# Welcome to Chevereto!
# What is Chevereto?
Chevereto (opens new window) is a self-hosted multi-user, full-featured media hosting solution. It can be used to create a myriad of applications or to empower existing systems, all around the concept of users hosting and interacting with media content.
# Use cases
Chevereto on its core provides an image and video hosting service that you can configure to use it in different contexts. It is a turnkey system with many features (opens new window), including:
- Image and video host/sharing service (opens new window)
- Media-based sharing communities (opens new window)
- Media-driven portfolios for content-creators (opens new window)
- Photography showcase for photographers (opens new window)
- Image and video media asset storage
Chevereto could be used to build your store's gallery (opens new window), a client portfolio, manage thousand of media assets and more. From a simple media gallery up to end-users interacting with each-other, Chevereto can leverage all the load of the media sharing layer for your project.
The point of Chevereto is that it handles very large image collections and is optimized for network usage. Chevereto has been designed to provide media hosting and sharing at large scale. It is a robust and reliable solution that can be used to power your media driven project.
# Origin
Chevereto project began in 2007 as a self-hosted alternative to ImageShack. It started as one-click image hosting service and here we are. Chevereto is by far the most mature, advanced and feature-rich media hosting software available.
You can learn the complete release history at releases.chevereto.com (opens new window)
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