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Google Photos vs LibrePhotos: catalog facts
Google PhotosLibrePhotos
Freemium

Every Google Account includes up to 15 GB of storage shared across Google Photos, Gmail…

Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Web, Android, iOS Self-hosted, Web
  • Automatic backup from Android and iOS in Original quality or compressed Storage saver quality
  • Natural-language search plus face groups, places and things; AI editing tools such as Magic Eraser and Photo Unblur
  • Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos
  • Automatic event albums with generated titles
  • Storage saver resizes photos above 16 MP and videos above 1080p, and since June 1, 2021 still counts…
  • Content may be deleted after 2 years of inactivity or 2 years over the storage quota
  • The project describes itself as in early stages
  • Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
Hosted service, Web application, Downloadable app Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: MIT
Account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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