PixelflareThe self-hosted CDN
Deploy your own Imgur alternative on Cloudflare
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Why Pixelflare?
Our goal was to build a high-performance, free/cost-effective, self-hosted image CDN that anyone can deploy and use very easily
Existing image hosting solutions have some issues
- 😔 Free services compress and delete images
- 😔 S3-style storage lacks transformations and UX
- 😔 File storage options are slow to load images
- 😔 Commercial CDNs are expensive and inflexible
- 😔 Self-hosted options require complex infrastructure
Pixelflare was built to fix these
- ☺️ Permanent image hosting
- ☺️ Automatic resizing and transforms
- ☺️ Ultra-fast global CDN delivery
- ☺️ Super cheap to run
- ☺️ Nice clean web UI
But we went further, to make it the most complete self-hosted image CDN solution available...
Built-in editor
Smart caching
Custom domains
Embed anywhere
Short URLs
Public API
Powerful organization
Image classification
Bulk upload
Scheduled backups
Real-time stats
Usage controls
Audit log
Encrypted pictures
Visibility controls
SSO login
Fully automated
Dark mode
Multi-language
Easy migration
+ Loads more!Quick Start
Tip: Own the code. Fork the repo.
Fork the repo, so that you have your own personal copy (to keep forever 💚). It'll make it easier for you to keep track of your changes 🙂
Just update the username in the instructions below (from lissy93 to your GitHub username)
Dev Setup
bash
git clone https://github.com/lissy93/pixelflare.git
cd pixelflare
pnpm install
pnpm setup:local
pnpm devProd Deploy
bash
# Step 1: Add your environment variables
vi .env
# Step 2: Deploy everything to Cloudflare
make deployDocumentation Contents
Support Us 💖
Pixelflare is free to use without restriction.
All the code is open source, so you're also free to deploy your own instance, as well as fork, modify and distribute the code in both private and commercial settings.
Running and maintaining Pixelflare does cost me a small amount of money each month, so if you're finding the app or code useful, consider sponsoring me on GitHub if you're able to. Even just $1 or $2/month would be a huge help in supporting the ongoing project running costs.
Otherwise, there are other ways you can help out, like submitting or reviewing a pull request to the GitHub repo or by sharing with your network.
But don't feel obliged to do anything, as this app (and all my other projects) will always remain 100% free and open source, and I will do my best to ensure the managed instances remain up and available for as long as possible 😃