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Open source alternatives to Google Photos

We track 8 open-source Google Photos alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 7 ship a Docker image. Immich leads on health at 100/100 with 641 commits in the last 90 days; across all 8 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.

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All 8 Google Photos alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Immich

    100 GOOD

    Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos).

    ★ 114k · ⟳ today · v3.2.1 · AGPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • PhotoPrism

    98 GOOD

    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.

    ★ 40k · ⟳ today · 260728-bbde8f452 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerGo
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Ente

    98 GOOD

    An end-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).

    ★ 29k · ⟳ today · locker-v1.0.9 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerNodejsGo
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • LibrePhotos

    96 GOOD

    Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).

    ★ 8.1k · ⟳ today · 1.1.0 · MIT

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Piwigo

    56 SLOWING

    Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers.

    ★ 3.9k · ⟳ 13 days ago · 16.4.0 · GPL-2.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Damselfly

    55 SLOWING

    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.

    ★ 1.8k · ⟳ 12 days ago · 4.5.3 · GPL-3.0

    DockerC#.NET
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • HomeGallery

    35 STALE

    Browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery.

    ★ 1.2k · ⟳ 3 months ago · MIT

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Google Photos alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Google Photos?

Immich scores highest at 100/100, with 641 commits in the last 90 days, 114k GitHub stars and its latest release (v3.2.1) published today. Ente has the most raw commit activity at 4771 commits in 90 days.

Which Google Photos alternatives use a permissive licence?

3 of 8 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): LibrePhotos (MIT), Lychee (MIT), HomeGallery (MIT). 5 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Google Photos alternatives run in Docker?

7 of 8 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Immich, PhotoPrism, Ente, LibrePhotos, Lychee, Damselfly and 1 more. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.