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title	Welcome to Openinary
description	Open-source, self-hostable image and video processing platform with on-the-fly transformations and cloud storage integration

**Store your media in an environment you trust.** Openinary is an open-source and self-hostable alternative to Cloudinary, giving you complete control over your media assets.

Why Openinary?

In an era where developers are increasingly locked into proprietary platforms, Openinary gives you back control. The dominance of closed-source services creates vendor lock-in, unpredictable pricing, and limited transparency—leaving developers at the mercy of corporate decisions.

Open source is the solution:

• Transparency: Full visibility into how your media is processed and stored
• No vendor lock-in: Your infrastructure, your rules, your timeline
• Complete customization: Extend and modify the platform to fit your exact needs
• Data ownership: Your media assets stay truly yours

By choosing open source, you're investing in a future where technology serves developers, not the other way around.

Key features

This freedom doesn't mean compromising on capabilities. Openinary delivers enterprise-grade media processing with a simple, powerful API:

• On-the-fly transformations: Resize, crop, and optimize images and videos dynamically
• Intelligent format optimization: Automatic WebP, AVIF, and modern video codec conversion
• Smart caching: Built-in caching layer for lightning-fast delivery
• Cloud storage integration: Seamless support for AWS S3 and Cloudflare R2
• Self-hosted control: Deploy on your infrastructure with full operational control

Get started

Run Openinary locally with Docker in just a few commands. Learn how to transform images and videos with powerful API parameters. } href="/guides/coolify-deployment" > Deploy Openinary on Coolify with step-by-step instructions. } href="/guides/dokploy-deployment" > Deploy Openinary on Dokploy with step-by-step instructions.

Use cases

Openinary is built for developers who need flexible, powerful media processing:

• Web applications: Serve responsive images automatically sized for any device
• E-commerce platforms: Optimize product images for fast loading and conversion
• Content management systems: Handle user-generated content with automatic optimization
• Mobile applications: Deliver perfectly sized assets for iOS and Android apps
• Digital asset management: Organize and transform media libraries at scale

Whether you're building a startup MVP or scaling an enterprise application, Openinary adapts to your needs without the constraints of proprietary platforms.