Tired of trusting your memories to platforms that scan, relicense, or lock your content behind changing terms? Chevereto v4.4 removes a couple of common roadblocks—S3 storage and multi-user access—so you can run a gallery that stays yours.
Chevereto is a turnkey media sharing system designed to run on your own server. It enables you to host your own alternative to services like Imgur or Flickr, allowing you to share or embed content anywhere on your own terms.
It supports multi-user access, built-in 2FA, S3-compatible storage, chunked uploads, and ShareX integration. It provides robust categorization, tagging, and multi-tenancy. Explore the demo or review the full list of features.
You can get started quickly using Docker:
docker run -d \
--name chevereto \
-p 80:80 \
-e CHEVERETO_DB_HOST=database \
-e CHEVERETO_DB_USER=chevereto \
-e CHEVERETO_DB_PASS=user_database_password \
-e CHEVERETO_DB_PORT=3306 \
-e CHEVERETO_DB_NAME=chevereto \
-e CHEVERETO_MAX_POST_SIZE=2G \
-e CHEVERETO_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=2G \
-v /var/www/html/images/ \
chevereto/chevereto:latest
For detailed setup, see the Pure Docker and Docker Compose documentation.
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Why Chevereto?
In active development since 2007, Chevereto is battle-tested, indie-developed software. It is self-funded by its original author, remaining independent of third-party grants or corporate influence.
The project exists because the "I agree" checkbox on "free" platforms often implies signing away rights to your content. Terms of service for major platforms frequently grant perpetual, royalty-free rights to use your content or consent to automated scanning. Here are abstracts from the terms of some usual suspects:
Flickr: You request, and grant SmugMug a perpetual, nonexclusive and royalty-free right to use the User Content as is reasonably necessary (...) you consent to such automated scanning and monitoring of your content
Imgur: You grant Imgur a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable worldwide license (...) to use, to display online and in any present or future media, to create derivative works
When you share what used to be your photos using these kinds of services, you enable data mining and AI training on your files and on those viewing your content. Consider Meta's terms:
Meta: We collect and receive information from (...) and other third parties about a variety of your information (...) We receive this information whether or not you’re logged in or have an account on our Products
Convenient storage often becomes a trap, locking you into a provider that owns and monitors your content. If you rely on embedding across the web, changing providers later forces you to rebuild your library. If a provider decides to block your region, you could lose access entirely.
Chevereto ensures true data ownership. It is an Open Source application you can run anywhere. Connect your storage and forget about it.
S3 storage & multi-user
Chevereto v4.4 makes S3 storage (AWS S3 + Compatible) and multi-user support free for everyone.
We unlocked these features to prepare for our upcoming cloud service, ensuring users can easily migrate between cloud and self-hosted environments without licensing barriers. Our cloud platform is built on our own Open Source technology (Chevere), marking a shift towards a more open Chevereto ecosystem.
Closing thoughts
In a web increasingly dominated by centralized platforms and data harvesting, self-hosting is an act of digital sovereignty. Chevereto v4.4 is a major step forward in making that power accessible to everyone.
Join us on GitHub or our Community to help shape the future of independent media hosting.
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