PicPeak

Self-hosted photo sharing for event photographers.

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PicPeak lets you create password-protected, time-limited photo galleries for your clients — hosted on your own server. No subscriptions, no storage limits, no third-party access to your photos.

Demo

Try it out at demo.picpeak.app.

Admin panel: demo.picpeak.app/admin — login with demo@picpeak.app / Demo2026!

The demo resets periodically.

Features

Gallery Management — Create galleries, upload photos via drag & drop, set passwords and expiration dates. Galleries auto-archive when they expire. Events start as drafts so you can upload and prepare before notifying the client.

Client Experience — Responsive galleries that look great on any device. Guests can browse, download individual photos or everything at once. Optional guest uploads and feedback (likes, comments, ratings).

Themes & Branding — 11 built-in theme presets, custom CSS templates, configurable colors/fonts/layouts. White-label your admin panel and login page with your own logo and company name.

Email Notifications — Automated gallery creation, expiration warning, and archive emails. Multilingual templates (EN, DE, NL, PT, RU) editable from the admin UI.

Photo Protection — Watermarking, right-click prevention, canvas rendering, DevTools detection. Configurable per gallery.

External Media — Reference photos from a mounted folder instead of uploading. PicPeak reads originals in place and generates thumbnails on demand.

Multi-Language — Full UI translations for English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, and Russian. Email templates support all languages independently.

Analytics — Built-in view/download tracking plus optional Umami integration for privacy-focused analytics.

Video Support — Upload and stream MP4, WebM, MOV alongside photos. FFmpeg bundled via npm.

Multiple Admins — Role-based access control with super admin, admin, and editor roles.

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/the-luap/picpeak.git
cd picpeak
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set at least JWT_SECRET and passwords
docker compose up -d

Open http://localhost:3000 and log in with the credentials from your .env.

Permissions: Set PUID and PGID in .env to match your host user (id -u / id -g) so Docker volumes are writable.

See the Deployment Guide for reverse proxy setup, SSL, external media, and production configuration.

Screenshots

Admin Dashboard

Event Management

Analytics

Comparison

	PicPeak	PicDrop	Scrapbook.de
Self-hosted	Yes	No	No
Monthly cost	$0	$29-199	19-99 EUR
Storage	Unlimited	50-500 GB	100-1000 GB
Custom branding	Full	Limited	Limited
Open source	Yes	No	No
API	Yes	Paid	No

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL (or SQLite)
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Infrastructure: Docker, Nginx, Redis
• Processing: Sharp (images), FFmpeg (video)

Release Channels

Stable (stable / latest) — Production-ready. Use this for real deployments.

Beta (beta) — Early access to new features. May have rough edges.

# Set in .env
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=stable  # or beta

# Update
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d

The admin dashboard notifies you when updates are available.

Contributing

We welcome contributions — bug fixes, features, translations, documentation. See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions.

Documentation

• Deployment Guide — Installation, configuration, reverse proxy, external media
• Admin API (OpenAPI) — Machine-readable API spec
• Admin API Quickstart — Authentication and testing guide
• Security Policy

Contributors

Thanks to the people whose code, reports, and feedback have shaped PicPeak:

• @Luca-Timo — native Apple Silicon multi-arch images, external-URL toggle for legal CMS pages, lazy-loaded folder tree picker, admin-email picker, self-hosted webfont system, gallery header/banner decoupling, and several typed-API refactors.
• @Rekoo-PS — sharp-eyed bug reporter and product feedback. Filed the issues that drove the login-loop fix, gallery-loading skeleton work, mobile-lightbox overhaul, admin-events search-counter fix, photo-count column, and bulk-delete workflow. Also a BuyMeACoffee supporter.

If you've contributed and aren't listed here, please open a PR.

License

MIT — use it for personal or commercial projects.

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