What is ZenphotoCMS?

Zenphoto is a standalone content management system designed for media-focused websites such as portfolios for illustrators, artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, and musicians. It handles images, video, and audio formats with features like file-system-based uploads, dynamic albums, scheduled publishing, watermarks, EXIF/IPTC metadata, and drag-and-drop sorting. The Zenpage plugin adds a blog with nested categories and custom pages for running entire websites. Multi-user management with groups and per-user rights allows restricting access to albums and pages. Multilingual support includes backend translations and subdomain-based language sites. A theme engine with four included themes and a plugin system enable customization. Installation is via FTP upload to a PHP-enabled web server with MySQL or MariaDB. The project is licensed under GPL v2 or later.

Should you self-host ZenphotoCMS?

ZenphotoCMS scores 52/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #8 of 19 in Photo Galleries. It has 317 GitHub stars.

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. It is Other-licensed and written mostly in PHP.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Immich (93/100, 117 509 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See ZenphotoCMS vs Immich side by side.