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LibrePhotos vs Immich: catalog facts
LibrePhotos	Immich
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…
Self-hosted, Web	Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS
Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos Automatic event albums with generated titles	Automatic background backup from Android and iOS with selective album backup, album sync and Free Up Space to… Search by metadata, objects, faces and CLIP; facial recognition and clustering; reverse geocoding and a global map
The project describes itself as in early stages Machine learning features need real CPU and memory	Server needs Docker with at least 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores (8 GB and 4 cores… The Postgres database must not sit on NTFS, exFAT or a network share and should use local SSD
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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