Open Source Alternatives to Google Photos
A photo management platform that stores, backs up, organizes, and edits images using AI-powered tools, providing searchable archives and sharing features across devices.
Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Google Photos give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 12 open source alternatives to Google Photos. The most popular are Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente. Most use the MIT or AGPL-3.0 license, and 12 offer an official Docker image.
Immich
Back up, organize, and browse personal photo and video libraries on a self-hosted server without cloud access.
PhotoPrism
Self-hosted photo and video management application using machine learning for automatic tagging and face recognition.
Ente
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage for photos, videos, and documents with a dedicated two-factor authentication tool.
LibrePhotos
A self-hosted photo management service featuring automatic face recognition, object detection, and semantic image search.
Photoview
A self-hosted photo gallery designed for photographers to navigate high-resolution images and RAW files.
Lychee
Self-hosted photo management software for uploading, organizing, and sharing images with full control over data privacy.
Memories
A photo management suite for Nextcloud that organizes images and videos using date and location metadata.
PiGallery2
A directory-first photo gallery website optimized for running on low-resource servers and Raspberry Pi hardware.
ChronoFrame
Self-hosted personal gallery application for managing photo albums with EXIF parsing and geolocation mapping.
Damselfly
A server-based photograph management system for indexing and searching large image collections using metadata and AI.
HomeGallery
Self-hosted web gallery for photos and videos with AI-powered face recognition and reverse image search.
Photofield
A self-hosted photo gallery focused on high-speed rendering and displaying large volumes of images simultaneously.
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