foss_photo_libraries
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.
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 |
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| Demo | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅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 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ |
| User Defined Tags | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅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 | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ❌ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ |
| Basic Editing | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅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
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)
Support
Maintaining this list of projects takes a lot of time. If you found this comparison helpful, please let me know by considering supporting me. This lets me know that someone is finding this project useful and gives me an incentive to keep it up to date. You can support me on Liberapay or Github Sponsors:
