MediaGoblin
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Homepage of a MediaGoblin-based site
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| Developer(s) | GNU Project |
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| Initial release | 2 June 2011 |
| Stable release | 0.9.0(March 26, 2016) |
| Repository | git |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Python, SQL |
| Platform | GNU/Linux,Mac OS X,Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English, Spanish, German, Dutch, Esperanto, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Romanian |
| Type | Web server, media hosting and sharing |
| License | AGPLv3 and CC0 |
| Website | www |
GNU MediaGoblin (also shortened to MediaGoblin or GMG) is a free, decentralized Web platform (server software) for hosting and sharing many forms of digital media. It strives to provide an extensible, federated, and freedom-respectful software replacement to major media publishing services such as Flickr, DeviantArt, and YouTube.
The origins of GNU MediaGoblin date back to 2008, when a gathering was held at the Free Software Foundation in order to discuss the path that Internet communities should take. The answer was that restrictive and centralized structures were both technically and ethically doubtful, and may harm the typical fairness and availability of the Internet. Since then, a number of projects have appeared to prevent this; including Identi.ca, Libre.fm, Diaspora, among others.
The coding of MediaGoblin started in March 2011, still being under active development.
MediaGoblin is part of GNU, and its code is released under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License; meaning that it adheres to the principles of free and open-source software. The copyright on everything else (e.g. design, logo) is given to the public domain. Christopher Allan Webber, the core developer, came up with the name "MediaGoblin" which also makes a pun with the pronunciation of "gobbling". The project mascot is a purple goblin called Gavroche wearing clothing that resembles a stereotypical artist costume.
The main page displays an upper banner with MediaGoblin's typeface and an authentication section for users. The remaining space is left to show thumbnails of the latest posted works. Each user owns a personal profile comprised by two vertical sections – one for uploads arranged as a gallery and another with a customizable text box. For displaying media, the platform focuses on the work itself rather than overstocking with options and buttons; nonetheless, comments can be added under the artwork description. Some other features like tags, metadata, theming, Creative Commons licensing and GPS support can be enabled as separate plug-ins to enrich the usage of GNU MediaGoblin.
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