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PhotoPrism vs LibrePhotos: catalog facts
PhotoPrism	LibrePhotos
Freemium Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Sponsored membership unlocks some extra features…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted, Web	Self-hosted, Web
Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality	Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos Automatic event albums with generated titles
Indexing and face recognition are demanding; a Raspberry Pi will struggle Docker is the supported install route, which is a barrier for some	The project describes itself as in early stages Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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