Imagor Studio – Self-hosted image gallery and live editing web application

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Self-hosted image gallery and live editing for creators and professionals

  • Professional image editing with real-time preview
  • Lightning-fast gallery with virtual scrolling
  • Zero setup - just point to your images and start creating
  • Non-destructive editing - your originals stay safe
  • Perfect for photographers, designers, and content creators

Mobile Experience

Touch-optimized interface that works seamlessly on mobile while maintaining desktop power and full functionality.

Imagor Studio Mobile Interface

Lightning-Fast Gallery

High-performance virtual scrolling gallery with instant thumbnail generation and smooth navigation through thousands of images.

Imagor Studio Gallery Interface

Professional Live Editing

Advanced image editing with real-time preview, color adjustments, effects, cropping, and instant URL generation for transformed images.

Imagor Studio Live Editor Interface

Mobile Experience

Touch-optimized interface that works seamlessly on mobile while maintaining desktop power and full functionality.

Imagor Studio Mobile Interface

Lightning-Fast Gallery

High-performance virtual scrolling gallery with instant thumbnail generation and smooth navigation through thousands of images.

Imagor Studio Gallery Interface

Quick Start

Get started with Imagor Studio using Docker

Run with SQLite database and your image directory mounted

You can replace ~/Pictures with the path to your preferred directory (e.g., ~/Desktop, ~/MyPhotos, ~/Downloads).

docker run -p 8000:8000 --rm \ --name imagor-studio \ -v $(pwd)/imagor-studio-data:/app/data \ -v ~/Pictures:/app/gallery:ro \ -e DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///app/data/imagor-studio.db" \ shumc/imagor-studio

What this does:

  • Mounts your Photos directory as read-only for safe access
  • Creates persistent storage for the app database (SQLite)
  • Redirects to admin setup process on first launch

A Complete Image Processing Ecosystem

Imagor Studio

Self-hosted image gallery and live editing for creators and professionals.

imagor

Fast, secure image processing server and Go library, using libvips

vipsgen

Type-safe, comprehensive Go binding generator for libvips

Imagor Studio

Built from the ground up for performance, simplicity, and professional workflows

Built on a foundation from vipsgen to imagor. Imagor Studio brings together years of ongoing development into a Self-hosted image gallery and live editing for creators and professionals. Your support enables continued development of Imagor Studio.

High-Performance Virtual Scrolling

Lightning-fast gallery with virtual scrolling and 4-8x faster image processing than ImageMagick with libvips streaming architecture.

Live Image Editing

Powerful live image editing with instant URL generation. Transform images on-the-fly without modifying originals.

Zero-Configuration Setup

No indexing or sync required. Just point to your storage and start browsing. Universal storage support for file systems and S3-compatible solutions.

Non-Destructive Workflow

Keep your original files untouched. All transformations are applied dynamically, preserving your source images.

Professional-Grade Processing

Powered by imagor's robust image processing engine with comprehensive format support and advanced optimization.

Modern Interface

Slick, responsive interface with intuitive navigation, EXIF data display, and seamless user experience across devices.

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