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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.

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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.

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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

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Get started

Quick Start

Run Openinary locally with Docker in just a few commands.

Local Development

Set up a development environment and customize Openinary to your needs.

Media Transformations

Learn how to transform images and videos with powerful API parameters.

Configuration

Configure storage backends, caching, and optimization settings.

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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.