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streama vs Piwigo
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars, 978 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Piwigo has 3,857 stars, 484 forks, 751 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. streama leads on adoption by 155% (9,820 vs 3,857 stars). streama is written in JavaScript under MIT; Piwigo is written in PHP under GPL-2.0. streama has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Piwigo 13%. Piwigo was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| streama | Piwigo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.8K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-08-09 | 2026-09-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 978 | ⑂ 484 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick streama if
- You weight community size — 9.8K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Piwigo if
- You want the Piwigo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Piwigo fits your workflow better
About streama
Streama is a self hosted streaming media server, written in JavaScript and released under the MIT licence, that gives someone with a large personal collection of films and shows a private Netflix style library they run and control themselves.
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About Piwigo
Piwigo is an open source photo gallery application for the web, built in PHP and released under the GPL 2.0 license. It lives in the PHP web application ecosystem and is positioned as a digital asset management tool for organisations, teams, and individuals.
read the full Piwigo overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is streama or Piwigo more popular?
streama has 9,820 GitHub stars and Piwigo has 3,857. streama has the larger community by that measure.
Are streama and Piwigo free?
Both are open source. streama is licensed under MIT and Piwigo under GPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between streama and Piwigo?
streama is written in JavaScript and Piwigo in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, streama or Piwigo?
Choose streama if you want the larger community (9,820 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Piwigo if its feature set, stack or GPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.