[![Piwigo](http://piwigo.org/screenshots/logos/piwigo@280.png)](http://piwigo.org)
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Piwigo is photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.

Extensions make Piwigo easily customizable. Icing on the cake, Piwigo is free and open source.

![screenshot](http://piwigo.org/screenshots/github-screenshot.jpg)

 * [piwigo.org](http://piwigo.org)
 * [Demo](http://piwigo.org/demo)
 * [Downloads](http://piwigo.org/basics/downloads)
 * [User guide](http://piwigo.org/doc)
 * [Plugins and themes](http://piwigo.org/ext)
 * [Forum](http://piwigo.org/forum)
 * [News](http://piwigo.org/news)
 
## Requirements

 * A webserver (Apache or nginx recommended)
 * PHP 5.2 or greater
 * MySQL 5 or greater or MariaDB equivalent
 * ImageMagick (recommended) or PHP GD

## Quick start install

### NetInstall

 * Download the [NetInstall script](http://piwigo.org/download/dlcounter.php?code=netinstall)
 * Transfer the script to your web space with any FTP client
 * Open the script in you web browser (for example http://example.com/piwigo-netinstall.php) and follow the steps

[More information](http://piwigo.org/basics/installation_netinstall)

### Manual

 * Download the [latest stable version](http://piwigo.org/download/dlcounter.php?code=latest) and unzip it
 * Transfer everything to your web space with any FTP client
 * Open your website (for example http://example.com/piwigo) and follow the steps

[More information](http://piwigo.org/basics/installation_manual)

If you do not have your own server, consider the [piwigo.com](http://piwigo.com/) hosting solution.

## Contributing

Piwigo is widely driven by its community; if you want to improve the code, fork this repo and submit your changes to the `master` branch.

## License

Piwigo is released under the GPL v2 license.