# LibrePhotos/librephotos

A self-hosted open source photo management service.

Repository: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/librephotos
Homepage: https://docs.librephotos.com/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: photo, selfhosted, exif, machine-learning, hacktoberfest, python, django
Last push: 2026-08-19T19:55:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2121, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 67, "gap_med": 0.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8049, forks 386 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.228647+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, machine-learning, search-engine, web-framework, self-hosted
- domain: photography, machine-learning, self-hosted, media, privacy
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: photo-management, face-recognition, semantic-search, exif, raw-photos, django, react, google-photos-alternative, docker, linux, web-server, android

## Member repositories
- LibrePhotos/librephotos (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.228647+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:31:24.599507+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.228647+00:00, sha a90d761c5d02)
  - homepage: https://docs.librephotos.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:08.692962+00:00, sha 231c2e027f44)
  - site_page: https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:08.695384+00:00, sha e47e22001619)
  - site_page: https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/development/dev-install (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:08.697340+00:00, sha fc758c254551)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.