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LycheePhotoPrism
Free

Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.

 Freemium

Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Sponsored membership unlocks some extra features…

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web
  • Your photos stay on your own server
  • Public sharing and password-protected albums
  • Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine
  • Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality
  • You need a server or web space to run it
  • Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup
  • Indexing and face recognition are demanding; a Raspberry Pi will struggle
  • Docker is the supported install route, which is a barrier for some
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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