Alternatives to QuMagie

A photo management app for QNAP NAS devices that organizes photos by people, things and places. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • QuMagie

    A photo management app for QNAP NAS devices that organizes photos by people, things and places.

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as QuMagie.

  • Synology Photos

    A photo library app for Synology NAS devices, with mobile apps that back up phone photos.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted

    Synology Photos offers a similar private NAS photo library with phone backup and password-protected share links, but it requires a Synology NAS instead of QNAP.

  • Immich

    A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile apps, aimed at replacing Google Photos.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWebAndroidiOS

    Immich is open source, runs on any Docker host rather than only QNAP hardware, and adds face recognition, CLIP search and mobile backup apps.

  • PhotoPrism

    A self-hosted photo library that tags pictures and recognises faces on your own hardware, not a company's.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    PhotoPrism is open source and runs on your own hardware with labelling and face recognition, though indexing is demanding and some features need sponsorship.

  • LibrePhotos

    A self-hosted photo service with face recognition and automatic event albums, all processed locally.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    LibrePhotos is open source under MIT with local face recognition and event albums, but it is early stage and needs a multi-container Docker setup.

  • Lomorage

    A photo backup system that copies phone photos to your own computer, NAS or Raspberry Pi.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSSelf-hosted

    Lomorage backs up phone photos to a computer, NAS or Raspberry Pi, with search by scene, person and place across many systems.

  • Memories

    A free, open-source photo management app for Nextcloud with a timeline, albums and automatic tagging.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroidWebSelf-hosted

    Memories is an open-source timeline and album app that requires a Nextcloud server instead of QNAP hardware, with face tagging through separate Nextcloud apps.

  • Photoview

    A self-hosted photo gallery that turns existing folders into albums, with maps and shared links.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Photoview is an open-source self-hosted gallery that turns existing folders into albums with maps and sharing, but it lacks AI grouping by things.

  • Damselfly

    A server-based photo management system for large folder-based collections, with fast search and keyword tagging.

    FreeProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    Damselfly runs on a home server with face and object detection for folder collections, though full facial recognition depends on an Azure account.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.