DD Photos – open-source photo album site generator (Go and SvelteKit)

In plain words

DD Photos is an open-source photo album generator built with Go and SvelteKit that creates fast, static websites for sharing images. Users export photos from applications like Lightroom or Apple Photos, run a command-line tool to convert and optimize them, then deploy the resulting site to any file server. It eliminates ads, distracting interfaces, and slow load times by generating a database-free site with no server code required, making it suitable for anyone wanting to share photos with friends and family.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Beautiful self-hosted photo galleries. No subscriptions, no lock-in, deploys in minutes. - dougdonohoe/ddphotos

DD Photos is an easy way for you to share your photo/video albums. A DD Photos site↗ has a home page, with all of your albums, and their description. You can easily switch between dark and light themes. Click/touch an album, and you see a grid of all photos/videos. Click/touch a photo/video to see the full size version and a caption, if it has one. You can easily swipe between photos/video (or use arrow keys on a laptop). It works great on mobile, tablet, and desktop. Videos sit in the same grid as your photos, marked with a play badge and their length, and play right where the full size photo would appear. The easiest way to run DD Photos is via the open-source companion DD Photos desktop…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I was frustrated with photo sharing sites. Apple's iCloud shared albums take 20+ seconds to load, and everything else comes with ads, cumbersome UIs, or social media distractions. I just want to share photos with friends and family: fast, mobile-friendly, distraction-free. So I built DD Photos. You export photos from…

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