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Damselfly vs LibrePhotos: catalog facts
Damselfly	LibrePhotos
Free Free to use; the developer accepts donations through Buy Me a Coffee.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web
Works on an existing folder-based photo collection Face, object detection and image classification built in	Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos Automatic event albums with generated titles
Full facial recognition depends on an Azure Face Services account Needs a server to run	The project describes itself as in early stages Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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