Host and share your images, in France
A image hosting service powered by Picsur, installed and maintained by DINAO. A private alternative to Imgur — your images stay on our French servers.
What is Picsur?
Picsur is a self-hosted image hosting and sharing service, presented as a private alternative to Imgur. It offers image upload, conversion, and sharing via direct links, with account and permission management.
It supports numerous formats (JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, TIFF, HEIF, BMP, QOI) with on-the-fly conversion, and includes editing features (resizing, rotation, mirroring, grayscale). Regarding privacy, it strips EXIF metadata and manages automatic image expiration.
Built in TypeScript (NestJS backend, Angular frontend) on PostgreSQL, Picsur integrates with ShareX, offers a public gallery and albums, light/dark mode, and anonymous or registered user upload modes. Note: the upstream project is no longer actively maintained; DINAO handles its operation and monitoring.
Host Picsur at DINAO
Resource tiers compatible with Picsur prerequisites (minimum 1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 5 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.
- 1 dedicated vCPU
- 2 Go RAM
- 20 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 2 dedicated vCPU
- 4 Go RAM
- 40 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 4 dedicated vCPU
- 8 Go RAM
- 80 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 8 dedicated vCPU
- 16 Go RAM
- 160 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
Managed Picsur hosting in France
Self-hosting Picsur means a server to maintain, security updates, backups and monitoring. With our managed Picsur hosting, you use the application: we run the infrastructure.
- Deployed in minutes, always kept up to date
- Daily backups included
- Continuous monitoring, data hosted in France (GDPR)
- Prefer self-hosted with root access? Picsur also runs on our Docker VPS.
Technical details
You might be wondering…
How does Picsur differ from Imgur?
Picsur is self-hosted: your images remain on your DINAO instance in France, without ads or content exploitation. You control accounts, permissions, and expiration.
Are my photo's metadata removed?
Yes. Picsur removes EXIF metadata from images (including geolocation), protecting the privacy of those sharing them.
Where are the images stored?
On DINAO's infrastructure in France, in one of the available datacenters. Your images never leave the territory.
Can I use it with ShareX?
Yes. Picsur integrates with ShareX to automate uploads and instantly retrieve a sharing link. Albums and public galleries are also available.
Is the project maintained?
Picsur is no longer actively developed upstream, but remains stable and functional. DINAO handles deployment, monitoring, and backups, and supports you with an alternative if needed.
