There are many great free and open-source alternatives to 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.

✅ = Feature exists in at least a limited fashion
🚧 = Feature may exist but may not be practical or officially released
❌ = Feature does not yet exist
#️⃣ = Subjective measure of feature quality (on scale of 0-10)
Tip: Hover over emoji for additional information (🔗 link to related issue, 🔑 demo credentials, etc)

| Feature | Immich | Librephotos | Lychee | Nextcloud Photos | Nextcloud Memories | Photonix | Photofield | PiGallery2 | Photoprism | Photoview | Piwigo | Snapcrescent | | :----------------------------------------------------------------- - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Logo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Github Stars | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contributors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Last Commit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Source Language | | | | | | | | | | | | | | License | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Demo ✅6️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | | Freeness | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | 🚧7️⃣ | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | ✅🔟 | | Automatic Mobile Upload | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | Web App |✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | Android App | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ✅3️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | 🚧4️⃣ | 🚧3️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | iOS App | ✅8️⃣ | 🚧3️⃣ | ❌ | 🚧3️⃣ | 🚧3️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | 🚧4️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | | Desktop App |❌ | ❌ | ❌ | 🚧2️⃣ | 🚧2️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | LivePhotos | ✅9️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅️3️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Videos ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | Geolocation/Map |✅7️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | | Discovery | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅1️⃣ | ❌ | | Existing Folders | ✅6️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ❌ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | | Albums | ✅8️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | | Slideshow | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | | Timeline | | ✅9️⃣ | ❌ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅3️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | | Sharing | ✅7️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | | Search | | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅4️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | | Duplicate Handling | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | User Defined Tags |](immich-app/immich#838) | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ✅️3️⃣ | ✅️6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | | Docker Installation | | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | | Object/Face Recognition | | ✅8️⃣ | ❌ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ | | Basic Editing | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | EXIF Data | | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅️3️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | | Multiple User Support | ✅8️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ✅6️⃣ | ✅8️⃣ | ✅5️⃣ | | Authentication Providers | ✅7️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅9️⃣ | ✅9️⃣ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | 🚧 | ❌ | ✅5️⃣ | ❌ |

Note: This list is by no means comprehensive. For links to other photo library projects, see the Awesome Self-Hosted list and the Awesome Privacy list.

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

Please contribute additions and corrections! When contributing, please add links to the source of the information. (i.e. link to an issue that indicates that a feature does not exist)