guardian/grid
The Guardian’s image management system observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4759
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1461 stars · 120 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Grid is the Guardian's open-source image management system (digital asset management) built as a set of Scala/Play microservices with an AngularJS web UI. It provides fast image search via Elasticsearch, uploads, metadata editing, cropping, rights management, and publishing of optimised assets on AWS infrastructure.
Use cases
- manage a newsroom's photo library
- search and organise large image collections
- upload, crop and publish optimised images for the web
- track image rights and usage history
- collaborate on media selection for editorial content
When to choose
- you need a self-hosted digital asset management system for photojournalism or media production
- your organisation wants fast Elasticsearch-backed image search with rights and usage tracking
- you can run Scala microservices on AWS
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight single-binary DAM or simple image gallery
- you cannot operate multiple microservices plus Elasticsearch and AWS dependencies
- you mainly need video or audio asset management rather than images
Facets
application · maturity active
image-processing search-engine file-upload media photography cms web-development cloud self-hosted digital-asset-management scala play-framework elasticsearch angularjs aws editorial-tools microservices web-server docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/guardian/grid · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6f9df4afdda2
- homepage: https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2015/aug/12/open-sourcing-grid-image-service · fetched 2026-08-29 · b3775318a904
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| guardian/grid | main | 77 |
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