Self-host szurubooru
2.5Danbooru-style image board engine for communities
- Stars
- 1 029
- Ports
- 8080 (HTTP web interface (client container)), 80 (HTTP inside client container (nginx))
- Requires
- PostgreSQL
szurubooru/server
What is szurubooru?
Szurubooru is a self-hosted image board engine inspired by Danbooru, Gelbooru, and Moebooru, built for small and medium communities. It handles images (JPG, PNG, GIF), videos (MP4, WEBM), and Flash animations, with web video retrieval via yt-dlp. Features include post comments, notes with polygon annotations, a JSON REST API with token-based authentication, advanced search, a rank-based privilege system, tag categories with implications and aliases, pools, duplicate detection, post rating and favorites, and a polished UI with endless paging. It runs via Docker Compose with PostgreSQL, a Python server, and a static client frontend. Configuration uses YAML and environment variables. Licensed under GPL-3.0.
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Should you self-host szurubooru?
szurubooru scores 54/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #47 of 142 in Media Management. It has 1 029 GitHub stars, +4 in the last 30 days.
There was no stable release in the past 12 months, so check the repository's recent activity before you rely on it.
Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is GPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in Python.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Sonarr (81/100, 17 486 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See szurubooru vs Sonarr side by side.
Features
- Advanced search
- CLI admin tools
- Duplicate Detection
- Image board engine
- Multi-format media support
- Pools
- Post comments
- Post notes and annotations
- Post rating and favorites
- Privilege system
- REST API
- Tag Management
- Token-based authentication
- Webhooks
- Web video retrieval
szurubooru README
Szurubooru is an image board engine inspired by services such as Danbooru, Gelbooru and Moebooru dedicated for small and medium communities. Its name has its roots in Polish language and has onomatopeic meaning of scraping or scrubbing. It is pronounced as shoorubooru.
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