LibrePhotos/librephotos
A self-hosted open source photo management service. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 90
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.5
- age_days: 2121
- days_rel: 67
- days_push: 14
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
8049 stars · 386 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
LibrePhotos is a self-hosted, open-source photo management service built with Django and React. It offers AI-powered features like face recognition, object/scene detection, and semantic image search while keeping all photos and metadata on your own server.
Use cases
- self-host a Google Photos alternative on my own server
- organize my photo library with automatic face recognition
- search my photos semantically by describing the scene
- manage RAW and HEIC photos from my camera
- share photo albums privately without uploading to the cloud
- auto-tag photos with objects and locations
- deduplicate a large photo collection
When to choose
- you want full control and privacy over your photo library on your own hardware
- you need ML features like face recognition, scene classification, and semantic search without third-party services
- you support multiple users and RAW/video formats including HEIC
- you want a web and mobile client for accessing photos anywhere
When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight gallery without ML features or heavy resource usage
- you cannot dedicate 8GB+ RAM for machine learning models
- you want a fully managed cloud-hosted solution with zero setup
- you need a simple NAS-integrated photo viewer rather than a full service
Facets
application · maturity active
image-processing machine-learning search-engine web-framework self-hosted photography machine-learning self-hosted media privacy self-hosted python photo-management face-recognition semantic-search exif raw-photos django react google-photos-alternative docker linux web-server android
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos · fetched 2026-08-28 · a90d761c5d02
- homepage: https://docs.librephotos.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 231c2e027f44
- site_page: https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · e47e22001619
- site_page: https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/development/dev-install · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc758c254551
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LibrePhotos/librephotos | main | 96 |
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