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PiwigoPhotoPrism
Freemium

Self-hosted Piwigo is free; Piwigo Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.

 Freemium

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

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web
  • Same open-source core for self-hosted and cloud versions
  • Plugin system and API
  • Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine
  • Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality
  • Self-hosting requires your own web server
  • Paid support is separate from the free version
  • 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, Hosted service 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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