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LibrePhotos vs Google Photos: catalog facts
LibrePhotosGoogle Photos
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Freemium

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

Self-hosted, Web Web, Android, iOS
  • Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos
  • Automatic event albums with generated titles
  • 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
  • The project describes itself as in early stages
  • Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
  • 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
Self-hosted, Web application Hosted service, Web application, Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed Account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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