-commercial use. Licenses for commercial use. Python/PHP/MySQL Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish Automatic Java Application XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS No No
LinPHA (development stopped) GPL PHP/MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite Multilingual Automatic Local directory  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes
Stockbox Photo Std., Pro. and Ent. licences from $399 PHP/MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP individual or batch, FTP XHTML 1.0, CSS Yes, XMP supported No
My Photo Gallery GPL Perl (MySQL optional) English Yes Local Filesystem, HTTP XHTML 1.0, CSS No No
Not Another Image Gallery GPL PHP (MySQL optional for comments, polls) Multilingual Automatic Local Filesystem, FTP XHTML 1.0, CSS Yes No
Pictaca $97 license for personal, non-commercial or commercial use. PHP Multilingual (5) Automatic HTTP one at a time or in batch, FTP HTML No No
Phonora Free Std, $39.99 Pro PHP/MySQL Multilingual thumbnails, resize, watermark HTTP, Multiple/Batch Upload HTML, CSS Yes No Yes Yes
PhotoPost Pro $129 license for personal, non-commercial or commercial use. PHP/MySQL Multilingual (5) Automatic HTTP one at a time or in batch, FTP HTML No No
phpGraphy GPL PHP Multilingual Automatic Local filesystem / FTP / HTTP XHTML, CSS Yes No Yes
Hierarchical organized categories
phTagr GPL PHP (CakePHP) / MySQL Multilingual Automatic (GD/ImageMagick), also create flash video (ffmpeg) Local filesystem / HTTP (file-by-file, multiple files as one ZIP file) / WebDAV XHTML, CSS, RSS, Media RSS Yes (read/write of Keywords, Categories, Locations) Yes (read/write via Exif, show via embedded Google Maps) Yes ? Yes
Piwigo GPL PHP/MySQL Multilingual (43 languages) Yes HTTP, FTP, local filesystem, Flash, Digikam, Shotwell, Lightroom, Piwigo Uploader (windows, mac, Linux), IPhone/IPad and Android Complies with W3C specifications, HTML 4.01 and CSS 2 Yes extension Yes Yes Yes
Pixaria Gallery $249 license for personal, non-commercial or commercial use. PHP/MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP, Java Applet XHTML, CSS Yes Yes
Plogger GPL PHP/MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP using Image Files, Zip Files, Remote Upload XHTML 1.1, CSS, RSS In development for Beta 3, available through PHP. According to forum, no longer developed. No
Qdig (no longer supported) GPL PHP English, Czech, Finnish and German Automatic FTP XHTML 1.0 Transitional, table-based page layout  ? No Yes
Hierarchical organized categories
ResourceSpace BSD-style license PHP/MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP multiple in-browser uploads, FTP from external server XHTML 1.0 CSS Yes Yes Experimental Yes Yes
RoboGallery GPL PHP, WordPress English Automatic, Manual HTTP, web-interface XHTML 1.0  ? No
Simple Picture Gallery Manager GPL PHP Multilingual No FTP, GalleryMage, SPGM Webministration, XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS No No
Singapore Gallery GPL PHP Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP, GalleryMage XHTML 1.0 Transitional, CSS No No
TinyWebGallery Free for personal and commercial use. Registered version available PHP, XML Multilingual (25) Automatic (GD/ImageMagick), also from video (ffmpeg) HTTP, FTP, Flash Uploader, scan remote location HTML 4.01 Transitional, CSS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zenith Picture Gallery GPL PHP, MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP (individual/batch) XHTML 1.0 Transitional, CSS Yes No
Zenphoto GPL PHP, MySQL Multilingual Automatic (GD/Imagick) HTTP (single/batch uploads), FTP, ZIP, Local Filesystem XHTML 1.0 Transitional, RSS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
zOOm Media Gallery (no longer supported) GPL PHP, MySQL, Ajax Multilingual Automatic, also from videos File-per-file, multiple files as one ZIP file, Drag 'n' Drop, scan remote location CSS Yes No
Zoph GPL PHP, MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP (File-per-file, multiple files as one ZIP or tar file), local file system, command line HTML 4.0 Strict, CSS No Yes
(v0.8.3 and later)
Yes
Hierarchical organized categories
Phoca Gallery GPL PHP (Joomla), MySQL Multilingual Automatic HTTP, FTP, Flash, Java XHTML, CSS No
Exif Yes
Yes Yes
Hierarchical organized categories
No
To protect server performance
Yes
HPPG GPL PHP, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, Sphinx_(search_engine), Face.com, Amazon_S3 Multilingual Automatic (GD/Imagick) HTTP (single/batch uploads), FTP, ZIP, Local Filesystem XHTML 1.0 Transitional, RSS No
Exif Yes
No Yes Yes