pinry
Pinry, a tiling image board system for people who want to save, tag, and share images, videos and webpages in an easy to skim through format. It's open-source and self-hosted.
⭐ 3,366 stars on GitHub · 🍴 369 forks · 📜 License: bsd-2-clause · 💻 Language: Python
What is pinry?
A self-hosted media server — turn your NAS/VPS into a personal cinema. Stream movies & music to your household without subscription dependency.
Main components
- Image fetch and online preview
- Tagging system for Pins
- Browser Extensions
- Multi-user support
- Works well with docker
- Both public and private boards (add @2020.02.11)
- Search by tags / Search boards with name (add @2020.02.14)
- Full API support via DRF (add @2022.02.19)
The biggest strength is offline-first streaming + ad-free + unlimited library scaled by your disk size.
Best for families building home theaters, small hotels streaming internal media, creators archiving work.
Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:
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📸 Screenshots

Quick install
See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:
git clone https://github.com/pinry/pinry.git
cd pinry
docker build -t pinry .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 pinry
Minimum system requirements
| Component | Recommended |
|---|---|
| RAM | 1024 MB |
| CPU | 1 vCPU |
| Disk | 15 GB SSD |
| OS | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Debian 12 |
| Docker | 24.0+ |
⚡ Deploy fast on VSIS
Use the VSIS VPS Mini 1GB RAM / 1 vCPU / 15GB SSD (~70k/tháng) plan from VSIS.NET — high-speed VN-based VPS, 24/7 support, ideal for running pinry smoothly.
🎯 Benefits:
- One-command
docker compose up -ddeploy in 2 minutes - Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
- Daily snapshot backup
- Free install assistance from the VSIS team
👉 See matching VPS plans at vsis.net
Resources
- 🔗 GitHub: pinry/pinry
- 🌐 Homepage: https://pinry.github.io/pinry/
- 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
- 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions
Article compiled from GitHub data on 05/05/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.
