You want make an image hosting?! i want share best & free "image hosting" scripts on this topic... Regards <3
1) First: i thinks kleeja is one of the best choices for image hosting. Pro & free... just install & test it... http://www.kleeja.com/en/ What is Kleeja? Kleeja is a free, Feature rich, Open Source file upload system, designed to help the webmasters to provide a decent files hosting service on their sites, Kleeja comes with a simple source code and powerful User system, also with easy template system so you can easily make your styles. Features ! Multilingual The script allows you to change the language from Admin Panel easily, you can specify different langauge for different groups and so on. MultiStyles The script's easy-to-use template system allows newbies and pros to manage templates easily. User-friendly interface with multiple file fields The admin can choose the number of file fields which will appear to the user in a very elegant way ... the script interface is also very user-friendly. Security The script has a user sessions system and the Admin user can also sign out from the Admin Panel and act as a normal user... Also we have CAPTCHA and anti-CSRF system. Extensions The script has an advanced extensions management system, The Admin can also control the file size for every single extension for users and guests and other groups... User system with unlimited Groups The script has a group system, use can give any groups different settings and extensions and the Admin can disable the user system from the Admin Panel easily. Limited upload space You can limit your upload space and the upload center will close automatically with a simple message when it reachs the limit. Automatic file deletion You can set the script to automatically delete the files which are inactive for a specific period you choose.. Want to use google Analytics service You can simply add the "Google Statistics" code in the script settings without having to edit the script files.. Simple integration with other applications You can integrate your current (phpbb, mysmartbb,vbulltin) forum users with your upload center easily... Watermark The Admin can enable the Watermark option, so that the site logo will appear on the uploaded images... Image Thumbnails The Admin can also enable this option from the Admin Panel so that the users will be given thumbnail links for the uploaded images... Report abuse system The user can report abusing files from a simple page without even having to enter the abusing file URL... All the reports will be sent to the Admin Panel with a simple report management system and the Admin can also reply to it ... Advanced contact system The users can contact the Admin and the messages will be sent to the Admin Panel , with the Admin reply ability... Cache system This script uses cache so that the pages would load faster... Registration control The Admin can choose to open or close new user registration at any time with ease... Closing the upload center The Admin can choose to open or close the upload center with a custom message. UTF8 is the future The script uses UTF8 encoding as in files and database. Who's online The Admin can enable the 'Who's online' option in a elegant way with separation between users and guests... Wait x second For controling the waiting period for users to be able to download... Single or Mass banning system The Admin can ban users using a simplified banning system... Multiple admins Yes, you can add more than one Admin user from the Admin Panel ... Backup system With a button click you can select the table you want to backup and download... Total repair system Deletes cache, Re-checks counters and repairs tables.... Changing file name in two methods You can automatically change the uploaded file's name by the "time" function, the "MD5 encryption" function or you can choose not to use any... Uploading from URLs Yes, the Admin can enable it from the Admin Panel, although this option is in development... Admin home page The Admin home page is the starter page for the Admin where statistics and usage details are listed... Terms of service The user can't upload before agreeing to the terms, which you can easily edit... File deletion URL because we care about the privacy of our users, a URL will be given to users after a successful uploading process which the users can use for deleting the uploaded files... Spam protection spam protection is available on "report abuse" and "contact" templates... The download page A detailed download page contains the files information before the user can download. Plugins You can extend Kleeja features by installing a plugin or two .. with a simple interface. Search Admins can find any file with the simple interface of the search page that comes with many options. Requirements A webserver (preferably Apache). PHP5+ Mysql4.2.2+ GD library Kleeja doesn't work well with Free hosting because of the restricted limits. Other requirements and required PHP functions will be checked at installation.
You can use our file hosting script as a good image hosting site. It's not free but comes with 100% source code. Link in my signature.
Please check XImagesharing (http://sibsoft.net/ximagesharing.html). Script was built especially for image script sites.