There are many great free and open-source alternatives to closed source and/or paid photo libraries. This project aims to track and compare the feature set between the many different options with a focus on βGratisβ (free as in free beer) open source photo libraries. βLibreβ (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.
β οΈ 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.
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π§ = Feature may exist but may not be practical or officially released
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#οΈβ£ = Subjective measure of feature quality (on scale of 0-10)
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Feature | Chevereto | Damselfly | Ente | HomeGallery | Immich | Librephotos | Lychee | Nextcloud Photos | Nextcloud Memories | Photonix | Photofield | PiGallery2 | Photoprism | Photoview | Piwigo | Snapcrescent |
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Demo | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 3οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ |
Freeness | β 5οΈβ£ | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | β π | π§7οΈβ£ | β π | β π | β π |
Automatic Mobile Upload | β | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
Web App | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
Android App | β | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 3οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β | β | π§4οΈβ£ | π§3οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
iOS App | β | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | π§3οΈβ£ | β | π§3οΈβ£ | π§3οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β | β | π§4οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β |
Desktop App | β | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β | β | π§2οΈβ£ | π§2οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
LivePhotos | β | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β οΈ3οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β | β |
Videos | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
Geolocation/Map | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β |
Discovery | β 2οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 1οΈβ£ | β |
Existing Folders | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β 4οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β |
Albums | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ |
Slideshow | β | β 4οΈβ£ | β 3οΈβ£ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 4οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β |
Timeline | β 3οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 3οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β 4οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 3οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ |
Sharing | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ |
Search | β 5οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β 4οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β |
Duplicate Handling | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
User Defined Tags | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β οΈ6οΈβ£ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β οΈ3οΈβ£ | β οΈ6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β |
Docker Installation | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ |
Object/Face Recognition | β | β 8οΈβ£ | π§ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ | β |
Basic Editing | β 1οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 4οΈβ£ | β | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
EXIF Data | β 3οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β οΈ3οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ |
Multiple User Support | β 8οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β 8οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 6οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β 6οΈβ£ | β 8οΈβ£ | β 5οΈβ£ |
Authentication Providers | β 5οΈβ£ | β | β | β | β 7οΈβ£ | β | β | β 9οΈβ£ | β 9οΈβ£ | β | β | β | π§ | β | β 5οΈβ£ | β |
Note: This list is by no means comprehensive and is provided on a best efforts basis. No guarantees are made to itβs 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/
Please contribute additions and corrections! When contributing, please add links to the source of the information. (i.e. link to an issue that indicates that a feature does not exist) Tip: Using a Markdown Editor helps with formatting.
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