#1
Self-hosted photo gallery for organizations and individuals; supports large libraries, albums, plugins, themes, permissions and a developer API.
3.8k stars480 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
10 self-hosted Canto alternatives
Cloud-based digital asset management platform for organizing, searching, sharing, and distributing images, videos, and documents. Provides metadata tagging, permissions, versioning, search, shareable portals and integrations for teams.
Alternatives to Canto
#2
Pimcore is an open core data and experience management platform combining PIM/MDM, DAM, CMS/DXP, CDP and digital commerce with extensible APIs and modeling tools.
3.8k stars1.5k forkslast commit Actively maintained
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Manyfold is a self-hosted web app to organize, preview, and share 3D models for 3D printing, with tagging, metadata, and disk reorganization tools.
2.1k stars133 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#4
DSpace is an open source institutional repository and digital asset management system for preserving, managing, and providing access to digital content.
1.1k stars1.5k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
Open-source archives information management application for accessioning, describing, preserving, and providing access to archival collections and digital objects.
432 stars243 forkslast commit Actively maintained
Providence is the backend of CollectiveAccess: a PHP-based collections management system for cataloging complex metadata and media with search, GraphQL API, import/export and reporting.
379 stars198 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Java-based, modular digital repository for libraries and archives. Provides a RESTful HTTP API, Linked Data support, flexible storage backends and preservation features.
254 stars136 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#8
Open-source repository engine from the Samvera community for building institutional digital repositories with flexible metadata, workflows, and search integration.
200 stars137 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Islandora is a Drupal module ecosystem for building institutional digital repositories with Fedora and Solr integrations, IIIF support, background processing and modular media handling.
157 stars121 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
ResourceSpace is an open-source digital asset management (DAM) system for storing, organizing, searching, and securely sharing files with metadata, permissions, and auditing.
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What replacing Canto actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 9 of 10 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-2.0, AGPL-3.0, BSD-3-Clause, GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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