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📸 Free and OpenSource Photo Libraries

There are many great free and open-source alternatives to paid photo libraries. This project aims to track and compare the feature set between the many different options with a focus on 'Gratis' (free as in free beer) open source photo libraries. 'Libre' (free as in free speech) projects are also welcome, but will likely need to be submitted via a pull request since the time in testing each different project is significant.

⚠️ Disclaimer: This repository displays both objective and subjective measures of feature quality. The owner of this repository reserves the right to make changes to any pull request.

⚖️ Comparison

✅ = Feature exists in at least a limited fashion
🚧 = Feature may exist but may not be practical or officially released
❌ = Feature does not yet exist
#️⃣ = Subjective measure of feature quality (on scale of 0-10)
Tip: Hover over emoji for additional information (🔗 link to related issue, 🔑 demo credentials, etc)
Feature Chevereto Damselfly HomeGallery Immich Librephotos Lychee Nextcloud Photos Nextcloud Memories Photonix Photofield PiGallery2 Photoprism Photoview Piwigo Snapcrescent
Logo Chevreto  Logo Dameslfly  Logo HomeGallery  Logo Immich Logo Librephotos Logo Lychee Logo NextcloudPhotos Logo Memories Logo Photonix Logo Photofield Logo PiGallery2 Logo Photoprism Logo Photoview Logo Piwigo Logo Snapcrescent Logo
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Source Language ? ? GitHub top language ? GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language GitHub top language
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Demo ✅5️⃣ 6️⃣ 8️⃣ 5️⃣ 9️⃣ 4️⃣ 8️⃣ 8️⃣ 6️⃣ 8️⃣ 9️⃣ 9️⃣ 9️⃣ 9️⃣
Freeness ✅5️⃣ ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟 🚧7️⃣ ✅🔟 ✅🔟 ✅🔟
Automatic Mobile Upload ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Web App ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Android App 8️⃣ 7️⃣ 3️⃣ 7️⃣ 4️⃣ 🚧4️⃣ 🚧3️⃣ 7️⃣ 7️⃣
iOS App 8️⃣ 🚧3️⃣ 🚧3️⃣ 🚧3️⃣ 4️⃣ 🚧4️⃣ 6️⃣ 7️⃣
Desktop App ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ 🚧2️⃣ 🚧2️⃣
LivePhotos ✅9️⃣ 6️⃣ ✅️3️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Videos ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Geolocation/Map ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Discovery ✅2️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅1️⃣
Existing Folders ✅7️⃣ 6️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ 4️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅5️⃣ 7️⃣
Albums ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣
Slideshow ✅4️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅5️⃣
Timeline ✅3️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅3️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅3️⃣ ✅5️⃣
Sharing ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅5️⃣
Search ✅5️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅4️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Duplicate Handling ✅5️⃣ ✅7️⃣ 6️⃣ 6️⃣ ✅5️⃣ 6️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣
User Defined Tags ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅️6️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅️3️⃣ ✅️6️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅5️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Docker Installation ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ 6️⃣ 6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ 7️⃣ ✅8️⃣
Object/Face Recognition ✅8️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅6️⃣ 5️⃣
Basic Editing ✅4️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅6️⃣
EXIF Data ✅3️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅️3️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅7️⃣
Multiple User Support ✅8️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅6️⃣ ✅8️⃣ ✅5️⃣
Authentication Providers ✅5️⃣ ✅7️⃣ ✅9️⃣ ✅9️⃣ 🚧 ✅5️⃣

Note: This list is by no means comprehensive and is provided on a best efforts basis. No guarantees are made to it's accuracy or completeness. If you see an error or inaccuracy, please report it and contribute a fix if you can!

For links to other photo library projects, see:

An HTML version of this comparison table is here: https://meichthys.github.io/foss_photo_libraries/

🤝 Contributing

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