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LibrePhotosEnte Photos
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Freemium

A small free tier is available. Paid plans add storage; self-hosting is free.

Self-hosted, Web Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted
  • Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos
  • Automatic event albums with generated titles
  • End-to-end encrypted with on-device face and object search
  • Open source clients and server, so self-hosting is a real option
  • The project describes itself as in early stages
  • Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
  • Free storage is small; real use needs a paid plan or self-hosting
  • On-device indexing is slow on older phones
Self-hosted, Web application Downloadable app, Hosted service, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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