20 Free & Open Source Image
Galleries for Web Designers
1.
Auto Slider
Style: Sleek and compact.
Function: Slide show feature and live text descriptions for each image are a major plus!
http://css-tricks.com/creating-a-slick-auto-playing-featured-content-slider/
2.
Flash Gallery
Style: Sleek look that’s easy to modify with your own look.
Function: Supports different image dimensions, you don’t have to make them uniform, plus the thumbnails are
created dynamically. Full-Screen mode is perfect for showcasing your design orphotography portfolio.
http://www.flash-gallery.org/
3.
Flickr Show
Style: Clean and modern.
Function: Pull photos from a Flickr set into a gallery with fun sliding action and slide show feature.
http://www.flickrshow.com/
4.
E2 Gallery
Style: Adapt the look to your site.
Function: A little bulky, but this could be modified to fit your needs.
http://www.e2interactive.com/e2_photo_gallery/
5.
Flash Flickr
Style: Just like Flickr, but flashier…
Function: A photo gallery made in Flex2/AS3 using Flickr API. This application let users to browse
yourFlickr pictures, see your sets, tags and notes.
http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=153#
6.
Gallerific
Style: This gallery is really easy to customize — both style and layout.
Function: Use XML to pull images from a designated directory, use live text descriptions and break thumbnails
into multiple groups for compact viewing.
http://www.twospy.com/galleriffic/index.html
7.
Free Flash
Style: Flashy and with that Lightbox style pop-up view look.
Function: Slide show feature, but images do take a little long to load.
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/free-flash-xml-image-gallery-with-source/
8.
Galleria
Style: Simple and clean.
Function: Live text image descriptions.
http://devkick.com/lab/galleria/
9.
Highslide
Style: This is Lightbox but with various styling options to fit your needs.
Function: Works just like Lightbox.
10.
Imago
Style: The demos shown of this are not too pretty, but style this one right and it could be very nice!
Function: Pull images from a feed or your own gallery.
http://imago.codeboje.de/
11.
Automatically Generate a Photo Gallery from a Directory of
Images
Style: Has a Lightbox-like style, but with a simplified style.
Function: This PHP script pulls your full-size and thumbnail images from a designated directory, all you need to
do to add or remove an image is to remove it from that directory.
http://scriptandstyle.com/automatically-generate-a-photo-gallery-from-a-directory-of-images
12.
Minishowcase
Style: Again with the Lightbox overlay look.
Function: Pulls up images fast.
http://minishowcase.net/
13.
Phat Fusion
Style: Elegant look, could be used for a small collection of images or modified into a cool navigation system.
Function: Neat expanding motion!
http://www.phatfusion.net/imagemenu/index.htm
14.
Simple Viewer
Style: Thumbnails previews & i wouldn’t even change the large arrow navigation, think it’s pretty cool.
Function: Break thumbnails into multiple groups for compact viewing.
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/
15.
Slide Viewer
Style: Motion and sleekness of a Flash gallery w/out any Flash.
Function: Just add your images into a designated gallery and the appropriate number of buttons are generated.
Only downer for this one is all your images have to be scaled to the exact same size.
http://www.gcmingati.net/wordpress/wp-content/lab/jquery/imagestrip/imageslide-plugin.html
16.
Smooth Gallery
Style: Simple gallery with collapsible thumbnail views.
Function: Live text image descriptions, quick image loading and smooth image to image transition. I use this on
my homepage!
http://smoothgallery.jondesign.net/
17.
Space Gallery
Style: Think Mac OSX’s Time Machine.
Function: Cool 3-D effect, slick flip through image feel.
http://eyecon.ro/spacegallery/
18.
Moo Tools
Style: Another Lightbox style image gallery using MooTools.
Function: Nothing fancy about this, a simple image viewer.
http://nettuts.com/javascript-ajax/create-a-spectacular-photo-gallery-with-mootools/
19.
Zen Photo
Style: Simple style allows for a completely customizable look.
Function: Image rating and comments.
http://www.zenphoto.org/
20.
LightWindow
Style: We all know Lightbox, but LightWindow allows for many more options and endless customization!
Function: Use this for image galleries, video viewing, and to view an external site within your site. (check it out
and that will all make sense.)
http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/