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QuMagie vs Damselfly: catalog facts
QuMagie	Damselfly
Free No separate price is listed; it requires a QNAP NAS.	Free Free to use; the developer accepts donations through Buy Me a Coffee.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
AI grouping by people, things and places Timeline view and search with recent searches	Works on an existing folder-based photo collection Face, object detection and image classification built in
Only runs on QNAP NAS hardware Closed source	Full facial recognition depends on an Azure Face Services account Needs a server to run
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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