# DD Photos

> Beautiful and fast self-hosted photo galleries. No subscriptions, no lock-in, deploys in minutes.

DD Photos is a free, open-source tool for building self-hosted static photo galleries.
Your photos stay on your own storage. No database required. Deploy with a single Docker command
to Cloudflare Pages, Surge, or any static host.

## Links

- Homepage and Demo: https://ddphotos.donohoe.info
- GitHub: https://github.com/dougdonohoe/ddphotos

## Key facts

- License: open source (AGPL v3)
- Pricing: free
- Stack: Go + `libvips` (image processing/indexing), SvelteKit (gallery UI), Docker
- Deployment targets: Cloudflare Pages (via Wrangler), Surge, S3, rsync/Apache, any static host
- Input: local photo directories + albums.yaml config
- Output: fully static site, no server runtime or database required