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DamselflyPhotoPrism
Free

Free to use; the developer accepts donations through Buy Me a Coffee.

 Freemium

Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Sponsored membership unlocks some extra features…

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web
  • Works on an existing folder-based photo collection
  • Face, object detection and image classification built in
  • Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine
  • Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality
  • Full facial recognition depends on an Azure Face Services account
  • Needs a server to run
  • Indexing and face recognition are demanding; a Raspberry Pi will struggle
  • Docker is the supported install route, which is a barrier for some
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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