Your family's photos and videos, backed up from your phones to your own server.
LibrePhotos
A self-hosted photo library with face recognition, maps and automatic albums.
Family
MIT
Reviewed version 14b4523
What it does
LibrePhotos is a self-hosted photo and video manager, an alternative to Google Photos. It scans your folders, groups pictures by people with face recognition, places on a map, events and scenes, and offers search, albums and sharing. It is built for people who want smart features without the cloud.
- Face recognition and people albums
- Map and place browsing
- Automatic albums by event
- Sharing with family
Great for: Families who want smart photo features without handing their pictures to a big company.
- LicenceMIT
- Where it runsYour computer (free)
- Built withpython, typescript
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- SourceLibrePhotos/librephotos
Ways to use it
Your AI helps you choose, based on what you need, and sets it up with you in plain words.
- On my own computerFreeYour AI installs what it needs and explains each step. It works while your computer is on.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with LibrePhotos. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Auto-create albums for each person and share them with grandparents.”
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“Show a timeline of photos of my baby, by month.”
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“Group photos by trip and show them on a world map.”
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“Show near-duplicate photos so I can delete them.”
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Can I trust it?
- MIT. Free to use, change and share, even commercially. Keep the original copyright notice.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. A Postgres database plus a cache of thumbnails and models; your originals stay in your photo folder.
- Other services: Reverse geocoding (Mapbox or OpenStreetMap) (optional, free tier)
- Reviewed version. Your AI always gets exactly the version we've checked.
- Photos and faces are very private. Use HTTPS, strong passwords and encrypted backups.
- Don't expose it to the internet without a reverse proxy.
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