Memories

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

FreeOpen sourceAndroidWebSelf-hosted
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About Memories

Memories adds a photo library to your own Nextcloud server. A timeline view lets you jump to any point in a library with hundreds of thousands of photos. Albums can be shared with other Nextcloud users or anyone online, and several users can work on the same album.

The official Nextcloud mobile apps upload photos and videos automatically, and Memories reads their EXIF data. It works with the Recognize and Face Recognition apps to tag photos by keyword and face. A dedicated Android app is also available.

Strengths

  • Fast timeline for very large libraries
  • Face and keyword tagging through Nextcloud apps
  • Shared and collaborative albums
  • Automatic phone upload through Nextcloud apps

Limitations

  • Requires a Nextcloud server
  • Face and object tagging depend on separate Nextcloud apps

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
AGPL-3.0
Developer
The Memories contributors
Platforms
Android, Web, Self-hosted
How it runs
Self-hosted
Best suited for
Nextcloud users who want a Google Photos style timeline on their own server
Categories
Photo libraries
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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Memories as an alternative

Listings that name Memories as an alternative.

  • QuMagie

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

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    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.

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