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QuMagie vs LibrePhotos: catalog facts
QuMagie	LibrePhotos
Free No separate price is listed; it requires a QNAP NAS.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web
AI grouping by people, things and places Timeline view and search with recent searches	Face recognition you train by labelling a few photos Automatic event albums with generated titles
Only runs on QNAP NAS hardware Closed source	The project describes itself as in early stages Machine learning features need real CPU and memory
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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