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Photobooth

Photobooth turns a connected camera and screen into an offline-friendly photo booth for events on Linux and Windows. It runs on your own hardware (Pi, PC, mini‑PC) and ships features like countdowns, live preview, photo/collage workflows, filters, printing and a gallery.

Start here

• Install & setup: begin with the prerequisites and pick an install guide for your platform.
• Upgrade: follow the update guide for Linux and check the changelog for release details.
• Customize: tweak sounds, themes and styles in Customizing.
• Troubleshoot: find answers in the FAQ and tutorials.
• Community: join the Telegram chat or read the code of conduct.

What Photobooth is (and is not)

• Self-hosted event software that stays local after setup and does not require cloud services or accounts.
• Not a hosted website where guests upload from home, nor a permanent online gallery or full image editor.
• Requires a supported OS and basic configuration; it is not a one‑click kiosk appliance.

Project background

Photobooth was initially developed by Andre Rinas (original source). In 2019 Andreas Skomski continued the work and, together with the community, grew Photobooth into the feature-rich project you see today.

News and releases

Catch up on recent announcements, release highlights and community updates in the News. Full version details are listed in the Changelog.

Overall the code got optimized and cleaned up. There's also a lot of new options added.

Photobooth is now again compatible with Windows, also PHP8 won't cause trouble.

If you find a bug you're welcome to report it on the GitHub issue page.

Update instructions have been updated, you can now easily update your existing git installation of Photobooth using the photobooth installer!

Enjoy Photobooth v4!

Contribute to this documentation

See the contribution guide for setup, editing tips and how to run the docs locally before opening a PR.