Open-source alternatives to Google Photos
The most popular self-hosted, open-source alternatives to Google Photos (photo backup and gallery) are Immich (116,585 GitHub stars), PhotoPrism (40,321 GitHub stars) and Ente (29,453 GitHub stars). SelfHostHub lists 12 options below, taken from its Photo Galleries category; 10 support Docker and all of them can run on your own server.
Comparison of self-hosted Google Photos alternatives
| Project | GitHub stars | Licence | Language / platform | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 116,585 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker | Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos). |
| PhotoPrism | 40,321 | AGPL-3.0 | Go, Docker | Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures. |
| Ente | 29,453 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker, Nodejs, Go | An end-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos). |
| Thumbor | 10,526 | MIT | Python, Docker | A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images. |
| LibrePhotos | 8,109 | MIT | Python, Docker | Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos). |
| Photoview | 6,553 | GPL-3.0 | Go, Docker | Simple and user-friendly photo gallery for personal servers. It is made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos. |
| Lychee | 4,311 | MIT | PHP, Docker | Grid and album based photo-management-system. |
| Piwigo | 3,866 | GPL-2.0 | PHP | Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. |
| Nextcloud Memories | 3,857 | AGPL-3.0 | PHP | Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app. |
| PiGallery 2 | 2,297 | MIT | Docker, Nodejs | Directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers. |
| ChronoFrame | 1,946 | MIT | Nodejs, Docker | Personal gallery application with online photo management, supporting Live/Motion Photos, and explore map. |
| Damselfly | 1,792 | GPL-3.0 | Docker, C#, .NET | Fast server-based photo management system for large collections of images. Includes face detection, face & object recognition, powerful search, and EXIF Keyword tagging. Runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. |
Star counts and licences come from the awesome-selfhosted dataset and may lag GitHub slightly.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best open-source alternative to Google Photos?
By GitHub stars, Immich is the most popular self-hosted alternative to Google Photos listed here, followed by PhotoPrism and Ente. The best fit depends on the features and stack you need.
Is there a free self-hosted alternative to Google Photos?
Yes. All 12 projects on this page are open source and can be self-hosted at no licence cost; you pay only for your own server.
Which licences do these Google Photos alternatives use?
The most common licences among them are MIT (5), AGPL-3.0 (4) and GPL-3.0 (2).
Can I run a Google Photos alternative with Docker?
10 of the 12 alternatives list Docker as a supported platform.