dwr

Dwr is a hybrid between a photoblog and a photo gallery. It is a stand-alone system, not a hosted solution, and was built because existing systems were either a)less-than-beautiful, b)less-than-functional, or c)less-than-free (or all three). Dwr is free to use, and open-sourced under the GPL.

Compared to hosted services like Flickr or Smugmug, dwr isn't quite as feature-rich (no RSS yet, for one). But it is more elegant (in our opinion), and has some features the other services don't (like a photo-rating system). It's not for everyone, but possibly for some. If you'd like to see what it looks like, click the "See dwr in action" link over yonder.

Amazingly, there's actually a manual for it. Check it out over on that link.

Features

Tag images with a title, rating, and any number of categories
Large, wide-aspect main display to highlight your best images
Large images change randomly from your top 5 to 8 rated, recent photos, keeping content fresh
Automatic resizing and thumbnail generation (medium and tiny thumbs)
Original source images are untouched, and available
EXIF information (aperture, shutter speed, etc) is automatically extracted and displayed
Minimalist. Good-looking.
Pure CSS. If you disagree with the above point, you can change it yourself :)
100% Valid XHTML and CSS. If you're into that sort of thing.
"Pretty easy uploading". If you have FTP/Local access to your server. Upload your roll in a named folder, visit the 'add photos' page, add your keywords and ratings (optional), and there you go.

Useful for:

People who want more control over how their photo galleries look.
People who the idea of uploading files to a server doesn't scare too badly.
People looking for non-sequential, image-driven galleries
Photoblogs (if you tweak the number of images randomly selected)

Frequently Asked Questions

"How do I...
Have you read the manual? It might help. But if your question isn't in there, contact us.