# Private and open-source alternatives to Amazon Photos

1. [Aves](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/aves/): B (80/100). Gallery and metadata explorer for Android that handles images, videos and formats such as multi-page TIFF, SVG, motion photos and panoramas, with albums, tags, maps and search.
2. [digiKam](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/digikam/): B (80/100). Desktop photo management app from the KDE community for importing, organizing, tagging, searching and editing large photo libraries, including RAW files, face recognition and metadata editing.
3. [Fossify Gallery](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/fossify-gallery/): B (80/100). Offline photo and video gallery for Android with albums, a basic photo editor, EXIF metadata removal and hidden folders. It does not request internet access.
4. [LibrePhotos](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/librephotos/): B (80/100). Self-hosted photo and video management server with a web interface, timeline view, multiple users, face recognition, object and scene detection, semantic search and automatically generated event albums.
5. [Lychee](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/lychee/): B (80/100). Self-hosted photo management and sharing app with a web interface for uploading, organizing and sharing albums. An optional paid Supporter Edition adds extra features such as watermarking and statistics.
6. [Ente Photos](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/ente-photos/): C (70/100). End-to-end encrypted photo and video backup and sharing, with apps for mobile, desktop and web. The server is open source and can be self-hosted.
7. [Immich](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/immich/): C (65/100). Self-hosted photo and video backup and management server, with automatic mobile upload, timeline view, albums, search and facial recognition.
8. [Piwigo](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/piwigo/): C (65/100). Photo gallery software for publishing and managing large photo collections on the web, with albums, tags, user permissions, plugins and mobile apps. It can be self-hosted or used as a paid hosted service from its developers.
9. [PhotoPrism](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/photoprism/): D (50/100). Self-hosted photo management app with a web interface that indexes a photo library and adds automatic tagging, face recognition, maps and search. A free Community Edition is available, with paid memberships adding extra features.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/alternatives/amazon-photos/