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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 '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.

āš ļø 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.

āš–ļø Comparison

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āŒ = Feature does not yet exist
#ļøāƒ£ = Subjective measure of feature quality (on scale of 0-10)
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FeatureCheveretoDamselflyEnteHomeGalleryImmichLibrephotosLycheeNextcloud PhotosNextcloud MemoriesPhotonixPhotofieldPiGallery2PhotoprismPhotoviewPiwigoSnapcrescent
Logo<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chevereto/chevereto/4.2/content/images/system/default/favicon.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Chevreto Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Webreaper/Damselfly/master/docs/cropped-Damselfly-Logo.webp" style="width: 50px" alt="Dameslfly Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ente-io/ente/main/docs/docs/public/logo.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Ente Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xemle/home-gallery/master/packages/webapp/src/public/logo512.png" style="width: 50px" alt="HomeGallery Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/immich-app/immich/main/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Immich Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos/dev/screenshots/lp-white.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Librephotos Logo"/><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37916028" style="width: 50px" alt="Lychee Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/android/master/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png" style="width: 50px" alt="NextcloudPhotos Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pulsejet/memories/master/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Memories Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/photonixapp/photonix/master/ui/public/favicon.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Photonix Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SmilyOrg/photofield/main/ui/public/android-chrome-512x512.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Photofield Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/master/docs/assets/icon.png" style="width: 50px" alt="PiGallery2 Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/photoprism/photoprism/develop/assets/static/icons/app/512.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Photoprism Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/photoview/photoview/master/ui/public/logo512.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Photoview Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/d69bc8b88434cf065b63bac87a4adcc8143ddb21/themes/default/icon/piwigo.org-icon%201.svg" style="width: 50px" alt="Piwigo Logo"/><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snapcrescent/snapcrescent/main/snapcrescent_mobile/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png" style="width: 50px" alt="Snapcrescent Logo"/>
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Demoāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£
Freenessāœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”ŸšŸš§7ļøāƒ£āœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿāœ…šŸ”Ÿ
Automatic Mobile UploadāŒāŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
Web Appāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
Android AppāŒāŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āŒāŒšŸš§4ļøāƒ£šŸš§3ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
iOS AppāŒāŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£šŸš§3ļøāƒ£āŒšŸš§3ļøāƒ£šŸš§3ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āŒāŒšŸš§4ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒ
Desktop AppāŒāœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒšŸš§2ļøāƒ£šŸš§2ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāŒāŒāŒāŒ
LivePhotosāŒāŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…ļø3ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒ
Videosāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
Geolocation/MapāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒ
Discoveryāœ…2ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…1ļøāƒ£āŒ
Existing FoldersāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒ
Albumsāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£
SlideshowāŒāœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…3ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒ
Timelineāœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£
Sharingāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£
Searchāœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…4ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒ
Duplicate Handlingāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
User Defined Tagsāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…ļø6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āœ…ļø3ļøāƒ£āœ…ļø6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒ
Docker Installationāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£
Object/Face RecognitionāŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£šŸš§āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒ
Basic Editingāœ…1ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…4ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāŒāŒāŒāŒ
EXIF Dataāœ…3ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…ļø3ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£
Multiple User Supportāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāœ…6ļøāƒ£āœ…8ļøāƒ£āœ…5ļøāƒ£
Authentication Providersāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒāœ…7ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāœ…9ļøāƒ£āœ…9ļøāƒ£āŒāŒāŒšŸš§āŒāœ…5ļøāƒ£āŒ

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!

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

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