PiGallery2 Plus

PiGallery2 Plus is a performance and metadata focused fork of PiGallery2 for large self-hosted media archives.

It keeps the original directory-first gallery model and adds features aimed at large libraries, richer metadata, public sharing, and smoother browsing.

Highlights

• Fast large-gallery browsing with incremental loading improvements.
• Rich metadata display for archive workflows, including source site, source URL, preserved filename, creator, and private-gallery markers.
• Share-link fixes for guest and limited guest browsing.
• Public random-image URLs that can be constrained by a share key and search query.
• Editable random-link queries for admins and link owners.
• Activity audit logs for logins, user actions, share-link use, and admin views.
• Browser-native MP4/WebM/OGV playback stays direct, with ffmpeg fallback handling for formats that need conversion.
• Lightbox video controls with 5 second keyboard seeking and finer volume handling.

Recommended Unraid Setup

Keep your media mount read-only unless you specifically need PiGallery2 Plus to write to your archive.

Suggested mappings:

/app/data/config -> /mnt/user/appdata/pigallery2plus/config
/app/data/db     -> /mnt/user/appdata/pigallery2plus/db
/app/data/tmp    -> /mnt/user/appdata/pigallery2plus/tmp
/app/data/images -> your media library, mounted read-only

For best performance, place config, db, and tmp on cache/SSD-backed appdata.

First Start

Open the WebUI after the container starts and complete the PiGallery2 setup.

If you expose the gallery through a reverse proxy, set the template's Public URL advanced variable to the public HTTPS URL so generated share links and random-image URLs are correct.

Docker Image

railline/pigallery2plus:latest

Versioned tags are also available, for example:

railline/pigallery2plus:3.6.0-plus.8

Support

• Project: https://github.com/Railline/pigallery2plus
• Template issues: https://github.com/Railline/unraid-community-apps/issues