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LibrePhotosDamselfly
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Free

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

Self-hosted, Web Web, Self-hosted
  • Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos
  • Automatic event albums with generated titles
  • Works on an existing folder-based photo collection
  • Face, object detection and image classification built in
  • The project describes itself as in early stages
  • Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
  • Full facial recognition depends on an Azure Face Services account
  • Needs a server to run
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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